{"id":64560,"date":"2022-12-29T12:53:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T17:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=64560"},"modified":"2022-12-29T12:53:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T17:53:57","slug":"can-geoengineering-fix-the-climate-hundreds-of-scientists-say-not-so-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=64560","title":{"rendered":"Can geoengineering fix the climate? Hundreds of scientists say not so fast"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Can geoengineering fix the climate? Hundreds of scientists say not so fast<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Biden administration is developing a controversial solar geoengineering research plan to the dismay of many experts<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Proposed geoengineering methods include pumping salt water into clouds to make them more reflective of sunlight, or to place ice particles in clouds to stop them from trapping heat.<\/span> Photograph: Charlotte Observer\/MCT\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A<\/span><\/span>s global heating escalates, the US government has set out a plan to further study the controversial and seemingly sci-fi notion of deflecting the sun\u2019s rays before they hit Earth. But a growing group of scientists denounces any steps towards what is known as solar geoengineering.<\/span><\/p>\n

The White House has set into motion a\u00a0five-year outline for research<\/a> into \u201cclimate interventions\u201d. Those include methods such as sending a phalanx of planes to spray reflective particles into the upper reaches of the atmosphere, in order to block incoming sunlight from adding to rising temperatures.<\/p>\n

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The work is required by Congress. It is \u201cnot new research, but a report that highlights some of the key knowledge gaps and recommendations of priority topics for relevant research\u201d, said a spokesperson for the White House\u2019s office of science and technology policy, adding Joe Biden\u2019s administration wants \u201ceffective and responsible CO2 removal\u201d as well as deep cuts to greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n

Several American researchers, somewhat reluctantly, want to explore options to tinker with the climate system to help restrain runaway global heating, even as they acknowledge many of the knock-on risks aren\u2019t fully known. \u201cUntil recently, I thought it was too risky, but slow progress on cutting emissions has increased motivation to understand techniques at the margins like solar geoengineering,\u201d said Chris Field, who chaired\u00a0a National Academies of Sciences report last year<\/a>\u00a0that recommended at least $100m being spent researching the issue.<\/p>\n

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