Media Reporting & Articles about Geoengineering
Preliminary Observations on Geoengineering Science, Federal Efforts, and Governance Issues
18 March 2010 | United States Government Accountability Office Today’s testimony focuses on GAO’s preliminary observations on (1) the state of the science regarding geoengineering approaches and their effects, (2) federal involvement in geoengineering activities, and (3) the views of … More …
FUEL TO THE FIRE
February 2019 | Center For International Environmental Law (CIEL) How Geoengineering Threatens to Entrench Fossil Fuels and Accelerate the Climate Crisis Link To CIEL_FUEL-TO-THE-FIRE_How-Geoengineering-Threatens-to-Entrench-Fossil-Fuels-and-Accelerate-the-Climate-Crisis_February-2019 Grouped together under the name of “geoengineering,” a variety of earth-altering techniques promise to serve as a … More …
It looks like rain but it’s actually secret military exercises
7 February 2019 | By Nick Whigham | News.comAU What looked liked rain on an Aussie weather radar this week turned out to be masking something a lot more powerful. If you checked the weather radars for Sydney yesterday you could … More …
Western Water Managers Bet On Cloud Seeding, Despite Gaps In Science
31 January 2019 | By Luke Runyon / KUNC CREDIT: LARRY OOLMAN/UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING Above: In 2017, researchers flew over Idaho’s Payette River basin to try and determine how effective cloud seeding is in boosting snowpack. Each winter, anxious water managers, … More …
Behind the Forecast: Planes, power plants and precipitation
28 January 2019 | By Tawana Andrew | Wave 3 News It’s not just power plants that can enhance snowfall in an area, planes can also make an impact. Link To Full Article LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – There has long … More …
An Intelligent Conversation about the Environment
11 January 2019 | by Catherine Austin Fitts | Solari Report I say this to emphasize how important I believe a healthy environment is for all life – including yours and mine. Our environmental problems are symptoms of an invisible … More …
Lasers Used To Trigger Thunderstorms For The First Time
11 January 2019 | by Optical Society of America | Principia Scientific International A team of European scientists has deliberately triggered electrical activity in thunderclouds for the first time, according to a new paper in the latest issue of Optics Express, the … More …
Future of planet-cooling tech: Study creates roadmap for geoengineering research
8 January 2019 | by David Nutt, Cornell University | Phys.org Simply reducing greenhouse gas emissions probably is not going to be sufficient for the planet to escape catastrophic damage from climate change, scientists say. Additional actions will be required, and … More …
Governance of Highly Decentralized Nonstate Actors: the Case of Solar Geoengineering
November 2018 | HARVARD Kennedy School | BELFER CENTER for Science and International Affairs Abstract New technologies, such as social media and do-it-yourself biotechnology, alter the capacities and incentives of both state and nonstate actors. This can include enabling … More …
Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative
18 December 2018 | DECIMALS FUND The Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative is an international, NGO-driven project that seeks to expand the global conversation around the governance of SRM geoengineering research. Link To Source DECIMALS FUND The fund Launched in … More …
Governing Solar Radiation Modification (SRM)
November 2018 | Carnegie Climate Geoengineering Governance Initiative How to govern Solar Geoengineering? Due to the potential transboundary impact of Solar Radiation Modification, some level of international governance will be essential. Link To _C2G2_Solar-Brief Call To Action: We Do Not … More …
First geoengineering experiment to dim the sun on track for 2019
12 November 2018 | MSN.com © Getty Harvard scientists will attempt to replicate the climate-cooling effect of volcanic eruptions with a world-first solar geoengineering experiment set for early 2019. The Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment (SCoPEx) will inject calcium carbonate particles … More …