„By studying cloud formation in the pollution-free skies above the Southern Ocean, scientists were able to identify an inverse relationship between sea salt availability and sulfate aerosols.“
Diamond, Michael S., Hannah M. Director, Ryan Eastman, Anna Possner, and Robert Wood. 2020: “Substantial Cloud Brightening From Shipping in Subtropical Low Clouds.”[nbsp]AGU Advances[nbsp]1 (1). https://doi.org/10.1029/2019av000111.
„We attribute a significant increase in cloud reflectivity to enhanced cloud droplet number concentrations within a major shipping corridor in the southeast Atlantic.“
Gattuso, J.-P.; et al. (2019): Opportunities for increasing ocean action in climate strategies. IDDRI, Policy Brief N°02/19.
„In this Policy Brief we assess 18 ocean-based measures to support climate policies and the revision of NDCs in the areas of mitigation and adaptation. Ocean-related measures should not be considered as a substitute for climate mitigation on land, which must also be strongly pursued for the benefit of the atmosphere as well as the ocean.“
Fiekowsky, Peter; Douglis, Carole; Lee, Susan (2019): Climate Restoration: Solutions to the Greatest Threat Facing Humanity and Nature Today. The Foundation for Climate Restoration, September 2019. White Paper. Available online at https://foundationforclimaterestoration.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190916b_f4cr4_white-paper.pdf.
„The purpose of this paper is to show that we do not in fact need to leave dangerous, unprecedented conditions to our progeny. We have the technology and the financing, now, to reclaim the climate of over a century ago. What we need is the commitment to do so.“
„Human intervention with the climate system has long been viewed as an ill-advised and risky step to slow global warming. But with carbon emissions soaring, initiatives to study and develop geoengineering technologies are gaining traction as a potential last resort.“
Bluemling, B.; Kim, R.; Biermann, F. (2019): Seeding the clouds to reach the sky. Will China’s weather modification practices support the legitimization of climate engineering? In AMBIO. DOI: 10.1007/s13280-019-01180-3.
„In this Perspective, we discuss whether in times of quickly proceeding global environmental change, radical global interventions like “climate engineering” may gain legitimacy in China and eventually be deployed or supported. We argue that one cornerstone for whether climate engineering, and solar radiation management in particular, could gain legitimacy in China, is its current weather modification programme.“
„We already know how to cool the planet without reducing carbon. The solution is so simple it’s almost laughable: just make our clouds a little more reflective, so they reflect more of the sun’s light, and thus reduce our heat.“
„The Commonwealth and Queensland governments have announced funding for feasibility projects aimed at manipulating surface water temperatures using three different techniques.“
„A recent conference showcased new possibilities for enhancing Reef resilience, including boosting coral abundance and geoengineering techniques that would manipulate local conditions to reduce ocean temperatures.“
„Dr Harrison is developing a technology known as “cloud brightening” – encouraging clouds over the reef to deflect more of the sun’s rays back into space, which would hopefully curb rising sea temperatures that cause coral bleaching.“
