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geoengineering

A New Generation of Climate Scientists Warm Up to Solar Geoengineering

Fed up with a lack of action on climate change, some students are researching dimming the sun despite the pushback from other scientists.

By Gloria Dickie

The sun sets over the Arctic Ocean near the North Cape in Norway. Credit: Soeren Stache/picture alliance via Getty Images
People shield themselves from the sun during a heat wave on Aug. 27 in Osaka, Japan. As deadly heat waves kill tens of thousands worldwide annually, the United Nations Environmental Programme has started controversial discussions about concepts to build an atmospheric umbrella for the Earth. Credit: Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images

UN Sessions on Solar Geoengineering Trigger Unease

By Bob Berwyn

Ice researchers say that some of the geoengineering concepts aimed at trying to slow polar ice melt are unaffordable and unrealistic. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Geoengineering Won’t Save Us From Global Warming, New Study Says

By Bob Berwyn

Geoengineering Faces a Wave of Backlash Over Regulatory Gaps and Unknown Risks

By Kiley Price

A sign reading 'Stop Geoengineering Agenda 2030' appears at a demonstration of Spanish farmers in Madrid on May 13, 2023. The demonstration was organized by SOS Rural to draw attention to rural living conditions and highlight the importance of agriculture in society and its contribution to the Spanish economy. Credit: Oscar Del Pozo/AFP via Getty Images)

New Federal Report on Research Into Sun-Dimming Technologies Delivers More Questions Than Answers

By Bob Berwyn

Climate expert and activist James Hansen attends a press conference at the COP 23 United Nations Climate Change Conference on Nov. 6, 2017 in Bonn, Germany. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

60 Scientists Call for Accelerated Research Into ‘Solar Radiation Management’ That Could Temporarily Mask Global Warming

By Bob Berwyn

Members of the indigenous Saami community march during a Friday for Future protest in Jokkmokk, northern Sweden on Feb. 7, 2020. Credit: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images

An Indigenous Group’s Objection to Geoengineering Spurs a Debate About Social Justice in Climate Science

By Haley Dunleavy

The sun starts to rise behind Britain's largest offshore wind farm on July 19, 2006 in Norfolk, England. Credit: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Should Solar Geoengineering Be a Tool to Slow Global Warming, or is Manipulating the Atmosphere Too Dangerous?

By Bob Berwyn

Q&A: Is Elizabeth Kolbert’s New Book a Hopeful Look at the Promise of Technology, or a Cautionary Tale?

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, 2005

Can Hurricanes Be Tamed Using Cloud-Seeding?

By Robert Krier

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