Climate 'technical fix' may yield warming, not cooling

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Climate 'technical fix' may yield warming, not cooling

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12983795

"Whitening clouds by spraying them with seawater, proposed as a "technical fix" for climate change, could do more harm than good, according to research.

Whiter clouds reflect more solar energy back into space, cooling the Earth.

But a study presented at the European Geosciences Union meeting found that using water droplets of the wrong size would lead to warming, not cooling."

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