silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 8 months agoResearchers want to use the ultrafine rock particles left by eroding glaciers — called ‘rock flour’ — to suck climate-warming carbon from the airwapo.stexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down10
arrow-up152arrow-down1external-linkResearchers want to use the ultrafine rock particles left by eroding glaciers — called ‘rock flour’ — to suck climate-warming carbon from the airwapo.stsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareGreyghoster@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoDo we know how much there is and how much we will need? Seems like a huge problem. Maybe electrify everything and transition the economy to low carbon is a safer bet.
minus-squareivanafterall@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 months agoIf all of the glaciers recede, we should have all of the rock flour. That should be enough?
minus-squareGreyghoster@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoIt’s a big problem and I don’t know if the science behind this has been tested. Still, every little helps!
minus-squareDancingBear@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoWe’ll need more! Maybe there is more rock flour on other planets we can harvest.
Do we know how much there is and how much we will need? Seems like a huge problem. Maybe electrify everything and transition the economy to low carbon is a safer bet.
If all of the glaciers recede, we should have all of the rock flour. That should be enough?
It’s a big problem and I don’t know if the science behind this has been tested. Still, every little helps!
We’ll need more! Maybe there is more rock flour on other planets we can harvest.