Commentary
HUC Environment: Counter geoengineering
David Keith, Josh Horton, and Pete Irvine of Harvard University discuss the pros and cons of counter-geoengineering: the potential that one nation or entity might purposely deploy technologies to warm the planet as a response to a solar geoengineering program.
The U.S. government estimates that the consequences of climate change are already costing the country hundreds of billions of dollars. But even if we stopped using fossil fuels immediately, the globe would continue to warm due to an existing buildup of carbon dioxide. Miles O’Brien reports on how some scientists are now exploring unorthodox means of actually removing the gas from our atmosphere.
Stardust is tackling the wrong problem with the wrong structure
MIT Technology Review: Why the For-Profit Race into Solar Geoengineering is Bad for Science and Public Trust
Preserving Earth’s Reflectivity: Supplementary Comments on “A Responsible Way to Cool the Planet”