Climate fix technical test put on hold

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Climate fix technical test put on hold

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15132989

30 September 2011 Last updated at 15:26 ET

Climate fix technical test put on hold

By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News

A pioneering test of a climate "tech fix" planned for October faces a six-month delay as scientists discuss the issues it raises with their critics.

The test is part of the UK-based http://www2.eng.cam.ac.uk/~hemh/SPICE/SPICE.htm">Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering (Spice) project.

It would use a balloon and a kilometre-long hose to spray water into the upper atmosphere - a prelude to spraying climate-cooling sulphate particles.

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Dr Matt Watson of the UK's Bristol University, who leads the overall project, said he endorsed http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2011/Pages/spiceupdate.aspx">the decision, although his team had been "taken aback" when they first heard the news.

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Sat Oct-01-11 02:32 PM
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1. All right, that's kind of goofy.

I'm a little bit skeptical of any sci-fi idea that includes the idea of a miles-long cord or hose. I take it Dr. Watson hasn't heard of that great Irish forecaster, Murphy.

If they want to get particles into the upper atmosphere, how about using what is already available -- the fleet of jet aircraft flitting all over the planet? Design some type of particle sprayer and each flight of a jet aircraft could dump more sulfate where it is needed.

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