Harvard Researchers Launch Solar Geoengineering Moonshot
The Harvard Crimson
March 17,2017
David Keith, a professor of Applied Physics in SEAS, poses for a portrait in his office at 12 Oxford Street. Along with Environmental Sciences and Public Policy lecturer Gernot Wagner ‘02, Keith co-directs Harvard’s Solar Geoengineering Research Program. JACQUELINE S. CHEA
“Its proponents tout solar geoengineering as a climate change mitigation tactic to supplement other remedies, which include reducing carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. But the technology is not without its risks: the sulfate aerosols that would be used produce sulfuric acid, which could dangerously damage the ozone layer.”
