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Pirate Wires

WTF Is Happening In Canada?! & Meet "The Rainmaker" | PIRATE WIRES EP#11 🏴‍☠️

Aug 25, 2023
01:05:28

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  • Reducing sulfur emissions from transatlantic shipping freighters may have unintentionally mitigated some effects of global warming, highlighting the need to explore geoengineering techniques like cloud seeding and sulfur reintroduction to cool the planet.
  • Geoengineering offers possibilities for terraforming and cloud generation, including using contrails, adding biochar to desert soil, and transforming desert regions into agricultural hubs to address water scarcity and climate concerns.

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The impact of reducing sulfur emissions on climate change

The United Nations mandated an 80% reduction in sulfur emissions from transatlantic shipping freighters. This reduction has caused a significant increase in sunlight reaching the Atlantic, leading to warmer ocean temperatures and potentially more intense storms. The unintended consequence of reducing sulfur emissions could mean that geoengineering efforts unintentionally mitigated some of the effects of global warming. To counter this, there is a need to explore geoengineering techniques, such as cloud seeding and the reintroduction of sulfur in the atmosphere, to cool the planet.

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