November 16th, 2006

A Radical Approach to Climate Change

from CNN/AP:
Prominent scientists, among them a Nobel laureate, said a layer of pollution deliberately spewed into the atmosphere could act as a "shade" from the sun's rays and help cool the planet. Reaction to the proposal here at the annual U.N. conference on climate change is a mix of caution, curiosity and some resignation to such "massive and drastic" operations, as the chief U.N. climatologist describes them.
Though sincere in their proposal, it was meant to startle policy makers worldwide into action. Specifically, the experiment would involve injecting 5 to 10 million tons of sulfur into the atmosphere every couple of years. It would mimic the effect of a massive volcanic eruption, such as that of Mt. Pinatubo's 1991 eruption which cooled the earth by .5 to 1 degree for one year.
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