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Possible source of the crazy amount of ocean temp change and subsequent heatwaves this year - less pollution from ocean liners seeding clouds (www.science.org)

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The reduction of ship tracks due to regulations has caused the planet to warm up faster, especially in the Atlantic Ocean. This unintended consequence has provided an opportunity for scientists to study a geoengineering scheme in action.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Oh, great, I can't wait for this to be repeated as the Main Cause of Global Warming by right-wingers.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Rather than "reduction of ship tracks has caused the planet to warm faster" I think it's more accurate to say that the planet was warming faster than we thought, but the ship tracks were masking the problem.

Since the tracks are caused by the high sulphur content in the bunker fuel, it would not be a good idea to suggest that they are beneficial.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This is going to be some swallowed a fly bullshit, where we add salt to the clouds, but then we no longer have freshwater rain, then we desalinate the rain, but then a bunch of animals die from missing magnesium or something

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The photo in the article... 2003 was a wild time!