Scientists Plan "Artificial Volcano" Climate Experiment 292
First time accepted submitter tonyt3 writes "Scientists plan on conducting an unusual climate experiment at a Norfolk airfield next month. They plan to spray water into the air about 20 km high to mimic volcanic particles, hoping that their findings could lead to a solution to global warming. From the article: 'Pouring 10 million tonnes of material into the stratosphere each using 10 to 20 giant balloons could achieve a 2C global drop in temperature, the scientists believe. Sulphate emissions from the Mount Pinatubo eruption in the Philippines in June 1991 reduced world temperature by 0.5C for two years.'"
Paging Dr. Bob, Paging Dr. Bob... (Score:1, Funny)
Man... (Score:3, Funny)
...this totally blows away my papier-mache-and-baking-soda model.
I bet those guys are going to win the Science Fair.
Re:Not much air (Score:1, Funny)
Perhaps the more interesting question is, "Where can I get my hands on the technology to spray water that far?" Because that would be WAY more awesome than the water pistols we had when I was a kid.
Re:Not much air (Score:2, Funny)
It's possible, though unlikely, that you have a severe, severe, severe rage problem.
Re:Climate physics fail. (Score:2, Funny)
[[The scientists who have been studying this for decades know what they're talking about.]]
I dunno - they may not have thought about something that some Slashdot commenter brings up.