Solar geoengineering experiments are being funded, but researchers disagree over what they can tell us – and whether they should happen at all.
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The case for large-scale technologies that reflect solar radiation back into space rests on global warming’s grim reality.
Some methods being tried to counter climate change shift the ocean’s biology or chemistry. Others would deflect solar radiation. All have consequences for marine life.
The second of two episodes on geoengineering from The Conversation Weekly podcast examines the case against solar radiation modification.
In the first of two episodes on geoengineering, The Conversation Weekly examines the case for repairing the climate with technological interventions.
The governance of solar radiation modification technologies is hampered by a lack of consensus on whether and how to explore such technologies. Only honest dialogue can hope to break this impasse.
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.
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Director, Centre for Climate Repair, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Global Environmental Governance, Wageningen University
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Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Assistant Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University
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ARC DECRA Fellow/Senior Lecturer, IMAS, University of Tasmania
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Post-Doctoral Scholar in Marine Ecology, Cornell University; UMass Dartmouth
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Associate Professor of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Affiliate Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Concordia University
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Professor of Engineering Dynamics and Vibration, University of Cambridge
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Assistant Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University
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Professor in Global Governance and Public Policy at the University of Bristol, and Co-Director, Center for Climate Change and Development, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike
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Director of Research and Innovation, School of International Studies, Macquarie University
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Professor of Environmental Law, University of Tasmania
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Researcher in Climate Intervention Law and Governance, University of Tasmania
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Research fellow, Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania