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
Climate on the syllabus, Indian students scoring global creditsIndian students are increasingly enrolling in geoengineering courses at international universities to tackle climate change and environment...
29 Dec, 2024, 06.43 AM 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
Silicon Valley renegades pollute the sky to save the planetAs the perils of climate change become more extreme, interest in the idea, known as stratospheric solar geoengineering, is growing. Scienti...
26 Sep, 2024, 10.06 AM IST
Major Earth systems, important for keeping the global climate stable, may collapse in the futureMajor Earth's natural systems which could keep the global climate stable for the moment, may crash down in the near future, according to sc...
09 Aug, 2024, 06.14 AM IST
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...
04 Aug, 2023, 11.38 PM 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
- Cooling Earth artificially could be disastrous, warn scientists
London, Nov 15 (IANS) Proposals to counter the effects of global warming by imitating volcanic eruptions could lead to natural disasters in...
15 Nov, 2017, 02.07 PM 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
Buildings in 78% of human habitat area prone to quakeBuildings in 78 per cent of the total human habitat area in India are prone to earthquake because they are not constructed as per proper co...
23 Aug, 2015, 08.15 PM 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
Scientist suggests refreezing the Arctic to stop global warmingA US scientist has offered a radical solution to global warming by suggesting that we could refreeze the Arctic using a few modified jets.
12 Dec, 2012, 07.12 PM IST
Shading the earth could combat global warming: StudyTransporting materials into the stratosphere that can reduce the amount of sunlight hitting the earth could lower the effects of global cli...
01 Sep, 2012, 09.34 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