r/Futurology • u/Economy-Fee5830 • May 30 '24

Environment Inadvertent geoengineering experiment may be responsible for '80% of the measured increase in planetary heat uptake since 2020'

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01442-3
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u/FaceDeer May 31 '24

I've tried discussing this in so many threads whenever this frightening-looking chart of ocean temperatures comes up. People really hate hearing about potential evidence supporting the efficacy of solar geoengineering, though.

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u/GotYaRG May 31 '24

I'm not too familiar with all this. But I would imagine we wouldn't just put SO2 back in the atmosphere to do this, considering it's kinda bad for us, right? Can other "stuff" get us the same effect?