Aerosols to save our Great Barrier Reef - Prof Mumby

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hose with a rich understanding of climate change and its causes have long feared geoengineering gaining legitimacy.



Prof Peter Mumby - aerosols
to save our Great Barrier Reef.

All geoengineering techniques are untried, untested, uncertain, and while they have theoretical positive outcomes, the potential unintended consequences are so great that most climate scientists do not include them as potential solutions to the unfolding dilemmas.

In that background of thinking the ABC reports: “A Queensland scientist says blasting aerosols into the atmosphere could save the world's coral reefs from the effects of climate change.”

The story says, “It is an idea which scientists have previously dismissed as "irrational and irresponsible", but University of Queensland professor Peter Mumby said shooting sulphur dioxide into the sky was an option that should be considered if political agreements failed to stop global warming.

“Scientists call it stratospheric aerosol-based solar radiation management — using aerosols to scatter sunlight high above the Earth,” the ABC reports.

Read the story - “Aerosols blasted into atmosphere could save coral reefs from climate change effects, scientist says”.