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It can help limit how hot the water gets, and therefore how quickly future storms intensify.
I'm curious, what could Florida do to reduce ocean temperatures with this money?
They can limit their own greenhouse gas emissions, by doing things like subsidizing the conversion of homes which currently use fossil fuels for heating, hot water heating, and cooking to not do so, as well as subsidize solar panels on home roofs.
This won't lower temperatures from where they are now, but it does reduce the future increase.
In all honesty, it sounds nice and I am not against the idea, but I really have a hard time seeing it having any measurable effect.
Each tiny drop on its own raises the water level an imperceptible amout. Together they fill a lake