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Yeah but if we do by accident everywhere on earth continuously, it probably isn't going to be like... a net positive.
LOL Couldn’t have said it better
Probably not, but I asked how it works
When's they say "it might modify the climate", it means that we need to study it more to understand it better. Clouds determine precipitation and can cause heating or cooling depending on specific factors. It could be a net positive, or it could (far more likely) be a net negative. What makes climate change so bad is not so much based on temperature as it is based on change. Any change significantly affects crop yields, precipitation, and biodiversity. Whether the planet was getting hotter or colder, plenty of plants, humans, and other animals will die in the process.
https://e360.yale.edu/features/plastic-waste-atmosphere-climate-weather
The original post is discussing cloud formation not aerosol concentrations. Clouds can reflect solar energy away from us, but they can also maintain higher temperatures by acting like a blanket. Also, precipitation patterns will change even more rapidly and unpredictably. Again, we need more research on this specific phenomenon. Because it might become problematic.
As is the link I posted, aerosols are the same thing, a suspension of particles
You originally asked how cloud formation changes the climate and now you're answering your own question?
Whether it heats or cools the earth, it is still changing the climate. Either direction is a dangerous change that can rapidly deteriorate our already precarious situation in regards to climate change.
I don't understand what you're saying by posting these links?
I'm just doing further reading, and finding that it's such a tiny proportion of aerosols that it's likely to have minimal effect.
I like to understand the facts before claiming it's good, bad or neither