Global warming solutions

GLOBAL warming is causing cold fronts that bring rain to the Western Cape to move south.

Here is a way to reduce the global warming: In a New York Times article “How Oman’s Rocks Could Help Save The Planet” – at https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/04/26/climate/oman-rocks.html – there is discussion of how crushed rock, that reacts with carbon dioxide, could take carbon dioxide out of the air.

South Africa is also thinking of using this method with rock dug out in mining operations.

One plan is to spread rock dust along the shores, but one could using floating gel with rock dust in it that dissolves in the more acidic ocean.

The floating gel could be deployed above the Great Barrier Reef to save coral by shading and reaction with carbon dioxide to make the ocean less acidic.

Along the coast excess nutrients added by sewage etc can stimulate the growth of algae.

Algal blooms can contribute to acidification because when algae die the decomposition releases carbon dioxide directly into the water, resulting in acidification of the sea.

Floating gel with the rock dust in it could react with the more acid water.

The floating rock gel would enhance the warming of surface waters and increase rainfall chances if done on a massive scale.

Heating of surface waters would release more of the CO² because gases dissolve less easily in hotter water. The rock dust could then react with the CO². Used along the coast, dark rock dust would help evaporate water from waves by heating up (low albedo [absorbs a lot of light]).

Eddie Miller, Port Elizabeth