Geoengineering, or climate hacking, to use its more emotive nickname, is a direct intervention in the natural environments of our planet, including our atmosphere, seas and oceans. It has been suggested that geoengineering might buy us time to prevent warming above 2C, and that we should look at it seriously in case everything goes pear-shaped with our climate. There are two problems with this argument. The first is that we already have an affordable solution with a relatively well-understood outcome: reducing our carbon emissions. The second is that geoengineering itself is fraught with danger and that, worryingly, the most dangerous version, called solar radiation management, is also the most popular with those exploring this field. - Erik van Sebille and Katelijn Van Hende
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 00:03:03 +0000
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