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Posted 22 Apr 2024

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  • The MCB programme seeks to increase the number of cloud condensation nuclei in low marine clouds (formed over oceans and reefs with the help of sea salt crystals).
    •  Increasing nuclei would raise the number of droplets that such clouds are made of while decreasing their size, so that they reflect more sunlight into space.
  • Geoengineering refers to a set of emerging technologies that could manipulate the environment and partially offset some of the impacts of climate change.

 

  • Types of Geoengineering
    • Solar Radiation Management: It reflects sunlight back into space. E.g. Using orbiting mirrors, modifying clouds, etc.
    • Carbon Dioxide Removal: In it, techniques suck carbon out of the atmosphere using a combination of biological and mechanical methods. E.g. Seeding ocean with iron pellets to create plankton blooms.
    • Earth Radiation Management: It allows heat to escape into space from Earth. For instance, by thinning cirrus clouds.

 

  • Concerns associated with Geoengineering: 
    • Aerosol particles in the stratosphere could have implications for recovery of ozone layer.
    • Repercussions for weather patterns in the lower atmosphere.
    • Creating a “moral hazard”, providing stakeholders with an excuse to not reduce the use of fossil fuels.
  • Tags :
  • Geoengineering
  • Solar Radiation Management
  • Carbon Dioxide Removal
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