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cprise

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2. Adding sulfur dioxide to the air sounds bad

Reply to XemaSab (Original post)

Mon May 27, 2013, 11:19 PM

May 2013

Too much of it would create acid rain and a deforestation effect.

OTOH, I can't think of a downside for seeding clouds using sea water.

Neither one addresses ocean acidification, however.

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Geoengineering: Our Last Hope, or a False Promise? [View all] XemaSab May 2013 OP

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Adding sulfur dioxide to the air sounds bad cprise May 2013 #2

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I didn't know Biochar was considered geoengineering cprise May 2013 #8

Sure it is! OKIsItJustMe May 2013 #11

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