Photo voltaic geoengineering goals to control the local weather by bouncing daylight again into house. In idea, it may ease international warming. However as curiosity within the concept grows, so do issues about potential penalties.
A startup known as Stardust Options lately raised a $60 million funding spherical, the most important identified up to now for a geoengineering startup. My colleague James Temple has a new story out concerning the firm, and the way its emergence is making some researchers nervous.
Up to now, the sector has been restricted to debates, proposed tutorial analysis, and—positive—a number of fringe actors to keep watch over. Now issues are getting extra severe. So what does it imply for geoengineering, and for the local weather? Learn the total story.
—Casey Crownhart
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For those who’re all in favour of studying extra about photo voltaic geoengineering, try:
+ Why the for-profit race into photo voltaic geoengineering is dangerous for science and public belief. Learn the total story.
+ Why we want extra analysis—together with outside experiments—to make better-informed choices about such local weather interventions.
+ The laborious classes of Harvard’s failed geoengineering experiment, which was formally terminated final yr. Learn the total story.
+ How this London nonprofit turned one of many greatest backers of geoengineering analysis.
+ The expertise may alter your complete planet. These teams need each nation to have a say.
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