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What are the ethics surrounding using geoengineering as a way to aid…

- - - - Plants could become invasive
      - Selected plants could introduce more pathogens to the area
      - Could eliminate local cultures and customs
  - - - Potentially increases rate of climate change with pollutants emitted
- - - - Leading to organism death
      - Hurts fishing and tourism industries
      - Harmful to the health of human beings
- - - - UK's project to inject salt water aerosol that got suspended due to public unease.
      - Potential to reduce temperatures on the planet's surface
      - Expensive, who will pay
      - Potential to mitigate global warming (theoretically)
      - How particles will interact with each other in atmosphere not understood
    - - More reflective clouds reflect more of the sun's light off of the planet, reducing temperature of the surface
      - Studies have shown that changing cloud color can also cause impacts on the weather in low-land regions
      - Estimated to reduce rainfall on land