geoengineering
Can Geoengineering Protect Earth’s Icesheets?
It's time to take a thorough, more serious look at using geoengineering to protect the planet's icesheets, according to a…
Solar Eclipses Provide a Rare Way to Study Cloud Formation
April 8’s North American solar eclipse is just around the corner, and it has astronomy fans and weather aficionados alike…
Geoengineering is Shockingly Inexpensive
Despite decades of warnings and international climate agreements, global carbon emissions are still rising. Carbon emissions seem like an unstoppable…
To Fight Climate Change, We Could Block the Sun. A Lightweight Solar Sail Could Make it Feasible
Can we build an enormous umbrella to dim the Sun? Such a feat would be a megaproject on a scale…
We Have the Technology. Airplanes Could Spray Particles into the Atmosphere to Battle Climate Change. But Should We?
If climate change models are correct, humanity is working itself—and dragging the rest of life on Earth with it—into a…
It Might Be Possible to Refreeze the Icecaps to Slow Global Warming
According to a new study from the School of Earth and Space Exploration, it may be possible to refreeze the…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 438: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 2: Geoengineering
So if you've been to Yellowstone National Park, you've seen one of the most amazing features of the natural world…