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Is it time to try geoengineering?

Is it time to try geoengineering?

Science Weekly vor 1 Jahr

Geo-engineering, the controversial set of techniques that aim to deliberately alter the Earth’s climate system, may be inching a step closer to reality with the announcement that UK scientists will be conducting real-world experiments in the coming years.

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Geoengineering, the controversial set of techniques that aim to
deliberately alter the Earth’s climate system, may be inching a
step closer to reality with the announcement that UK scientists
will be conducting real-world experiments in the coming years. To
understand what’s happening, Ian Sample is joined by the Guardian
environment editor Damian Carrington. Damian explains what the
experiments will entail and why scientists are so divided on
whether pursuing this research is a good idea. Help support our
independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod