Private companies want to reflect the Sun to cool the planet. But scientists fear the geoengineering technology could disrupt ...

Do we really want to play dice with our planet?

Solar geoengineering is often portrayed as a relatively cheap and easy fix for climate change. But as researchers take a ...

First, there’s the problem of getting up into the atmosphere. Generally, the target for solar geoengineering efforts is the ...

Most people have experienced a heat wave on land. But heat waves can strike in the ocean too. And as the planet continues to ...

This futuristic exploration of geoengineering examines how humanity could one day manage and protect Earth from some of its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Solar geoengineering strategies are very controversial within and beyond the climate science community. It is a major step forward ...

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Two companies are aiming to preserve Arctic ice by pumping water onto the sheet and letting it freeze, but only one of the ...

If we started geoengineering in 2020, what would temperatures look like 10 20 30 40 50 years from then? Mouse over an area for more information. If we started geoengineering in 2020, what would ...

Desperate times call for desperate measures. In recent years and in the face of unprecedented changes in the climate system, some previously unknown and risky solutions have been proposed to put a ...

Last Wednesday night, as I watched the climate discussions with each of the Democratic Party candidates on CNN’s Presidential Climate Town Hall, I kept asking, “Why is only Andrew Yang talking about ...