We must not let geoengineering be shaped behind closed doors. Climate justice demands an inclusive approach ...

The potential role of solar geoengineering strategies in addressing global warming is a matter of current scientific and societal debate. Some strategies could reduce the surface temperature of Earth, ...

A Royal Society report outlines the state of the science but makes no concrete policy recommendations. Futuristic sun-reflecting technology could be effective at cooling the planet, says the United ...

The west coast of North America is one area the Marine Cloud Brightening Program has considered for a 3,900-square mile solar geoengineering test. (Getty Images) A team of researchers in California ...

Two scientists argue that the growing commercial efforts to counter climate change by reflecting away sunlight will thwart responsible research in the field. Last week, an American-Israeli company ...

Climate scientist David Keith said he's at least twice called police because of threats related to his work on solar geoengineering, in which a portion of the Sun's rays are reflected into space to ...

Solar geoengineering, a bunch of techniques that aim to mask some effects of climate change by blocking sunlight, isn’t on the agenda for this month’s COP30, the U.N. climate conference. It ought to ...

The top scientist for the Geneva-based United Nations Environmental Programme said the organization is exploring the topic of climate engineering because “growing concerns about the lack of global ...

Investment firms have put over $100 million into developing risky technologies that could cool the planet with unknown side effects. Venture capitalist Finn Murphy believes world leaders could soon ...

This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Why the for-profit race into solar geoengineering is bad for ...