#til about the UK government's solar geoengineering plans & well...i'm terrified.
#aria #solarGeoengineering #UK #climateChange
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#FYI #ClimateChat #DanMiller #DouglasMacMartin #solargeoengineering #geoengineering #amoc
(My two cents: As long as we keep igniting carbon bombs in exponential manner, no amount of geoengineering will be able to mitigate the effects.)
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@itnewsbot "The Environmental Defense Fund (#EDF) plans to dole out 'millions of dollars' in grants for solar geoengineering research, The New York Times reports. EDF tells The Verge it shares concerns about #SolarGeoengineering, which is why it’s supporting studies into the potential repercussions it could have."
A podcast with climate researcher Leon Simons from the Netherlands, who talks about how our declining sulphur emissions are removing the aerosol shield that was protecting the Earth from solar radiation.
After 30 years of annual climate conferences, our GHG emissions continue on a "business as usual" trajectory - they keep going up. The patient is dying and needs a life saving operation now.
Critics, however, argue that such a discussion would threaten the current de-facto ban on #GeoEngineering, and lead down a “slippery slope” towards legitimisation, mainstreaming and eventual deployment. #ClimateCrisis
#Switzerland calls on #UN to explore possibility of #SolarGeoEngineering
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/22/switzerland-calls-on-un-to-explore-possibility-of-solar-geoengineering
The Guardian · Switzerland calls on UN to explore possibility of solar geoengineering
A novel idea to dim the Sun by spraying reflective particles into the stratosphere has been proposed by some scientists. The idea is inspired by a sci-fi novel by Kim Stanley Robinson, who imagines a future where solar geoengineering is used to combat climate change. The idea is controversial, but some argue that it could be a last resort option to avoid the worst effects of global warming. #SolarGeoengineering #ClimateChange #SciFi https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231010-sun-solar-geoengineering-ministry-for-the-future-kim-stanley-robinson
The White House has released a report on researching the impacts of blocking out the sun, also known as solar geoengineering. Solar geoengineering is a hypothetical method of cooling down our overheated planet by continuously spewing reflective aerosol particles into the atmosphere. Many environmental leaders and scientists who study geoengineering oppose it, calling it “outlandish” and “a desperate idea”. #SolarGeoengineering #WhiteHouse #ClimateChange https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/white-house-dim-sun-solar-geoengineering/
Worth reading: Congressionally-Mandated Report on Solar Radiation Modification https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2023/06/30/congressionally-mandated-report-on-solar-radiation-modification/
"The report cautions that any potential comprehensive research program must encompass the societal as well as the scientific dimensions of solar radiation modification"
The "Overshoot Commission" is talking about #SolarGeoengineering. Not everyone thinks it should. https://climatechangenews.com/2023/06/12/overshoot-commission-solar-radiation-management/
I agree with this call from ~70 researchers in physical and biological sciences to boost research on #SRM #sunblock #solargeoengineering impacts and options. But they left out key constituencies. What about social scientists? And developing nations? 7 out of 70...??
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Former NASA director James Hansen, who first warned Congress about the dangers of global warming in 1988, is among more than 60 leading scientists who are…
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TwitterCorbin Hiar on Twitter“Former NASA director James Hansen, who first warned Congress about the dangers of global warming in 1988, is among more than 60 leading scientists who are calling for dramatic increases in research on ways to limit sunlight so it won’t overheat the planet. https://t.co/P5d4GLvesi”
“Just because we’re desperate doesn’t suddenly make solar geoengineering a good idea, because the risks are so immense” (Lili Fuhr, Center for Int'l Env Law) https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/12/world/solar-dimming-geoengineering-climate-solution-intl/index.html https://www.solargeoeng.org/ #SolarGeoengineering
"A huge body of academic literature shows the many risks ... that come with #geoengineering. These planetary #climate interventions cannot be controlled, and their local, regional and global #impacts are uncertain, with innumerable threats to regional climate #systems, food #security, water systems and so forth. #SolarGeoengineering should not be part of future climate #policy, and all development, testing and rogue deployment needs to stop." - Prof. Frank Biermann https://www.frankbiermann.org/post/mexico-bans-solar-geoengineering-experiments
Frank Biermann Mexico Bans Solar Geoengineering ExperimentsShould governments try to artificially cool the planet through ‘climate engineering’, for instance by injecting tons of sunlight-reflecting sulfur particles into the stratosphere? While some scientists seriously suggest that ‘solar geoengineering’ should be part of future climate policy, the government of Mexico has now taken a different stance: it has decided to ban all solar geoengineering experiments over its territory (unofficial English translation here). Mexico’s new policy was triggered b