Scientists Try Risky Air and Water Experiments Hoping to Stop Climate Change
Scientists desperate to stop or reverse climate change are dumping chemicals in the ocean and spraying saltwater in the air. What can go wrong? I discuss the short and long term. The Wall Street Journal reports Scientists Resort to Once-Unthinkable Solutions to Cool the Planet Dumping chemicals in the ocean? Spraying saltwater into clouds? Injecting reflective particles into the sky? Scientists are resorting to once unthinkable techniques to cool the planet because global efforts to check greenhouse gas emissions are failing. These geoengineering approaches were once considered taboo by scientists and regulators who feared that tinkering with the environment could have unintended consequences, but now researchers are receiving taxpayer funds and private investments to get out of the lab and test these methods outdoors. Tweaking the Climate Experiments Underway Marine Cloud Brightening : Researchers aboard a ship off the northeastern coast of Australia near the Whitsunday Islands ar
