Editing Weather modification (section)

===Pumping up deep ocean waters to cool the surface===
{{See also|Thermocline|Sea surface temperature|Coast Guard}}
Pumping up colder [[deep ocean water]] in front of a [[tropical storm]] to cool the [[sea surface skin temperature]] could be a technique used to fight hurricanes in the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] before they develop into [[Major hurricane|major hurricanes]].<ref>{{Cite web | title=Controlling hurricanes is bold, risky and failed idea. Some want to try again. - The Washington Post | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/09/16/stop-hurricanes-weather-climate-change/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916132006/https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/09/16/stop-hurricanes-weather-climate-change/ | access-date=2025-05-16 | archive-date=2024-09-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2897/|title=NASA Scientific Visualization Studio {{pipe}} Cold Water Trails from Hurricanes Fabian and Isabel (WMS)|first=Eric|last=Sokolowsky|date=February 11, 2004|website=NASA Scientific Visualization Studio}}</ref>

It is purely speculative and difficult to realize since placing such pumps in the path of a hurricane would be difficult. Furthermore, any such project  would need a large number of them to upwell enough water to cool a large enough sea surface area to have any effectiveness. That is without counting the large amount of energy needed to power those pumps and its effects on marine life.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://phys.org/news/2022-09-artificial-ocean-cooling-weaken-hurricanes.html|date=September 10, 2022 |title=Artificial ocean cooling to weaken hurricanes is futile, study finds|author= Annie Reisewitz |publisher=Phys Org |access-date=2024-10-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/C5e.html|title=Hurricane Research Division - Why don't we try to destroy tropical cyclones by cooling the surface waters with icebergs or deep ocean water ? |date=June 1, 2017|website=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|access-date=May 25, 2018|archive-date=June 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180604133434/https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/C5e.html|url-status=live}}</ref>