Climate engineering may save coral reefs, study shows

[OKIsItJustMe]

https://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/featurednews/title_453187_en.html

[font face=Serif][font size=5]Climate engineering may save coral reefs, study shows[/font]

[font size=4]Geoengineering of the climate may be the only way to save coral reefs from mass bleaching, according to new research.

Coral reefs are considered one of the most vulnerable ecosystems to future climate change due to rising sea surface temperatures and ocean acidification, which is caused by higher atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide.[/font]

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The SRM method involves injecting gas into the stratosphere, forming microscopic particles which reflect some of the sun’s energy and so help limit rising sea surface temperatures.

The study compared a hypothetical SRM geoengineering scenario to the most aggressive future CO₂ reduction strategy considered by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and found that coral reefs fared much better under geoengineering despite increasing ocean acidification.

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[samsingh]

1. kick

[GreenGreenLimaBean]

2. re: geoengineering is already happening

we've already Geoengineered the planet, might as well try and save it before it's too late.

[OKIsItJustMe]

3. Geoengineering implies intentional design

Thus far, we don’t seem to have been engineering, merely altering.

[Nihil]

4. The desperation to maintain Business As Usual is intensifying. (n/t)