Lili and Michael travelled to Cape Town, South Africa, this May to participate in the Degrees Global Forum, which was the largest conference to date on solar radiation modification (SRM). Lili showed that whereas clouds within a shipping corridor formed more frequently and with more droplets but less liquid water before marine pollution regulations went into effect in 2020, the reduction in sulfate aerosols post-2020 has led to a reduction in all these cloud effects from shipping. Michael talked about work from undergraduate student Jay Brunelli investigating how “climate zones” (like rainforest versus savanna) shift under SRM versus unabated warming.
Diamond group @ Florida State 