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Old October 6th 05, 12:12 AM posted to sci.physics,sci.chem,sci.geo.meteorology
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Default Could we use endothermic(heat absorbing) reactions to reducehurricane strength?

Borek wrote:
On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 01:51:45 +0200, wrote:

26ยบ C surrounding temperatures. I'll take as a guess for the thickness
of 1 cm. Then this is a volume of 10,000m x 10,000m x .01m = 1,000,000
m^3. This is 1,000,000 metric tons of water. Then it would require that
amount in weight of NH4NO3. The worldwide production of ammonium



Adding such an amount of fertilizer to sea water is asking for troubles.
It is just like fertilizers washed from fields being dangerous for lakes.

Best,
Borek


Yup, with that amount of fertilizer, the resulting algae bloom will kill
all the fish within hundredss of miles.