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Would terraforming the world's deserts solve global warming?

>> No.11956281

>>11956267
Don't fuck with deserts you'll dick the big boy jungles

>> No.11956284

It would decrease the Earth's Albedo, reduce atmospheric dust and increase atmospheric water vapour.
All would warm the Earth.

>> No.11956290

>>11956267
>global warming
kek.

>> No.11956291

>>11956290
>denies greenhouse effect

You're on the wrong board, bud.

>> No.11956432

>>11956284
what about the carbon dioxide, which is supposedly the dominant factor?

>> No.11956455
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>>11956267
yeah would suck up a lot of CO2
problem is the deserts are there for a reason, and it's very hard to overcome it, see pic

>> No.11956473

Currently we're terraforming forests into deserts so that's kinda the opposite of what the invisible hand of the market dictates.

>> No.11957212

>>11956267
No.

>> No.11957233

>>11956267
This would actually achieve the opposite effect. Greening deserts would take rain and moisture away from areas that aren't deserts. It will probably start a water war.

>> No.11957263

>>11956267
No, the sun's emissions would determine global warming

>> No.11958341

>>11956291
>You're on the wrong board, bud.
This is /sci/, pal. Sunspots don't lie. The next solar minimum is happening right now.

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>> No.11959134

>>11956455
would the same phenomenon not occur in cities, and other developed regions instead?

>> No.11959138

>>11956432
water vapor has a stronger effect on heat retention than CO2

>> No.11959143

Just changing farming and ranching practices. So the soil recovers and becomes alive and carbon rich again.

>> No.11959373

>>11958341
>0.03% difference in light output
oh wow it's fucking nothing

>> No.11959376

>>11959138
yeah it's all because oceans suddenly appeared in the '90s

retard

>> No.11959384

Whatever happened to the idea of shooting a bunch of copper ions into the air to turn the atmosphere into ethanol?

>> No.11959393

>>11956267
No. Most CO2 is made into oxygen in the ocean

>> No.11959425

>>11956284
And increase O2 so we can get massive spiders again finally.

>> No.11959463

>>11956267
>ANOTHER retarded phonefag poster
A thread died for this garbage.

>> No.11959480

>>11959463
retard

>> No.11959487

>>11956267
Long time ago most of earth was a jungle in-fact. It was also a lot hotter then it was now. I’m not sure that will help with anything but make it worst.

>> No.11959490

>>11959487
>Long time ago
fairy tales >>>/x/

>> No.11959539

>>11959490
What? During the Cretaceous period there were forests and jungles everywhere. This isn’t anything >>>/x/ retard.

>> No.11959620

>>11959539
The warming was due to intense volcanic activity which produced large quantities of carbon dioxide.