A scientific solution to coral bleaching
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And it should work [^] The only question to ask is: "What could possibly go wrong?" I do hope they've looked at the possible impact of forcing clouds to form over the sea, where forest fires don't frequently occur.
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And it should work [^] The only question to ask is: "What could possibly go wrong?" I do hope they've looked at the possible impact of forcing clouds to form over the sea, where forest fires don't frequently occur.
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The only question to ask is: "What could possibly go wrong?"
Doing nothing - that's what could go wrong - doing anything considered and almost sane is better than sitting around doing nothing - if it doesnt work, then you can modify/try another approach
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The only question to ask is: "What could possibly go wrong?"
Doing nothing - that's what could go wrong - doing anything considered and almost sane is better than sitting around doing nothing - if it doesnt work, then you can modify/try another approach
I won't argue against that, because degradation of the reef is having hideous effects on just about everything in the region, but if you don't figure out what side-effects it could have before you start, it may be too late to figure out what to do about them after the effect.
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And it should work [^] The only question to ask is: "What could possibly go wrong?" I do hope they've looked at the possible impact of forcing clouds to form over the sea, where forest fires don't frequently occur.
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Mark_Wallace wrote:
forcing clouds to form over the sea
Well the article is clear that's not what they're doing; they're whitening the existing clouds. It has no impact (in theory) on the level of cloud cover. However I suspect it may make the rain fall (when it does eventually) as sea water, and if it does that over land, they may find they end up helping the coral but desertifying the land. Given the very very small effect that they can be expecting, one also has to wonder whether the negative environmental effects of mining / extracting the salt, transporting the salt, running the turbine (and extracting / transporting the fuel for the turbine(s)) may not massively outweigh the benefits. On a slightly different topic, here in the UK we've had three weeks of largely unbroken sunshine (though rain is forecast for this afternoon). For a month traditionally associated with showers, that's very odd and I suspect part of the reason is the almost total absence of aircraft contrails. I saw one yesterday and, with little breeze, it was still clearly visible 15 minutes later but spread out over a wide arc of the sky. Given we normally get several high-altitude aircraft crossing over per minute, the overall impact on cloud cover must be considerable. In global warming terms, those clouds are acting as a blanket by night. I do hope someone is doing some serious (home-based) research to see if the effects are statistically significant.
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Mark_Wallace wrote:
forcing clouds to form over the sea
Well the article is clear that's not what they're doing; they're whitening the existing clouds. It has no impact (in theory) on the level of cloud cover. However I suspect it may make the rain fall (when it does eventually) as sea water, and if it does that over land, they may find they end up helping the coral but desertifying the land. Given the very very small effect that they can be expecting, one also has to wonder whether the negative environmental effects of mining / extracting the salt, transporting the salt, running the turbine (and extracting / transporting the fuel for the turbine(s)) may not massively outweigh the benefits. On a slightly different topic, here in the UK we've had three weeks of largely unbroken sunshine (though rain is forecast for this afternoon). For a month traditionally associated with showers, that's very odd and I suspect part of the reason is the almost total absence of aircraft contrails. I saw one yesterday and, with little breeze, it was still clearly visible 15 minutes later but spread out over a wide arc of the sky. Given we normally get several high-altitude aircraft crossing over per minute, the overall impact on cloud cover must be considerable. In global warming terms, those clouds are acting as a blanket by night. I do hope someone is doing some serious (home-based) research to see if the effects are statistically significant.
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