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Re:It's Time to Start Talking About Geoengineering by mirimir on Friday November 06, 2015 @02:10AM (#10518180)
> The atmosphere is becoming a greenhouse. The surface of our planet is now warming, with unpredictable consequences.

Our planet would be frozen solid if it weren't a greenhouse ;)

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Re:It's Time to Start Talking About Geoengineering by Ygg2 on Friday November 06, 2015 @11:40PM (#10523740)
I heavily suspect that is the case. Our climate depends on more than just sun patterns.

Historical record show Golf current supplies heat to Europe. Once that fails instant ice age tends to start. With increased temperature, ice cap melt and salinity of water drops, which causes Golf current to stop.

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