geoengineering
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Earth Scientists Propose Giant Wall To Stop Antarctic Ice Sheet From Collapsing
Everyday it feels like science fiction and reality slide ever closer together. In the latest edition of “could this happen,” scientists have published a new study that weighs building massive berms to protect receding Antarctic glaciers.
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Why The Scariest Response To Climate Change Is Finally Being Taken Seriously
We aren’t doing such a great job solving the whole climate change problem, which is why some experts think it’s time to study more radical tactics. The notion of geoengineering — hacking the climate to cool the planet — is controversial, awe-inspiring and, to many, terrifying. And yet, despite their own grave concerns with the…
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Dusting The Sky With Diamond Is The Latest Crazy Scheme To Cool The Planet
Geoengineering — hacking Earth’s climate system to reverse global warming — often sounds a bit preposterous, whether we’re talking about deploying giant space mirrors or dumping a bunch of iron filings into the ocean. The latest proposal? Dusting the stratosphere with billions of dollars worth of powdered diamond.
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Scientists Weigh In On Plans To Hack The Weather And Cool The Earth
Geoengineering (i.e. tinkering with the climate to stop the rising tides of climate change) is a provocative and frankly still kinda crazy idea. Two long-awaited reports from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) out today have some pretty harsh words about geoengineering.