Day 1,601: stratosphere, remit

But the only way to stop the warming before reaching net zero is to cut the amount of sunshine the planet absorbs, perhaps by inserting particles into the stratosphere or whitening clouds over the ocean.

Mechanisms for removing carbon dioxide fall more comfortably within cop’s remit.

Artwork of the day 
Muliere peccatrici remittuntur peccata multa
Salvador Dali
Date: 1964 - 1967
Style: Expressionism,Symbolism
Period: Classic Period (1941-1989)
Series: The Biblia Sacra
Genre: religious painting
Media: gouache

Word of the day 
stratosphere: a layer in the upper atmosphere of a planet where the temperature increases with height
remit: to reduce a period of time that someone must spend in prison 

Quote of the day
“The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labour. War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent.”
― George Orwell, 1984