Posted on 03/01/2024 4:28:22 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Yes, but only to a small degree.
While human-caused carbon dioxide emissions are by far the most important driver of climate change, water vapor is actually the most abundant greenhouse gas, and is responsible for about half of Earth's natural greenhouse effect – the one that keeps our planet habitable.
Now, as scientists explore ways to address the impacts of climate change by removing excess heat-trapping carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and by reflecting sunshine back into space, one group of researchers has asked the question: Could removing some water vapor from the atmosphere also help mitigate climate change?
This is precisely the idea explored in a new research article published today in the journal Science Advances that authors have dubbed "intentional stratospheric dehydration" or ISD.
According to lead author Joshua Schwarz, a research physicist at NOAA's Chemical Sciences Laboratory, the ISD concept would involve dispersing small particles (known as ice nuclei) into high altitude regions of the atmosphere that are both very cold and super-saturated in water vapor. These nuclei would increase the formation of ice crystals that otherwise would not have formed.
"Pure water vapor doesn't readily form ice crystals. It helps to have a seed, a dust particle for example, for ice to form around," explained Schwarz.
If such seeds can be introduced into supersaturated air masses that are headed for the stratosphere, then some of the water vapor in that air will condense into ice and fall, thereby removing excess water vapor and dehydrating (at least partially) the stratosphere.
(Excerpt) Read more at csl.noaa.gov ...
These people should be publicly executed.
Sheesh.... idiots trying to play God and failing miserably.
Dry up the money and “climate change” will stop!
But chemtrails are a conspiracy theory.
NO, a carbon dioxide hoax is the easiest way to justify leftists taking over the means of production.
FR has been saying water vapor is bigger problem than CO2 for 20 years.
If you have time, I’d recommend an outstanding dystopic fiction (!) called Snowpiercer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowpiercer
Basically, the world has been frozen over (global cooling due to a backfired anti-global warming solution) and a fraction of humanity survives on a luxury train that circles the earth continuously. The inhabitants are chiefly ”elites”, with a section in the rear full of human refuse (ie normal people) who try to storm the front cars every few years. The movie is chiefly about the latest attempt to move through the train to confront “Wilford,” the architect of this train etc.
Hey, let’s play Barium and Aluminum game in the skyies we breath and see what happens?
Barium and Aluminum.... or, for short, BAAL.
Why would they want to cool the planet? We are not even close to optimum plant growth levels of CO2. If it’s warmer we can grow more food for more people and it will lower energy use. I’m not sure why they want it colder…do they hate people and the planet?
More important than that giant gas ball of hydrogen generating constant fusion reactions 92 million miles away?
FR has been saying water vapor is bigger problem than CO2 for 20 years.
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Yep, rain, snow, & clouds really suck! Now those huge oceans are the real problem - they need to be dried up, pronto!
I want to represent the plants of the world. These pseudoscientists are trying to terraform the world and will end plant life (and thus us)..Save the plants!
all will be well...until the law of unintended consequences kicks in. and oh Yes it will. these morons NEVER learn.
Leave it warm
They keep tossing that in as if it's a proven fact that everybody knows. It's an assertion that is easy to show false, but they just never stop.
The never ending search for a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist, LUNACY!!!
I seem to recall something about CO2 being important for life on Earth.
The text was probably just racist.
The true depth of complexity of Earth’s climate is beyond human knowledge.
From the sands of the Sahara fertilizing the Brazilian rainforest to oceanic microbes and algae.
Our algorithms are just GIGO.
It doesn’t matter how many computations networked supercomputers can do.
All it does is give an incorrect answer faster.
Humans must adjust to the Earth, not attempt to control the Earth.
180 degrees out of phase…
Maybe we could get some help from the guy who designed and built the place. It couldn’t hurt to ask.
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