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Cirrus cloud thinning
Cirrus cloud thinning (CCT) is an idea to thin high, wispy cirrus clouds that trap a lot of heat. While this approach might work in theory, there are significant uncertainties and no concrete ideas for how to deploy it.
Cirrus cloud thinning would involve seeding cirrus clouds to make then thinner and shorter lived …
Cirrus clouds are effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere.
Heat
… this would allow more heat to leave the atmosphere.
Heat
Cirrus clouds are effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere.
… this would allow more heat to leave the atmosphere.
Cirrus cloud thinning would involve seeding cirrus clouds to make then thinner and shorter lived …
Heat
Cirrus clouds are effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere.
Cirrus cloud thinning would involve seeding cirrus clouds to make then thinner and shorter lived …
… this would allow more heat to leave the atmosphere.
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