Some scientists have a new idea that could help fix climate change: Dry out the sky

[rangerrebew]

 
Some scientists have a new idea that could help fix climate change: Dry out the sky
Story by Doyle Rice, USA TODAY • 43m

It may sound like the plot of an old James Bond movie, but an idea to "dehydrate the stratosphere" to slow climate change is real.

In a study released Wednesday in Science Advances, researchers propose a controversial geoengineering strategy to reduce global warming, one that involves dehydrating the stratosphere by removing water vapor – the most abundant greenhouse gas.
 
Indeed, although greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane are the most important drivers of human-caused climate change, water vapor remains the most common greenhouse gas. Removing it from the atmosphere would help mitigate climate change, study authors say.
 
In the study by researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, scientists suggest trying what they call "intentional stratospheric dehydration."

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[Free Vulcan]

So turn the world into a desert. Sounds like an excellent proposition.

Rain comes from clouds, clouds block the Sun, less Sun cools the Earth, global warming is negated.

But hey, let's ramp it up the other way.

[libertybele]

    What a bunch of looney tunes!

[andy58-in-nh]

It would be a challenge to come up with a stupider idea that this one.

I suspect it won't keep some people from trying. 

[Smokin Joe]

I suppose, theoretically, one could stick one's head so far up one's arse they would disappear.

Considering there seem to be a great number already well on their way, I suggest we encourage them to continue, forthwith, and leave the Planet alone.

After all, the planet has been here for a lot longer, and most of that without the intervention of any scientists at all.

[DefiantMassRINO]

WTF?

Isn't that what precipitation does?

How much is this Green New Squeegie going to cost us, only to fail?

Moisture moderates temperatures.  Along the coast, the Ocean temperatures make it more temperate in Winter and cooler in Summer.  Dry air allows temperatures to change faster and can make temperature changes more extreme.

During Winter, the Dew Point is the lowest temperature that air can fall to.  On dry, cloudless, windless nights, radiational cooling allows Winter temperatures to drop precipitously after sunset.

Man is not omnipotent enough to regulate the Earth's climate with a thermostat, humidifier, and de-humidifier.  Then there's the volcano, solar cycle, and asteroid strike problems.

[rustynail]

"it's not nice to fool Mother Nature"

[GtHawk]

Some believe the global climate apocalypse will be brought on by the use of so called "Fossil Fuels", I believe it far more likely to brought on by so called "Scientists"