Scientists have proposed solar radiation management, as it’s called, for decades as a form of global-scale geoengineering that could combat global warming. The impacts of geoengineering on the global scale are unknown, in part because no massive geoengineering project has been undertaken ― apart from human-induced climate change. However imminent a large-scale geoengineering project may be, what’s complicating serious debate on the matter is the narrative perpetuated, in the media and online, that geoengineering is a way to “solve,” “fix” or “stop” climate change. Tom Williams via Getty Images Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), a global warming skeptic, is a supporter of extreme technology. Supporters of extreme technology have suggested dumping iron dust in the seas of placing smoke and mirrors in the sky to dim the sun as answers to climate change.

Source: Huffington Post April 27, 2018 09:46 UTC