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Can thickening Arctic ice with seawater slow its decline? Successful trial faces major hurdlesScientists tested a method to thicken Arctic sea ice by pumping seawater. This process created a thicker and more reflective ice layer duri...- Not a risk worth taking: Solar geoengineering could put India's monsoon at riskGlobal heatwaves prompt discussions on solar radiation modification technologies. This approach involves significant logistical challenges ...
- Engage in the solar geoengineering debate: Why India must shape the rules before the sun goes dimSolar radiation modification offers potential climate solutions but demands careful governance. This technology could cool the planet while...
- How a Volcano Can Cool the Entire PlanetExplosive volcanic eruptions can surprisingly cool the planet by injecting sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere. This gas forms reflective ...
- Bizarre climate ideas show how far off track we areProposed climate cooling interventions for the vulnerable polar regions, like sea curtains and Arctic ice thickening, face scrutiny. These ...
- Putting mirrors in space is a dangerous climate distractionThe idea that solar geoengineering, also known as solar radiation management (SRM), is now our only hope and that we should race to deploy ...
- EVs, nuclear and forever chemicals: Climate predictions for 2025Last month the International Energy Agency scrapped its forecast for peak coal consumption, saying use of the world’s dirtiest fuel will co...
- Global scientists’ union releases ethical framework for responsible climate engineering stepsThe American Geophysical Union says all stakeholders should follow transparent, inclusive policies while using geoengineering to combat cli...
- What is 'Net Zero', anyway? A short history of a monumental conceptThe G7 leaders recently committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2050, with the Albanese government in Australia introducing legislatio...
- As Earth overheats, scientists test way to repel Sun's raysBrightening clouds is one of several ideas to push solar energy back into space -- sometimes called solar radiation modification, solar geo...
- Tackling global warming with an asteroid ‘umbrella’? Here’s all you need to know about the unique method and how does it workScientists are exploring a unique concept to mitigate the impacts of global warming by considering the deployment of a spaceborne "umbrella...
- How cleaning up pollution may be heating the planetFor all the prominence of carbon dioxide in the discussion of climate change, it’s just one of the ways in which human activity has upset t...
- Earth’s Ozone layer is recovering as damaging chemicals phased out
- Cooling Earth artificially could be disastrous, warn scientistsLondon, Nov 15 (IANS) Proposals to counter the effects of global warming by imitating volcanic eruptions could lead to natural disasters in...
- Climate change: Cooling the planet with concrete, seaweed and rocksOne way of combating climate change is to draw enough CO2 out of the atmosphere to make a difference to our climate future.
- Cooling the planet with concrete, seaweed and rocksWhen he's not discovering new mammal species in Pacific islands and dinosaur fossils in Australia, scientist Tim Flannery of Melbourne Univ...
- Engineered clouds to help combat climate changeScientists say that Rayleigh jet method could produce desired effect using 30 megawatts of energy, about same energy that two large ships p...
- Sea level likely to rise up to 70 cm by 2100: StudyOcean levels could significantly rise up to 70 cm by 2100 due to climate change and even the most extreme geoengineering approaches would n...
- Disasters sow seeds of successTo err is human because risk-averse refusal to stop tinkering with the world as it is alien to human nature.
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