Geoengineering does little to defuse most of the risks that really matter for people – and it runs the risk of making some harms worse ...

Co-founder Andrew Song of solar geoengineering startup Make Sunsets holds a weather balloon filled with helium, air and sulfur dioxide at a park in Reno, Nevada, United States on February 12, ...

The prospect of heat waves without end, increasingly destructive floods, relentless drought, rapidly rising sea levels, and ...

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Of the long list of strategies scientists have suggested to combat global warming, solar geoengineering may be among the most controversial. Of the long list of strategies scientists have suggested to ...

In January, an Iowa Senate subcommittee unanimously advanced Senate Study Bill 3010 to prohibit solar geoengineering and ...

The group invited about 30 experts to plan for a likely wave of new funding to study reflecting sun rays. Climate scientists, environmental activists and philanthropists met privately last month to ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Tennessee legislature is on track to pass a bill that would prohibit anyone from combating climate change through atmospheric dispersal within the borders of the state.

From carbon capture machines to covering glaciers with giant blankets, there’s no shortage of ideas on how to combat the effects of anthropogenic climate change. Now, a team of atmospheric scientists ...

As global heating worsens, interest in solar engineering is rising, including from private companies and investors. But the technique remains controversial and lacks regulation.As global heating ...

The National Academy of Sciences released a major report chronicling six techniques to turn the oceans into carbon dioxide vacuums. Reading time 4 minutes The U.S. government has moved one step closer ...

On a special episode (first released on May 23, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: As the world warms and aspirations to reach net-zero carbon emissions slide further and further away, climate scientists ...