• Thrawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      14 days ago

      Kinda. The exact quote for it being lowered down without heating up from reentry is “the added ice would cool the water down by only about a millionth of a degree” But yea essentially useless in the big scheme of things.

      The ice would be massively better used in space habitats or terraforming other places.

      • Klear@sh.itjust.works
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        14 days ago

        You stopped reading too soon:

        Unfortunately, comets would affect the Earth’s temperature in another way. In addition to dust and water, they contain a small amount of CO2, which would be released into the atmosphere as the comet melted. This CO2 would change Earth’s radiation balance