A new article in Science magazine has proposed that cleaner air is causing the acceleration of the climate mess we are in.
I had heard that satellites could see the change when sulfur was removed from shipping fuel. The sulfur had been making clouds that shaded the earth from the sun's rays.
But this proposes something different. It proposes that as we switch away from fossil fuels, we reduce the pollutants in the air which makes it cleaner and lets more sunlight in.
One scientist has also discounted the contribution of the Hunga Tonga volcano eruption in 2022 as insignificant; it cannot account for the massive difference in the rate of heating we saw in 2023.
But another scientist has proposed that the experiment with sulfur in the air has identified a way to cool the earth temporarily. He is proposing the seeding of the clouds over the oceans. What is that going to do to places like Ireland that are specks in the middle of an ocean?
https://www.science.org/content/article/even-warmer-expected-2023-was-hottest-year-record
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