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    The document discusses solutions that have been proposed to address global warming, including negative emissions technologies like reforestation and ocean fertilization, as well as solar radiation management techniques like stratospheric aerosol injection. More than 50 countries have donated money to fund scientists working on geoengineering strategies to limit the effects of global warming. If these proposed solutions can be implemented successfully on a large scale, it is believed that global warming may soon be addressed and the effects reversed.

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    The document discusses solutions that have been proposed to address global warming, including negative emissions technologies like reforestation and ocean fertilization, as well as solar radiation management techniques like stratospheric aerosol injection. More than 50 countries have donated money to fund scientists working on geoengineering strategies to limit the effects of global warming. If these proposed solutions can be implemented successfully on a large scale, it is believed that global warming may soon be addressed and the effects reversed.

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    Global warming, a problem soon to be in the past

    Tatum-Leigh de Vries, Hongwen School

    What is global warming?


    Global warming is the gradual increase in the
    overall temperature of Earth’s atmosphere. The
    main cause of global warming could be
    attributed to anthropogenic emissions, which
    include deforestation, agriculture and burning
    fossil fuels. Statistics show that we have already
    cleared more than 30% of all forest cover on the
    planet; Earth’s glaciers are losing more than 390
    billion tons of snow and ice a year and there is a
    99% chance that humans are in fact responsible
    for climate change. Global warming should be
    considered one of the biggest concerns for
    humanity.

    The global solution Solar radiation management


    More than 50 countries have come together and This is a geoengineering method which aims to limit
    donated an endless amount of money to the the effects of sunlight on Earth. The leading method
    global warming solution fund. Scientists have of SRM is stratospheric aerosol injection.
    devised multiple geoengineering strategies Stratospheric aerosol injection is similar to when a
    which consist of negative emissions volcano erupts. The volcano sends a cloud of ash
    technologies and solar radiation management. into the air. The sulphur dioxide in this ash mixes
    So, what exactly do these long strings of words with water to form sulphuric acid aerosol which
    mean? helps reflect sunlight. Research suggests that this
    could help bring rainfall patterns back to their pre-
    industrial averages. Nevertheless, if aerosols were
    Negative emissions technologies used to lower temperatures, and then this process
    Negative emissions technologies is more was suddenly stopped, global temperatures would
    commonly known as carbon dioxide removal. rapidly rebound.
    The principal methods scientists have chosen
    are reforestation and ocean fertilization. Ocean
    fertilization is the process of spreading nutrients
    over the ocean surface. These nutrients will then Looking ahead
    stimulate phytoplankton growth in areas that Now that scientists have the funding, they will be
    have low photosynthetic production. The able to conduct more experiments and in turn,
    phytoplankton will have an increased CO2 intake renew the world. We will start one step at a time,
    first with reforestation and no-till agriculture. By
    and by the time the phytoplankton dies, the
    the time we have enough information on
    carbon will have sequestered into the ocean geoengineering, we will have the capital to put
    floor. With the technology we have today, it SRM and NET methods into place.
    would not take a large technological leap to carry
    out.

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