Marine Cloud Brightening (MCB) involves spraying sea salt into marine clouds to increase reflectivity and cool targeted ocean regions. Recent models suggest MCB could suppress devastating Super El Niños, though it carries massive risks of rainfall disruption and moral hazard.
Click to View MoreA Super El Niño involves extreme warming of the equatorial Pacific Ocean, severely disrupting global weather. It weakens the Indian monsoon, triggers marine heatwaves, and threatens agricultural yields, requiring urgent climate-resilient planning and robust early warning systems to mitigate localized and macroeconomic disasters.
Click to View MoreThe India Meteorological Department (IMD) recently updated its seasonal forecast, indicating that the cumulative rainfall for the upcoming monsoon season is likely to be below normal. Despite this projection, weather experts and agricultural scientists suggest that there is no immediate cause for alarm regarding food security or economic stability.
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