Why Systems Thinking is Needed

Posted on July 25, 2024

The following article is an example of how simple solutions to complex problems dominate the thinking of many scientists and policy makers. “Clever” solutions to problems created by “clever humans” is not a clever idea…..

EPA weighing controversial geoengineering ocean experiment south of Martha’s Vineyard

Scientists are seeking permission to advance an experiment that entails releasing a sodium hydroxide solution into the open ocean.

By Erin Douglas Globe Staff, July 21, 2024, 6:00 a.m.

A nontoxic fluorescent dye was released south of Cape Cod by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in August 2023. A similar dye would track the release of sodium hydroxide.JACK GENTEMPO/BRICK CITY TV

Oceans swallow huge amounts of carbon dioxide pollution each year, helping to mitigate climate change, but at the cost of the seas becoming more and more acidic. But what if we could increase the Atlantic’s appetite for the greenhouse gas by giving it the equivalent of a giant antacid tablet?

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