Could spraying sea salt into the clouds cool the planet?
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An experiment in Alameda, Calif. highlights the controversy surrounding research on altering the environment to cool the planet.
    • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
      51·
      6 months ago

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

      • over_clox@lemmy.world
        51·
        6 months ago

        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.

        • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
          63·
          6 months ago

          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.

          • Akasazh@feddit.nl
            2·
            6 months ago

            And done right…

            See, we don’t have the best track record on that particular aspect of this.

      • Gsus4@mander.xyz
        1·
        6 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.