Although much of the scientific community is still against the use of solar geoengineering, there are scientists willing to take the risk. This issue was even discussed in the White House, which we have previously written about in a separate article. The problem is that these are all just theories. We don’t know what the long-term effect of reducing the amount of sunlight will beBecause no supercomputer can simulate such a complex system. Some scientists fear that the reflection of light will cause a self-sustaining cooling process, leading to another ice age.

There will be experiments

One of the first experiments in this regard was an attempt by the company Make Sunsets to launch balloons containing sulfur dioxide, which was effectively sprayed into the upper atmosphere and began to reflect a small percentage of light. But it did not succeed: even at the stage of testing the cannons themselves, the Mexican government feared the consequences and banned the project.

in new condition Scientists are experimenting with a device built on the decommissioned USS Hornet aircraft carrier in San Francisco Bay that eclipses the sun by salting clouds. That’s right, researchers at the University of Washington are looking at ways to add salt to clouds over the ocean, which would theoretically bounce sunlight back into space and make the Earth below cooler. Although this is a bit of a strange move, it is not without its advantages because salt is more environmentally friendly than the same sulfur dioxide. Another candidate for spraying, by the way, is chalk – Bill Gates is considering it.

All of this is reminiscent of a method called “marine cloud polishing,” which uses a similar approach to what’s called “cloud seeding,” which then involves injecting tiny aerosol particles into the clouds. However, the lighting aims to reflect solar radiation rather than causing rain as in planting.

In the new test, scientists use salt as an aerosol and have already launched their equipment for the first test. They activated the nebulizer that would be used to salt the clouds over the Pacific Ocean, resulting in a continuous release of the salty aerosol cloud; experiments show that for this to work, it must rise into the clouds.

I wonder what The White House distanced itself from the experiment on the ship “Hornet”, stated that “the US government was not involved in the solar radiation modification experiment.” Meanwhile, Greenpeace is concerned about what might happen if such technologies work too well.

It is possible that you are changing the climate pattern not only at sea but also on land. This is a frightening vision of the future that we must try to avoid at all costs.
– says David Santillo, senior researcher at Greenpeace.

As with other geoengineering proposals, perhaps the biggest challenge with cloud illumination will be implementing it on a large enough scale. Our climate is extremely interconnected. Changes in one spot on the planet can be reflected in another spot far away from it.