I remember reading about the cooling effects of aerosols about a decade ago. It's not like this was a mystery even back then.

See this article from 2013:

https://news.mit.edu/2013/the-global-warming-conundrum-green...

2025 was the third hottest year on record

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/01/14/...

The good news is that this pretty much proves we can somewhat slow down climate change by spraying certain chemicals into the air. Obviously it would be better to limit co2 emissions radically, but that's not going to happen thanks to the idiots who rule America these days.

The prospect of geoengineering is the only thing which gives me some hope for the future.

If you want a gut understanding of what we need to do about climate change, play the boardgame Daybreak. Also, every card has a qrcode that links to educational material on the real-world topic. (Predictable, specious critiques: reductionist or biased modeling)

Looks like comments are being deleted on here... the climate change denial crowd is only growing :/

I’d love to see the raw data.

From a now dead comment, but still worth addressing since I've been seeing this as a dismissal for climate change a whole lot more lately:

> Even Bill Gates has admitted that it's not that concerning.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/bill-gates-memo-climate-chan...

https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/5585562-bill-...

Tl;dr: Gates still thinks climate warming is a major threat, just not to the extent of using it as a doomsday threat of "guaranteed destruction for all of humanity."

I find it fascinating that climate change deniers will often say absolutely anything to discredit Bill Gates, but the second he says something that could even be misconstrued as support for their side, all of the sudden he's a trustworthy authority for their beliefs.

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This story is from 2024? Seems a bit dated

How long it would take for international maritime organization to roll back IMO 2020 I wonder. I have a feeling that it will be close to "never."