Scientists comment on new research projects as part of ARIA’s Exploring Climate Cooling programme.    Dr Pete Irvine, Research Assistant … read more

Geoengineering, also known as climate engineering or climate intervention, refers to the deliberate, large-scale manipulation of the Earth’s climate system … read more

Researchers publishing in Environmental Research Letters have reviewed the capability and cost of delivering sulphates into the lower stratosphere as part of a solar geoengineering project.  read more

The National Research Council in the US has published two reports on the subject of geoengineering to counter the effects of climate change. The reports focus on the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, as well as the reflection of sunlight. read more

The first UK funded research projects on geoengineering are about to finish. The principal investigators from each project came to the SMC to discuss the conclusions of their work and whether they see a place for geoengineering in a warming world. read more

A paper published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters has examined the potential for emission of short-lived greenhouse gases to be used to counteract the effect of future volcanic eruptions. The authors look at the possible effects on a regional and larger scale, and also at practical, financial and ethical questions. read more

Researchers have reported in the journal PNAS on the causes of contamination of groundwater around shale gas wells in Pennsylvania and Texas. They state that contamination was due to poor build quality of wells, rather than being a direct result of the fracking process. read more

A modelling study in Nature Communications suggested the implementation of climate engineering technologies as a last ditch effort to combat climate change had the potential to worsen the effects. read more

A study in the journal Environmental Research Letters looked at the effect injecting large amount of reflective particles into the stratosphere in an attempt to reverse the impacts of global warming could have, suggesting it could make matters worse. read more