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 …
The US government has approved funds for geoengineering research
20 December 2019 |by James Temple |MIT Technology Review | The US government has for the first time authorized funding to research geoengineering, the controversial idea that we could counteract climate change by reflecting heat away from the planet. … More …
STOP GEOENGINEERING MINNESOTA v. U.S. AIR FORCE
24 September 2019 | Complaint contributed as part of the FOIA Project. | Plaintiff challenges the failure of the U.S. Air Force (hereinafter “Defendant” or “Air Force”) to respond lawfully to Plaintiff’s FOIA requests. Link To Full_Document … More …
North American Weather Modification Council
1-2 October 2019 | Fall 2019 Meeting | NAWMC_AGENDA| — Weather Modification State Reports a) Operations and research activities Focus: Weather modification legislation Link To _NAWMC_Agenda_Fall2019 … More …
UAE bids on nano-tech cloud seeding to create more rain
24 September 2019 | by Marc Mcilhone | Arrabbrains.com| The UAE has started a new campaign that uses innovative new cloud seeding materials to create more rainfall in the country. The new initiative launched by the UAE Research Program for … More …
Bumblebee Pupae Contain High Levels of Aluminium
4 June 2015 | Christopher Exley1*, Ellen Rotheray2, David Goulson2 | Aluminium is the most significant environmental contaminant of recent times and we speculated that it could be a factor in pollinator decline. Link To Full_Report_Bumblebee Pupae Contain High Levels … More …
Here’s how we’ll control the weather in 100 years
19 July 2019|by Uma Sharma and Alyssa Pagano|Business Insider| “Cloud seeding is a form of Geoengineering… Scientists aren’t just adding substances to clouds, they’re also creating clouds. The process is called stratospheric aerosol injection.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJK-WxT_Jlg Link To Video Following … More …
FALL MEETING – Solar Geoengineering Benefits and Risks: Modeling, Impacts, Analogs, Engineering, Ethics, and Governance
9-13 December 2019 |San Francisco, CA | National Center for Atmospheric Research | Re: Geoengineering schemes including Solar Radiation Management (SRM) Swirl Topics Abstracts Climate Response to Volcano-like Pulse Versus Sustained Stratospheric Aerosol Forcing Lei Duan, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China; … More …
Aerosol Approaches to Climate Engineering
1 August 2019 | American Meteorological Society | Joint Session Re: “Ethics and governance of weather modification and geoengineering” — 22nd Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification Description: This joint session covers broad topics such as results from climate … More …
A rogue country could take planet-hacking into its own hands to alter the climate — and some experts worry it could lead to war
13 June 2019 | Aylin Woodward | Business Insider Geoengineering is the process of artificially altering Earth’s natural cycles. Such technologies are increasingly being discussed as potential ways to address climate change. Capturing carbon dioxide from the air and seeding … More …
Geoengineering Discussed By House Intelligence Committee
5 June 2019 | C-Span | Link To Video @23:31 Rep. Adam Schiff: “I WAS FASCINATED TO READ THIS IS THE STUFF OF SCIENCE FICTION IN PREPARATION FOR TODAY THAT THERE IS WORK I GUESS TO ENGINEER CLIMATE OR … More …
China and Russia band together on controversial heating experiments to modify the atmosphere
17 December 2018 | By Stephen Chen | South China Morning Post China and Russia have modified an important layer of the atmosphere above Europe to test a controversial technology for possible military application, according to Chinese scientists involved in … More …