Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Cloud Brightening Scheme Should Be Tested Over Oceans, Scientists Say

Yale Environment 360: An international group of scientists has urged a small-scale experiment to test the viability of creating human-made clouds as a way to counter the effects of global warming. Writing in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, the scientists say there should at least be a scientific debate over the possibilities of so-called cloud brightening, a process that involves sending particles, in this case sea water, into the atmosphere to create clouds that would, theoretically, reflect...

URL: http://e360.yale.edu/digest/cloud_brightening_scheme_should_be_tested_over_oceans_scientists_say/3598/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+YaleEnvironment360+%28Yale+Environment+360%29
Enclosure: http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/370/1974/4217

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