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Scientists Plan "Artificial Volcano" Climate Experiment

First time accepted submitter tonyt3 writes "Scientists plan on conducting an unusual climate experiment at a Norfolk airfield next month. They plan to spray water into the air about 20 km high to mimic volcanic particles, hoping that their findings could lead to a solution to global warming. From the article: 'Pouring 10 million tonnes of material into the stratosphere each using 10 to 20 giant balloons could achieve a 2C global drop in temperature, the scientists believe. Sulphate emissions from the Mount Pinatubo eruption in the Philippines in June 1991 reduced world temperature by 0.5C for two years.'"

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  1. Re:Not much air by sycodon · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "But we do know it was us that scorched the sky"
    - Morpheus

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    When Fascism comes to America, it will call itself Anti-Fascism, and tell you to give up your guns.