Scientists propose plan to refreeze poles with atmospheric sulfur dioxide

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5 pointskalimanzaro2 comments

Ah yes, fixing the mistakes of our chemical experiments with more chemical experiments.

Sulphur dioxide is a toxic gas. Wikipedia says "Sulfur dioxide is a major air pollutant and has significant impacts upon human health."

The exact same plan appears in Neal Stephenson's recent climate scifi Termination Shock, but executed by a archetypical tech billionaire. title itself refers to the catastrophe unleashed by terminating sulfur emissions.

https://hackaday.com/2022/08/04/reduced-sulfur-emissions-cou...

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