Did cloud seeding cause the deadly Texas floods? Report sparks outrage after disaster that killed over 100Recent Texas floods led to conspiracy theories. These theories wrongly blamed cloud seeding company Rainmaker. Augustus Doricko, Rainmaker'...
11 Jul, 2025, 06.13 PM IST
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 ...
18 Apr, 2025, 10.59 AM IST
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...
04 Jan, 2025, 10.49 AM IST
The new climate gold rush: Scrubbing carbon from the skyThis summer, Bill Gates met with top investors to discuss funding companies that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. These businesse...
24 Dec, 2024, 05.11 PM IST
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...
13 Nov, 2024, 11.26 AM IST
Can we engineer our way out of the climate crisis?As the risks became clearer, political and corporate leaders pledged to keep global average temperatures to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsiu...
02 Apr, 2024, 09.56 AM IST
A new VC fund will put $100 million into decarbonizing the oceanBoston-based Propeller will focus on startups developing tech to remove carbon dioxide from the ocean, decarbonize shipping and improve eff...
26 Oct, 2022, 09.35 AM IST
View: Can geoegineering fix climate change?The trade-off between geoengineering and carbon removal depends on one’s time horizon. The sooner cooling is pursued, the greater the envir...
02 Oct, 2021, 10.33 AM IST
Climate change, state emergency and stakeholder pursuitTop priority for developing countries, and particularly for India, is to prepare for the devastating consequences. They have to be self-suf...
01 Sep, 2021, 02.49 PM IST
As climate risks rise, scientists call for rules on solar engineering01 Oct, 2018, 10.58 PM IST
Can Asia Change The Climate?Asia with the most number of poor people and being the most economically dynamic region in the world will encounter climate change like no ...
10 Aug, 2017, 10.13 AM IST
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.
02 Dec, 2015, 12.53 PM IST
- Cooling the planet with concrete, seaweed and rocks
When he's not discovering new mammal species in Pacific islands and dinosaur fossils in Australia, scientist Tim Flannery of Melbourne Univ...
02 Dec, 2015, 05.46 AM IST
- How to slow climate change with a fake volcano
The idea is to mimic Pinatubo by using a fleet of modified business jets to inject fine droplets of sulfuric acid into the stratosphere, wh...
01 Dec, 2015, 04.12 AM IST
Climate engineering may save coral reefs: StudyGeoengineering of the climate may be the only way to save coral reefs from mass bleaching which can lead to their mortality
26 May, 2015, 05.02 PM IST
- Sea level likely to rise up to 70 cm by 2100: Study
Ocean levels could significantly rise up to 70 cm by 2100 due to climate change and even the most extreme geoengineering approaches would n...
26 Aug, 2010, 05.09 AM IST
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.
28 Jul, 2010, 05.26 AM IST