Unintended warming: How reduced ship emissions may accelerate climate change - Climate Program Office
cpo.noaa.gov
New regulations that cut sulfur emissions from ships have reduced cloud formations that cool Earth’s surface, potentially contributing to recent increases in global temperatures.
  • thefluffiest@feddit.nl
    29·
    3 months ago

    No, these emissions masked climate change. Reducing them didn’t accelerate it, the warming effect was already there.

    It’s headlines like this that subtly mislead people

    • Hirom@beehaw.org
      5·
      3 months ago

      That sounds analogous to the withdrawal effect which addicts suffer when stopping drugs.

      Quickly reducing pollution reduces the short-lived masking effect, which makes things temporarily worse when the pollution stops. It’s still worth it and the best option long term.

  • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
    23·
    3 months ago

    Hmm, cutting sulfur dioxide emissions for health reasons is bad for global warming because sulfur dioxide clouds have a net cooling effect with reflection.