Companies are coming up with plans to block out the sun - Private companies are jumping into the race to deploy particles to ...

Imagine waking up one morning to discover that someone has been altering the atmosphere above your head without asking.

The latest Conference of the Parties under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 28) was held between November 30 and December 12, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. While ...

(Inside Science) -- When a large volcano erupts, a huge, thick cloud of dust covers the Earth. It may block sunlight and lower surface temperatures. It’s happened in the past, causing famine and death ...

If we started geoengineering in 2020, what would temperatures look like 10 20 30 40 50 years from then? Mouse over an area for more information. If we started geoengineering in 2020, what would ...

This article is part of Troubleshooting Earth: a multi-part series that explores the bold, innovative, and potentially world-changing efforts to wield technology as a weapon against climate change.

Desperate times call for desperate measures. In recent years and in the face of unprecedented changes in the climate system, some previously unknown and risky solutions have been proposed to put a ...

While humans have unintentionally been altering Earth's climate for centuries, some scientists have begun to study how to intentionally hack the globe to cool the overheated planet. He reminds us that ...

Should humanitarians, with hearts so pure, Turn to solar geoengineering, a remedy unsure? A risky path, a choice profound, As nature's forces loom around. A moral dilemma, fraught with strife, In a ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The following is a guest post by Joshua Horton, research director, geoengineering, ...

As the carbon dioxide in the air hits 400 parts per million for the first time in human history, some are arguing that the best way address climate change is to use the controversial practice of ...

The eruption of Mt Pinatubo changed everything. As the top of the mountain disintegrated, a dense plume of ash and gas surged 35 kilometres into the air. The resulting cloud of sulphur-dioxide and ...