Physical science research needed to evaluate the viability and risks of marine cloud brightening

G Feingold, VP Ghate, LM Russell, P Blossey… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Marine cloud brightening (MCB) is the deliberate injection of aerosol particles into shallow
marine clouds to increase their reflection of solar radiation and reduce the amount of energy …

Microphysical properties of atmospheric soot and organic particles: measurements, modeling, and impacts

W Li, N Riemer, L Xu, Y Wang, K Adachi, Z Shi… - npj Climate and …, 2024 - nature.com
Atmospheric soot and organic particles from fossil fuel combustion and biomass burning
modify Earth's climate through their interactions with solar radiation and through …

Abrupt reduction in ship** emission as an inadvertent geoengineering termination shock produces substantial radiative warming

T Yuan, H Song, L Oreopoulos, R Wood… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Human activities affect the Earth's climate through modifying the composition of the
atmosphere, which then creates radiative forcing that drives climate change. The warming …

Invisible ship tracks show large cloud sensitivity to aerosol

P Manshausen, D Watson-Parris, MW Christensen… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Cloud reflectivity is sensitive to atmospheric aerosol concentrations because aerosols
provide the condensation nuclei on which water condenses. Increased aerosol …

Machine learning reveals climate forcing from aerosols is dominated by increased cloud cover

Y Chen, J Haywood, Y Wang, F Malavelle… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Aerosol–cloud interactions have a potentially large impact on climate but are poorly
quantified and thus contribute a substantial and long-standing uncertainty in climate …

The role of satellite remote sensing in mitigating and adapting to global climate change

S Zhao, M Liu, M Tao, W Zhou, X Lu, Y ** corridor after implementation of the International Maritime Organization 2020 fuel sulfur …
MS Diamond - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
New regulations from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) limiting sulfur emissions
from the ship** industry are expected to have large benefits in terms of public health but …

Assessing effective radiative forcing from aerosol–cloud interactions over the global ocean

CJ Wall, JR Norris, A Possner, DT McCoy… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - pnas.org
How clouds respond to anthropogenic sulfate aerosols is one of the largest sources of
uncertainty in the radiative forcing of climate over the industrial era. This uncertainty limits …

Reducing aerosol forcing uncertainty by combining models with satellite and within‐the‐atmosphere observations: A three‐way street

RA Kahn, E Andrews, CA Brock, M Chin… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aerosol forcing uncertainty represents the largest climate forcing uncertainty overall. Its
magnitude has remained virtually undiminished over the past 20 years despite considerable …

Constraining effects of aerosol-cloud interaction by accounting for coupling between cloud and land surface

T Su, Z Li, NR Henao, Q Luan, F Yu - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
Aerosol-cloud interactions (ACIs) are vital for regulating Earth's climate by influencing
energy and water cycles. Yet, effects of ACI bear large uncertainties, evidenced by …