How did a sudden reduction in shipping pollution inadvertently stoke global warming?
www.latimes.com
A major shift in global shipping regulations intended to improve air quality may have temporarily — and inadvertently — set off a geoengineering reaction that is warming the planet, new research has found.

An interesting case where trying to make positive change resulted in an unintended consequence

  • Darren the Foxcoon@pawb.social
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    5 months ago

    Ah yes, I remember this news from months ago.

    TL;DR for peeps in a hurry: Dirty emissions from cheap fuel-oil were making/seeding extra clouds over the ocean, enough to reflect a measurable amount of incoming sunlight.

    New cleaner fuels (or electric power?) = no more extra clouds = slight uptick in global temp. Oopsie whoopsie.