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They War-Gamed Dimming the Sun. It Went Even Worse Than You Think (www.wired.com)

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[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

It wouldn't help much anyway, ocean acidification is also a problem that is rapidly getting worse.

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[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

And dumping a bunch of sulphur dioxide probably would do the opposite of help that

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