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Geoengineering idea floated as a way to slow global warming
Could brightening clouds help slow the march of global warming? Photo courtesy NOAA.
By Summit Voice
SUMMIT COUNTY — With international efforts to limit heat-trapping greenhouse gases faltering, some scientists say it’s worth at least exploring the concept of creating clouds that might reflect sunlight to counter global warming.
Geoengineering has always had a few proponents, as there are always some people who think that we can engineer our way out of any problem. But many of the ideas floated as possible solutions to global warming are just vague theories at best, with little evidence that they could work.
Now, University of Washington atmospheric physicist Rob Wood describes a possible way to run an experiment to test the concept of cloud brightening on a small scale. His idea is described in a paper published this month in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Wood makes it clear he’s not advocating for geoengineering, but wants to encourage more scientists to consider the idea of marine cloud brightening and even poke holes in it. (more…)
Filed under: climate and weather, global warming | Tagged: climate change, Climate change mitigation, cloud brightening, Cloud reflectivity modification, Environment, Geoengineering, global warming, Greenhouse gas, University of Washington | 1 Comment »
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