Could tiny bubbles cool Earth?
MAR 30, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024201
ScienceNOW : In an effort to curb global warming, scientists have proposed everything from launching sunlight-blocking dust into the stratosphere to boosting the number of carbon-sucking algae in the oceans.Now, a Harvard University physicist has come up with a new way to cool parts of the planet: Pump vast swarms of tiny bubbles into the sea to increase its reflectivity and lower water temperatures. “Since water covers most of the Earth, don’t dim the Sun,” says scientist, Russell Seitz, speaking at an international meeting on geoengineering research . “Brighten the water.”
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