How much Sulfur Dioxide is needed to freeze life on earth?
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This is inspired by What single element could destroy the world?.
Injecting sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere has been proposed as a mechanism to relieve the symptoms of global warming by creating a "stratoshield" (a la Mount Pinatubo), reflecting more of the sun's light away from earth. Large amounts of sulfur would be burned and injected high into the atmosphere using tubing suspended from weather balloons.
- About how cold does it have to get to be relatively certain all vertebrate life goes extinct?
- How much sulfur dioxide is needed to get to that temperature?
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