Artifical sunscreen won’t save corals
JUN 30, 2009
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.023467
Carnegie Institution for Science : Emergency plans to counteract global warming by artificially shading the Earth from incoming sunlight might lower the planet’s temperature a few degrees, but such “geoengineering” solutions would do little to stop the acidification of the world oceans that threatens coral reefs and other marine life, report the authors of a new study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters . The culprit is atmospheric carbon dioxide, which even in a cooler globe will continue to be absorbed by seawater, creating acidic conditions. Related Link Sensitivity of ocean acidification to geoengineered climate stabilization
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