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Marine Cloud Brightening
May 7 , 2024
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- Scientists have conducted the inaugural outdoor trial of a technology designed to manipulate clouds and reflect sunlight back into space.
- This geoengineering technique is called marine cloud brightening.
- It aims to potentially mitigate the Earth's increasing temperatures.
- This geoengineering technique involves spraying tiny particles, such as sea salt or other aerosols, into the lower atmosphere over the ocean.
- These particles act as cloud condensation nuclei, promoting the formation of more numerous but smaller water droplets within existing clouds.
- As a result, the clouds become brighter and more reflective, effectively increasing their albedo - their ability to reflect sunlight back into space.
