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Could 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.st)
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[–] SteefLem 0 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Well no. But… it would kill all plants so thats a bonus

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (5 children)

The idea is to increase the amount of salt in the air over the ocean. It probably won't kill all plants.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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.

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