The California City Council has blocked a dangerous solar geoengineering experiment conducted by researchers from the University of Washington to combat climate change.
Following a vote by the City Council, an experiment in Alameda that involved spraying sea salt particles into the air to test the viability of slowing global warming was abandoned due to safety concerns.
As part of their Marine Cloud Brightening Program, researchers from the University of Washington conducted a climatic experiment on the flight deck of the USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum in Alameda to find out if salt particles can raise the sun reflectance of clouds.
Following press reports about the misting procedure last month, including one from the New York Times that stunned Alameda Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, the city decided to call off the trial. Authorities in Alameda claimed that the experiment was going on without their knowledge and that it was outside the terms of the city's lease wit...
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