We design and simulate a climate intervention via marine cloud brightening which expands with time in order to counterbalance global warming
Marine cloud brightening (MCB) geoengineering aims to inject aerosols over oceans to brighten clouds and reflect more sunlight in order to
Marine Cloud Brightening (MCB) geoengineering aims to inject aerosols over oceans to brighten clouds and reflect more sunlight to offset the impacts of
The Simons Foundation has launched an international collaborative research program designed to fill fundamental scientific knowledge gaps relevant to Solar Radiation Management. SRM is an emerging collection of proposed approaches, including stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI), marine cloud brightening (MCB) and cirrus cloud thinning (CCT), designed to modify the Earth’s radiative balance and cool the planet. Applications must be submitted via the Simons Award Manager (SAM), . Applications should be started and submitted under the applicant’s own account in the Simons Award Manager (SAM). For the *Mathematics and Physical Sciences – Solar Radiation Management* application, please click on Create Application and then on Begin Application. 4. **Submit Application:** When the LOI application is complete, please click on the Submit Application button to submit to the foundation. 6. **Submit Application:** When the full proposal application is complete and signed, the applicant must click on the Submit Application button. All applicants for this grant must use our new grants management portal, the Simons Award Manager (SAM), to submit applications.
This potential climate intervention technique modifies the albedo of the low clouds over water by introducing cloud condensing nuclei-effective aerosols.
Marine Cloud Brightening (or Cloud Reflectivity Enhancement) aims to increase the whiteness of clouds in order to reflect more sunlight back into space.
With marine cloud brightening, or MCB, scientists inject salt spray into shallow marine clouds to brighten them, increasing their reflection of
The Marine Cloud Brightening Research Program is an open collaboration of atmospheric scientists and other experts to study how clouds respond to particles — also called aerosols — in the atmosphere. This research aims to further our understanding of how interactions between aerosols and clouds impact our climate system, and to investigate the feasibility and potential impacts of reducing climate warming by intentionally increasing the reflection of sunlight from marine clouds. As humans consider making changes to our aerosol emissions — either reducing them via regulation and technology, or pursuing intentional marine cloud brightening as a climate intervention — we need a stronger scientific understanding of these processes in order to both advance positive effects and limit unintended effects. In addition to advancing its scientific goals, the MCB Program’s intent is to serve as an exemplary model for open, public-interest research and field studies of clouds and aerosols, and as a resource for scientists, regulators, stakeholders and the public for understanding and engaging with cloud-aerosol and marine cloud brightening research.