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Latest in geoengineering

An environmental startup called Make Sunsets has started injecting sulfur dioxide particles into the stratosphere in an effort to cool the planet.

Startup Says It’s Started Releasing Chemical Into Atmosphere to Dim Sun

By Victor Tangermann

The idea of "solar geoengineering," or shooting particles into the stratosphere to reduce the warming of the Sun, is no longer science fiction.

Scientists Increasingly Calling to Dim the Sun

By Victor Tangermann

A new proposition from NASA suggests encasing the entire planet of Venus in a giant shell, letting colonists create a breathable atmosphere above it.

NASA Scientist Releases Plan for Encasing Entirety of Venus in Giant Shell

By Jon Christian

A group of more than 60 scientists and policy experts have signed an open letter calling on governments to ban solar geoengineering.

Scientists Say It Should Be Illegal to Fight Climate Change by Blocking Out the Sun

By Tony Ho Tran

Amazon has partnered with climate scientists to help create models that show what exactly would happen if we blocked the Sun.

Science & Energy

Amazon Is Quietly Researching How to Block Out the Sun

By Tony Ho Tran

A climate scientist believes that since geoengineering the earth to cool down the climate is so affordable, countries will inevitably start doing it.

Climate Scientist Warns That Countries Are Going to Start Geoengineering the Earth

By Tony Ho Tran

An international team of atmospheric scientists wants to create whiter clouds that reflect more sunlight to cool down the Earth.

Scientists Reveal Plan to Cool the World Through Geoengineering

By Tony Ho Tran

The growing number of satellites in orbit could pose a serious environmental threat when they incinerate upon reentry into the atmosphere.

Burning Satellites Could Accidentally Geoengineer the Earth

By Dan Robitzski

New reports suggest that scientists should only pursue geoengineering experiments like blocking sunlight once they better understand possible side effects.

Scientists Warn That Blocking Out the Sun Could Have Unintended Consequences

By Dan Robitzski

Climate activists in Sweden oppose a planned test for geoengineering technology in the country, saying it does nothing to prevent climate change.

Activists Oppose Upcoming Test of Geoengineering Technology

By Dan Robitzski

In order to prevent a Day Zero drought in Cape Town, South Africa, scientists suggest reflecting sunlight away from Earth with stratospheric particles.

South African Academics Are Considering Dimming the Sun

By Dan Robitzski

Geoengineering alone may not save us from the worst impacts of climate change, a study says, because greenhouse gas emissions do more than warm the planet.

Even More Scientists Say Geoengineering Can’t Save Us

By Dan Robitzski

New research suggests that climate change will continue for centuries, even if we completely stop burning fossil fuels today.

Surviving Climate Change Will Require Geoengineering, Scientists Say [UPDATED]

By Dan Robitzski

The Arctic Ice Project wants to protect and rebuild crucial ice formations by covering the Arctic in reflective glass beads.

The Plan to Sprinkle Reflective Glass Over the Arctic

By Dan Robitzski

Oxford Physicist: Geogineering Away Climate Change Won’t Work

Oxford Physicist: Geogineering Away Climate Change Won’t Work

By Dan Robitzski

Experts argue that geoengineering, the umbrella term for hacking the planet to mitigate climate change, could lead to global conflict.

How Geoengineering Could Lead to World War III

By Dan Robitzski

A research center at Cambridge University will explore how to fight climate change with geoengineering solutions like re-freezing the North and South Pole.

Cambridge Researchers Want to Re-Freeze the Earth’s Poles

By Dan Robitzski

New research suggests that dimming sunlight through geoengineering, if done moderately, could lessen the effects of climate change with few side effects.

New Research: Dimming the Sun Wouldn’t be That Bad

By Dan Robitzski

Harvard Scientists to Release Sun-Dimming Sky Chemical in 2019

Harvard Scientists to Release Sun-Dimming Sky Chemical in 2019

By Jon Christian

To halt climate change, some scientists suggest geoengineering our own planet by releasing particles into the stratosphere that will deflect sunlight.

Scientists Want to Fight Climate Change by Dimming the Sun

By Jon Christian

Geoengineering Would Hurt Earth’s Crops More Than It Would Help Them, Says Study

Geoengineering Would Hurt Earth’s Crops More Than It Would Help Them, Says Study

By Kristin Houser

To Save Polar Glaciers, Scientists Recommend Ludicrous Schemes

To Save Polar Glaciers, Scientists Recommend Ludicrous Schemes

By Lou Del Bello

Our Climate Is Changing Rapidly. It’s Time to Talk About Geoengineering.

Our Climate Is Changing Rapidly. It’s Time to Talk About Geoengineering.

By Claudia Geib

solar geoengineering

There’s a Radical Plan to Artificially Cool the Planet by Mimicking Volcanic Eruptions

Scientists Have a Plan to Stop Climate Change — Dim the Sun

Scientists Have a Plan to Stop Climate Change — Dim the Sun

By Patrick Caughill

The World’s First Negative Emissions Power Plant is a Reality Thanks to Geoengineering

The World’s First Negative Emissions Power Plant is a Reality Thanks to Geoengineering

By Chelsea Gohd

Scientists Warn That Humanity Must Create “Carbon Sucking” Tech by 2030

Scientists Warn That Humanity Must Create “Carbon Sucking” Tech by 2030

By Chelsea Gohd

Geoengineering May Be Our Only Hope for Surviving Climate Change

Geoengineering May Be Our Only Hope for Surviving Climate Change

By Chelsea Gohd

Scientists Still Can’t Find the Volcano Whose Massive Eruption Caused a Mini Ice Age

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Scientists Still Can’t Find the Volcano Whose Massive Eruption Caused a Mini Ice Age

Two New Studies Look Into “Planet-Hacking” Proposals for Slowing Climate Change

Two New Studies Look Into “Planet-Hacking” Proposals for Slowing Climate Change

The World’s Largest Solar Geoengineering Study Is Launching in the U.S.

The World’s Largest Solar Geoengineering Study Is Launching in the U.S.