☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoNo quick fix to reverse ‘astonishing’ Antarctic sea ice loss: Scientistswww.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down16
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minus-squarefusion513 [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoKnow what’s really depressing… what may explain record warming this year was phase-out of sulfur fuel used in cargo ships 2020. Sulfur emissions into the air kept warming lower than it should have been due to thr “global dimming” effect. https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-how-low-sulphur-shipping-rules-are-affecting-global-warming/ So, I guess in a way geoengineering is already occurring… it’s just really reckless and unmanaged. Feels bad. 😞
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down6·2 years agoYeah, the emissions we output can definitely be seen as inadvertent geoingeneering.
minus-squarefusion513 [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoCrowdsourcing the apocalypse…
Know what’s really depressing… what may explain record warming this year was phase-out of sulfur fuel used in cargo ships 2020.
Sulfur emissions into the air kept warming lower than it should have been due to thr “global dimming” effect.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-how-low-sulphur-shipping-rules-are-affecting-global-warming/
So, I guess in a way geoengineering is already occurring… it’s just really reckless and unmanaged. Feels bad. 😞
Yeah, the emissions we output can definitely be seen as inadvertent geoingeneering.
Crowdsourcing the apocalypse…