An Open Letter to the IMO Supporting Maritime Transport that Cools the Atmosphere While Preserving Air Quality Benefits

Abstract

We are in a global warming emergency that is being exacerbated by a rapid decline in anthropogenically caused atmospheric aerosol loading .Recently implemented (2015 and 2020) International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations on bunker-fuel sulfur oxide (SOx) are an important contributor to these reduced aerosol loadings and high sea surface temperatures (Hansen,