Climate intervention using marine cloud brightening (MCB) compared with stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) in the UKESM1 climate model

Haywood, Jim M.; Jones, Andy; Jones, Anthony C.; Halloran, Paul; Rasch, Philip J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-15305-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-15305-2023

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Climate intervention using marine cloud brightening (MCB) compared with stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) in the UKESM1 climate model

Jim M. Haywood, Andy Jones, Anthony C. Jones, Paul Halloran, and Philip J. Rasch

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GeoMIP G6sulfur data Jones Haywood https://doi.org/10.22033/ESGF/CMIP6.5822

Executive editor

This paper presents a timely and topical research. It directly compares the marine cloud brightening (MCB) with the stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) effects by utilizing the fully coupled atmosphere-ocean simulations. The study also reveals some new side effects by the MCB geoengineering, such as the locking of the climate into a permanent La Nina state and an increase in sea-level over the south Pacific Ocean. Those effects should be taken into account when developing geoengineering plans.