Re:Antarctic CO2 Hit 400 PPM for First Time in 4M Years
by m_mueller on Thursday June 16, 2016 @09:54PM
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The way I see it, sooner or later it will come down to atmospheric engineering (i.e. managing reflective airborne molecules, like an artificial volcanic winter). The question will be wether we have this technology sorted out until the situation becomes desperate and whether the world will be politically stable enough for an entity to take responsibility over this - it's going to be like a sword of damocles over everyone's heads and once we've started with this we can't go back (because everyone will keep burning fossil fuel until it has run out).
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Re:Antarctic CO2 Hit 400 PPM for First Time in 4M Years
by throwaway5752 on Thursday June 16, 2016 @09:59PM
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How does that address ocean acidification?
Re:Antarctic CO2 Hit 400 PPM for First Time in 4M Years
by m_mueller on Thursday June 16, 2016 @10:24PM
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It doesn't. It won't be pretty, it's basically fighting for survival of the human species at that point.
Re:Antarctic CO2 Hit 400 PPM for First Time in 4M Years
by fragsworth on Thursday June 16, 2016 @10:12PM
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Maybe we can neutralize that by dumping basic solutions into the ocean?
Re:Antarctic CO2 Hit 400 PPM for First Time in 4M Years
by refurb on Friday June 17, 2016 @10:53AM
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Because ocean acidification is caused by atmospheric CO2? Pull CO2 out of the atmosphere and you'll reduce the amount of CO2 dissolved in the ocean.
Re:Antarctic CO2 Hit 400 PPM for First Time in 4M Years
by eanzenberg on Thursday June 16, 2016 @10:04PM
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A solution could include CO2 sequestration