Dear Andrew, If the water temperature is warmer than the air you will insulate the water and make it warmer. What color will the Special K be after a few days if it is eat? What happens to the (additional) fish near the surface when the hurricane comes? If not the cooling effect will increase the mixed layer depth and this will have an additional cooling effect.
Evaporation may increase because the surface area of the Special K is higher than the water. Worth checking this out. Pick a substance that will break down in a few days and is benign. There is a natural organic scum on the sea surface already. If you add to it, you will alter bubble bursting and air-sea transfer. Good luck, Oliver Wingenter On Aug 12, 5:50 pm, Andrew Lockley <[email protected]> wrote: > I tested my theory that breakfast cereals could disrupt hurricanes with a > very small experiment. > I got some Kellog's Special K and floated it in briny water for 36 hours. I > tried two versions: soaked in olive oil, and dry. Both samples remained > afloat, just under the surface of the water, at the end of the experiment. > > I suggest that this will make a significant difference to heat transfer into > the hurricane, by a variety of mechanisms: > 1) Increasing albedo (Special K is pale yellow) which will reduce solar > heating of the sea > 2) Impeding circulation on small scales near the surface, reducing > evaporation > 3) Oil-mixed cereal may reduce evaporation directly, by reducing the wet > surface area > 4) A continuous oil layer will reduce wave disturbance, thus reducing > effective surface area. > > I think this idea is worthy of some further consideration. I really hope > someone can comment on the idea. It seems pretty cheap and environmentally > benign to me. > > A --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
