ElCanut@jlai.lu to Data Is Beautiful@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoBeautiful but worrying 🌍jlai.luimagemessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1909arrow-down18cross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1901arrow-down1imageBeautiful but worrying 🌍jlai.luElCanut@jlai.lu to Data Is Beautiful@lemmy.ml · 7 months agomessage-square79fedilinkcross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
minus-squarekbotc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoNah, Sulfur compounds can lower albedo. That’s actually quite possibly what happened here and why we have sudden outlier acceleration. https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/cutting-pollution-from-the-shipping-industry-accidentally-increased-global-warming-study-suggests
minus-squareMNByChoice@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoBit horrifying they put that much in the air.
minus-squarekbotc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoYea. They were basically burning the tar like leftovers from fuel distillation and there was a lot of heavy tankers moving from East Asia to the US. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_fuel_oil
Nah, Sulfur compounds can lower albedo. That’s actually quite possibly what happened here and why we have sudden outlier acceleration.
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/cutting-pollution-from-the-shipping-industry-accidentally-increased-global-warming-study-suggests
Bit horrifying they put that much in the air.
Yea. They were basically burning the tar like leftovers from fuel distillation and there was a lot of heavy tankers moving from East Asia to the US.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_fuel_oil