silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 6 months agoCould spraying sea salt into the clouds cool the planet? An experiment in Alameda, Calif. highlights the controversy surrounding research on altering the environment to cool the planet.wapo.stexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down14
arrow-up156arrow-down1external-linkCould spraying sea salt into the clouds cool the planet? An experiment in Alameda, Calif. highlights the controversy surrounding research on altering the environment to cool the planet.wapo.stsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·6 months agoThe idea is to increase the amount of salt in the air over the ocean. It probably won’t kill all plants.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·6 months agoClouds move ya know. I’m not exactly sure why, but I’ve heard people on the television call it ‘weather’, or something like that.
minus-squareSteefLem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·6 months agoThings you put in clouds or water will come down to earth
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·edit-26 months agoThey do. And done right, it’ll come down over the ocean, and have a rather minimal impact in the amount of salt being transported to land. There are other reasons this is a really bad idea; this is one where the harm is probably limited.
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months ago And done right… See, we don’t have the best track record on that particular aspect of this.
minus-squareGsus4@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-26 months agoThat actually sounds good, I just dont know how they will spread salt periodically over the millions of square kms needed to make a difference on the Pacific’s albedo without a huge carbon footprint.
The idea is to increase the amount of salt in the air over the ocean. It probably won’t kill all plants.
Clouds move ya know. I’m not exactly sure why, but I’ve heard people on the television call it ‘weather’, or something like that.
Things you put in clouds or water will come down to earth
They do. And done right, it’ll come down over the ocean, and have a rather minimal impact in the amount of salt being transported to land.
There are other reasons this is a really bad idea; this is one where the harm is probably limited.
See, we don’t have the best track record on that particular aspect of this.
That actually sounds good, I just dont know how they will spread salt periodically over the millions of square kms needed to make a difference on the Pacific’s albedo without a huge carbon footprint.