Study Warns Unintended Geoengineering from Shipping Emissions Is Masking Climate Change
By
Frank Landymore
A baker's-dozen of insight crammed into one ring.
Summary
A new study warns that a massive, unintended geoengineering experiment is already underway due to global shipping emissions. The research highlights how sulfur dioxide from ships has been inadvertently seeding clouds and reflecting sunlight, potentially masking the true extent of climate change. As regulations have recently reduced shipping emissions, this accidental cooling effect is diminishing, which could accelerate global warming. The study underscores the risks and uncertainties of both intentional and unintentional climate manipulation.
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These acts of geoengineering could deliver us from climate doom, the thinking goes, or backfire spectacularly in ways we never anticipated.
To an extent, something like this is already happening on a global scale.
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