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Futurism
4 days ago
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City Officials Halt Experiment to Hack Earth's Climate, Citing Health Concerns

Using clouds as reflectors to cool the planet faces controversy due to potential hazards and resistance.
Injecting sea salt aerosols to boost cloud formation for sunlight reflection is a proposed method of climate cooling. [ more ]
Fast Company
2 days ago
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What is 'cloud brightening'-and why did California just stop scientists from studying it?

Experts suggest additional measures like cloud brightening to combat the climate crisis, alongside emission reductions. [ more ]
Futurism
3 weeks ago
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Scientist Slams Politicians For Banning Geoengineering Experiments

Calls against regulating geoengineering for climate change solutions are made to avoid hindering scientific progress amidst global warming threats. [ more ]
State of the Planet
3 weeks ago
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Solar Geoengineering To Cool the Planet: Is It Worth the Risks?

Respectable scientists and institutions are now pushing for more research into solar geoengineering to moderate global warming. [ more ]
The Verge
1 month ago
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Can brightening clouds buy us time to fight climate change?

Marine cloud brightening (MCB) involves spraying saltwater into the air to reflect sunlight.
Solar geoengineering may serve as a contingency plan to counteract climate change effects. [ more ]
WFRV Local 5 - Green Bay, Appleton
2 months ago
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Scientists create new idea on how to hack a warming planet: drying the upper atmosphere

Scientists propose injecting ice in upper atmosphere to reduce water vapor and cool the Earth slightly.
The concept of drying the upper atmosphere is a new addition to geoengineering tools to combat climate change. [ more ]
subscriber.politicopro.com
1 month ago
Science

Geoengineering Test Quietly Launches Salt Crystals into Atmosphere

The nation's first outdoor test to limit global warming by increasing cloud cover was launched from a decommissioned aircraft carrier in the San Francisco Bay.
The experiment involves spraying microscopic salt particles into the air to reflect sunlight away from the Earth, sparking concerns about the ethical and environmental implications. [ more ]
USA TODAY
2 months ago
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Some scientists have a new idea that could help fix climate change: Dry out the sky

Dehydration of stratosphere as a geoengineering strategy
Intentional stratospheric dehydration using ice nuclei to remove water vapor [ more ]
Mail Online
2 months ago
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NASA reveals new strategy to fight for climate change

Drying up the atmosphere could combat climate change
NASA and NOAA plan to inject ice particles into the atmosphere [ more ]
Mail Online
2 months ago
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Six technologies which could help control global warming

Geoengineering and carbon capture projects aim to remove CO2 from the atmosphere to mitigate climate change.
Technologies like blocking the sun with sulfur particles and brightening clouds are being researched for climate solutions. [ more ]
Futurism
3 months ago
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Scientists Desperately Studying How to Hack Climate

Researchers are exploring large-scale geoengineering methods to combat climate change, despite the unknown consequences of these methods.
One project involves adding an alkaline solution to the ocean to combat oceanic acidity, while another involves shooting particles into the atmosphere to reflect solar radiation. [ more ]
Engadget
3 months ago
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The ice caps are melting. Is geoengineering the solution?

Arctic ice has shrunk by 1.35 million square miles since 1979.
Ice loss in Greenland is worse than previously thought and Antarctic ice is at the lowest level on record. [ more ]
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