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Geoengineering is a field of science that deals with modifying the planetary climate through artificial methods and chemicals, so that temperatures decrease. A team of scientists recently proposed using a chemical from sunscreens and paints to achieve this objective.
There are several directions towards which geoeng... |
16 May 2012
11:03 GMT |
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The public is apparently more aware of the existence of geoengineering than earlier surveys have shown. More and more people are beginning to enter the debate as to whether we should apply this set of techniques to protect the world against the effects of global warming.In short, geoengineering is a field of science ... |
24 October 2011
04:34 GMT |
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For many years now, experts have been proposing the adoption of geoengineering schemes meant to help bring global temperature down to more manageable levels. However, engaging in such efforts could have serious repercussions, which scientists are currently analyzing in depth. In short, geoengineering refers to manipu... |
25 August 2011
16:01 GMT |
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Climate scientists propose a new geoengineering scheme which, if successful, could ensure that the planet is sufficiently cooled to avoid catastrophic consequences. The method is entirely natural so to speak, in the sense that it makes use of a mechanism already set in place by nature.In short, experts want to use Ea... |
12 May 2011
06:00 GMT |
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The Venus Express orbiter has recently sent back some datasets that made researchers wonder as to whether our neighboring planet may indeed hold clues to Earth's climate future. The spacecraft found peculiar sulfur dioxide clouds lurking at high altitudes above the planet's surface. The probe, operated by t... |
30 November 2010
08:28 GMT |
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The largest volcanic eruptions that took place on our planet most likely caused an important shift to appear in worldwide rain patterns, in the sense that certain areas got drenched more, whereas others were subjected to floods and excessive rain.New data show that the phenomenon is a lot more widespread than origina... |
4 November 2010
06:50 GMT |
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Over the past few year, the idea that geoengineering is a viable solution for averting the effects of global warming has garnered a lot of support, but a new study suggest the enthusiasm was premature.There are several methods to go about modifying the environment at a large scale so that temperatures drop. One of th... |
12 October 2010
14:01 GMT |
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According to a new analysis released by experts at the University of Bristol, in the United Kingdom, it would appear that geoengineering our planet would have implications for all countries, implications that some of these nations may be unwilling to accept.For example, making the oceans reflect sunlight back into sp... |
16 September 2010
03:18 GMT |
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Over the past few years, a consensus has been growing within political, economic, and scientific circles, as to the fact that geoengineering may ultimately become the only way to fight global warming. The thing about this approach is that it's not very safe, and also that the public has been largely kept in the ... |
13 September 2010
08:11 GMT |
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Geologists have known for many years that the dangerous greenhouse gas carbon dioxide can be locked away in deposits of calcium carbonate, but it's only now that they are beginning to investigate ways of actually doing that at a large scale. Calcium carbonate is one of the most abundant chemicals on the face of ... |
30 August 2010
08:23 GMT |
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In a series of studies conducted by Chinese researchers, it was determined that even the most advanced and futuristic methods of geoengineering our planet's climate cannot curb the anticipated rise in sea levels.Computer models at this point show that the average height of the sea will increase constantly over t... |
24 August 2010
06:59 GMT |
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Adepts of climate engineering have proposed placing sun-reflecting gases up in the stratosphere in order to slow down or even completely stop global heating. These substances would be released by airplanes or artillery shells and they would form a mist reflecting sunlight back into space. The idea came from the effec... |
19 July 2010
08:22 GMT |
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Geoengineering is a discipline of science that has been getting a lot of attention lately. This has happened because the scientific community finally began to take notice of the fact that politicians and law makers have no interest in promoting mitigating measures for global warming. They would rather say that greenh... |
31 March 2010
03:19 GMT |
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Geoengineering is a field of research that has only recently begun being seriously considered for practical applications. The reason why it has remained relatively obscured over the past few years is the fact that it entails large risks, which may affect our entire planet. This line of study basically refers to metho... |
27 March 2010
06:50 GMT |
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Over the past few years, researchers have been discussing a wide array of possibilities in terms on geoengineering. This type of approach may unfortunately be necessary due to the fact that the international political will necessary to take care of our planet within decent limits appears to be completely lacking. Wha... |
17 March 2010
06:01 GMT |
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Scientists have started taking geoengineering very seriously over the past few months, and considering it as a viable option for reducing the effects of global warming and climate change. Once thought of as a last-resort approach to mitigating the negative consequences of billions of tons of carbon dioxide being rele... |
22 February 2010
05:09 GMT |
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As our planet becomes increasingly warmer, climate change poses a considerable number of threats to the Earth's population, shorelines, precipitations, arid lands, and so on. Mitigating the effects of global warming is only possible through a combined action taken by the world's leaders, but the officials s... |
11 February 2010
02:21 GMT |
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British investigators from the UK Royal Society have determined in a new study that some of the propositions related to mitigating the effects of global warming and climate change through geoengineering are feasible, or at least technically possible. These approaches may also yield positive results, the same report a... |
1 September 2009
09:56 GMT |
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Designing fossil fuel-based power plants outfitted with carbon-capture and -storage (CCS) technologies seems to be a lot to ask from the industry. The equipment required for such technologies to function is still prohibitively expensive, and their efficacy has yet to be fully tested because of this. But engineers are... |
27 August 2009
17:01 GMT |
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It has been widely agreed upon that oceans act as the largest carbon sinks of the world, engulfing vast amounts of carbon dioxide each year. The water in itself does not draw in carbon dioxide (CO2) – the main greenhouse gas that causes global warming. Rather, tiny organisms known collectively as the phytoplank... |
1 August 2009
06:42 GMT |
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Over the past few years, global warming and climate change woes have made engineers think of new and innovative solutions of preventing the planet's temperature from going up, endangering or forcing to go extinct countless species in the process, alongside billions of humans. One of the proposed solutions was in... |
17 June 2009
08:37 GMT |
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Over the past few years, engineers and scientists from several universities and research institutions have argued that geoengineering – as in using artificial substances to change natural feats of the oceans, such as the production of plankton, and also to boost the water's ability to store carbon dioxide ... |
7 May 2009
11:01 GMT |
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In addition to the traditional “approaches” to stopping global warming and climate change, such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions and installing clean technologies at power plants, scientists also ponder larger schemes, at a planetary scale. Among them, sprinkling the world's oceans with iron part... |
18 March 2009
03:44 GMT |
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Geoengineering, a concept that may have sounded like science-fiction a couple of decades ago, is now being seriously considered as a last-resort option, in the fight against global warming. Though they may seem extreme, solutions like injecting the atmosphere with specific particles of dust may be the last things sta... |
11 November 2008
09:21 GMT |
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