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Know what's really depressing... what may explain record warming this year was phase-out of sulfur fuel used in cargo ships 2020.
Sulfur emissions into the air kept warming lower than it should have been due to thr "global dimming" effect.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-how-low-sulphur-shipping-rules-are-affecting-global-warming/
So, I guess in a way geoengineering is already occurring... it's just really reckless and unmanaged. Feels bad. 😞
Yeah, the emissions we output can definitely be seen as inadvertent geoingeneering.
Crowdsourcing the apocalypse...