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Is climate change accelerating after a record year of heat? (archive.ph)
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The record-breaking heat of 2023 has seen a rare disagreement break out between climate scientists, with some saying it shows Earth may have entered a new period of warming

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The kind of pollution targeted by the ban was sulphate aerosols from bunker fuel in shipping. Ironically, deliberately spraying sulphate aerosols into the atmosphere is often proposed as an anti-warming geoengineering strategy to mitigate climate change. I guess now we have proof it works

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Yeah, we just have to poison our skies to slow down (not stop) climate change. No way that is going to bite us in the ass.