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Uso de tecnologias de geoengenharia para interferir na quantidade de radiação solar que atinge a Terra, e assim tentar combater o aquecimento global, foi objeto de recentes discussões na ONU, mas consequências são imprevisíveis Shutterstock

March 5, 2024

Esfriar a Terra refletindo a luz do Sol não é uma ideia tão brilhante assim, mas uma distração perigosa

James Kerry, James Cook University; Aarti Gupta, Wageningen University, and Terry Hughes, James Cook University

Uma recente reunião na ONU analisou moção sobre um conjunto de tecnologias de geoengenharia de interfrência na radiação solar, mas não foi possível chegar a um consenso sobre o tópico polêmico

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February 29, 2024

Not such a bright idea: cooling the Earth by reflecting sunlight back to space is a dangerous distraction

James Kerry, James Cook University; Aarti Gupta, Wageningen University, and Terry Hughes, James Cook University

A UN meeting this week considered a motion on a suite of technologies known as ‘solar radiation modification’, but no consensus could be reached on the controversial topic.

This year’s bleaching has mainly affected the Great Barrier Reef’s central region. James Kerry

April 12, 2017

Back‑to‑back bleaching has now hit two‑thirds of the Great Barrier Reef

Terry Hughes, James Cook University and James Kerry, James Cook University

For the first time the Great Barrier Reef has been hit by mass bleaching in consecutive years, with only the reef’s southernmost stretches having escaped both events unscathed.

Scientists assess coral deaths in the worst-affected part of the Reef in November 2016. Andreas Dietzel, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies.

November 28, 2016

How much coral has died in the Great Barrier Reef’s worst bleaching event?

Terry Hughes, James Cook University; Britta Schaffelke, Australian Institute of Marine Science, and James Kerry, James Cook University

Two-thirds of the corals in the northern part of the Great Barrier Reef have died on in the reef’s worst-ever bleaching event, according to the latest underwater surveys.

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