Scientists trial cloud brightening equipment to shade and cool Great Barrier Reef

Exclusive: experiment uses a modified turbine to spray trillions of nano-sized salt crystals into the air from a bargeScientists have carried out a trial of prototype cloud brightening equipment on the Great Barrier Reef they hope could be scaled up to shade and cool corals and protect them from bleaching caused by rising global temperatures.The experiment used a modified turbine with 100 high-pressure nozzles to spray trillions of nano-sized ocean salt crystals into the air from the back of a barge. Continue reading...