Friday, January 26, 2018

Climate engineering, once started, would have severe impacts if stopped

01/26/2018 08:01 AM EST

Alan Robock

Facing a climate crisis, we may someday spray sulfur dioxide into the upper atmosphere to form a cloud that cools the Earth, but suddenly stopping the spraying would have a severe global impact on animals and plants, according to the first study on the potential biological impacts of geoengineering, or climate intervention.


Full story at https://news.rutgers.edu/climate-engineering-once-started-would-have-severe-impacts-if-stopped/20180116#.Wmdag7pFyUl

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Rutgers University


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