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Lethal injections
Science: Geo-engineering scheme damages the ozone layer |
Joseph Romm |
30 May 2008 |
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| Science has published a major new study, 'The Sensitivity of Polar Ozone Depletion to Proposed Geoengineering Schemes' ($ub. req'd). The study finds: The large burden of sulfate aerosols injected into the stratosphere by the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991 cooled Earth and enhanced the destruction of polar ozone in the subsequent few years. The continuous injection of sulfur into the stratosphere has been suggested as a 'geoengineering' scheme to counteract global w ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, climate science, geoengineering, ozone (all these topics) |
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