Speaking to Science.org, Maria Rugenstein, a Colorado State University said that the research shows the climate can respond rapidly, and with unexpected repercussions. She said: “I would take this as a cautionary tale.”
Huh? That interesting. I wonder why she says that.
If the findings hold up, Rugenstein says, they also offer a lesson about the potential consequences of intentionally injecting aerosols high into the atmosphere, a geoengineering strategy some have proposed as a way to cool the planet. The study shows the climate can respond quickly, with unexpected repercussions an ocean away. “I would take this as a cautionary tale,” she says.
Dang, I wonder why the yahoo article takes out this important piece of context
Looks like the article has been edited and the current version is fine, idk what changed or what version you saw. Right now the last 3 paragraphs are
The research could offer a warning about efforts in ‘solar geoengineering’ - plans to deliberately reflect heat back into space using aerosols.
Such approaches - including the idea of spraying aerosols into the air from a fleet of planes - have been debated by academic institutions around the world.
Speaking to Science.org, Maria Rugenstein, a Colorado State University said that the research shows the climate can respond rapidly, and with unexpected repercussions. She said: “I would take this as a cautionary tale.”
The whole thing is a bit incoherent to me. Like the point of SRM is to increase aerosols to decrease temperatures, and the article is saying that a decrease in aerosols increased temperatures - shouldn’t that be taken as evidence in favor of SRM?
Rereading a couple times, I think the idea is that these heat waves are hotter than if the aerosols had never been released in the first place.
As less heat was reflected back into space over China, warming of coastal regions in Asia began, resulting in the development of high-pressure systems.
That, in turn, made low-pressure systems in the middle Pacific more intense, resulting in the Aleutian Low growing bigger and moving south which weakened the westerly winds that typically cool the sea surface.
The result was hotter conditions.
The meteorology is over my head but I think this is describing a rebound effect that caused more extreme weather.
Ending of the yahoo article.
Huh? That interesting. I wonder why she says that.
Ending of the original article on science.org
Dang, I wonder why the yahoo article takes out this important piece of context
Looks like the article has been edited and the current version is fine, idk what changed or what version you saw. Right now the last 3 paragraphs are
The whole thing is a bit incoherent to me. Like the point of SRM is to increase aerosols to decrease temperatures, and the article is saying that a decrease in aerosols increased temperatures - shouldn’t that be taken as evidence in favor of SRM?
Rereading a couple times, I think the idea is that these heat waves are hotter than if the aerosols had never been released in the first place.
The meteorology is over my head but I think this is describing a rebound effect that caused more extreme weather.
I may have skimmed a bit too fast
that makes the whole thing even funnier