geoengineering
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The climate policy milestone that was buried in the 2020 budget
This is the first time the government has funded research into schemes to engineer the climate.
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For geoengineers, a scientific existential crisis
Technofixes for the climate crisis are no one’s first choice. What is it like to study something you wish would disappear?
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How engineering the climate could mess with our food
Injecting aerosols into the atmosphere could cool our climate -- but it comes at a price.
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Wizards and prophets face off to save the planet
Charles C. Mann surveys the argument over how to rescue humanity from itself.
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Devil’s Bargain
We already have planet-cooling technology. The problem is, it’s killing us.
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Geoengineering’s unintended consequences: Hurricanes and food shortages
“There's a lot we don't know and a lot of differences in models.”
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The United Arab Emirates has a plan to make it rain: Build a mountain
If you have more money than water, why NOT build yourself a nice mountain?
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![Microcapsules containing sodium carbonate solution are suspended on a mesh during carbon dioxide absorption testing. The mesh allows many capsules to be tested at one time while keeping them separated, exposing more of their surface area.]()
![Microcapsules containing sodium carbonate solution are suspended on a mesh during carbon dioxide absorption testing. The mesh allows many capsules to be tested at one time while keeping them separated, exposing more of their surface area.]()
These magic CO2-dissolving capsules want to save the world
Scientists think they've found a new technology for pulling carbon from the air, and it looks like weird fish roe.
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Could this rock save the planet?
Olivine may be kryptonite for climate change, but it fights CO2 as only a mineral can -- incredibly slowly.
