geoengineering
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Geoengineering Might Not Save Us From a Cloud Apocalypse
There’s a whole slew of reasons to not rely on blocking the sun to cool the planet. But a new paper puts up perhaps the best one yet: It might not work if we continue to let carbon emissions skyrocket.
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No, We Shouldn’t Just Block Out The Sun
We blocking the sun to cool things down. This isn’t some Lex Luther super villain idea, it’s something scientists are actively studying so we don’t dive headlong into a huge planetary experiment blind.
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Scientists Want To Spray Shit Into The Atmosphere To Cool The Planet
The planet is in rough shape due to rising carbon emissions, and the world’s governments don’t seem to be in any hurry to change course. That has us on a collision course with dramatic climate change, and that has at least some scientists looking at a dramatic, last resort: dimming the sun to cool the…
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Welp, Using Volcanoes To Understand Geoengineering Might Not Really Work
The cooling effects of large volcanic eruptions have led some scientists to believe these natural hazards could inspire and inform the development of geo-engineering schemes to combat climate change. New research suggests this is probably a bad idea.