Hi All
A UK Government official once told me that, as there were so many daft
ideas to control climate, it was safe to assume that all ideas were daft.
Stephen
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On 03/10/2014 11:06, Andrew Lockley wrote:
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/manipulating-climate-to-fight-global-warming/40810950?rss=true
Extract
Changing weather and climate – some examples
1877: An American researcher proposes changing the direction of the
Kuroshio oceanic current through the Bering Strait. Purpose: to
increase Arctic temperatures by around 15°C.
1929: A German physicist proposes installing giant mirrors on a space
station to concentrate solar radiation on the Earth's surface and make
the extreme north of the planet inhabitable.
1945: According to the Director of Unesco, exploding atomic bombs over
the polar regions would lead to a rise in temperature of the Arctic
Ocean and climate warming in Northern temperate zones.
1967-1972: During the Vietnam war, the American army inseminates
clouds with silver iodide to extend the monsoon season.
1989: An American climatologist believes that might reflect the 2% of
sunlight with a missile shield in Earth orbit.
2006: A Dutch chemist proposes injecting sulphur particles in the
stratosphere to absorb sunlight and lower the temperature of the Earth.
2010: Researchers at the University of Geneva are able to create
artificial rain thanks to a laser capable of condensing water droplets
in the atmosphere.
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