Race to study Earth-cooling tech moving faster than you think

Less than a week after news of a third experiment in geoengineering Earth’s atmosphere to combat climate change and with forecasts of more to come, one of the largest and most credible environmental groups said it would back more research into technologies to alter nature.

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The Environmental Defense Fund plans to invest what could be millions into the study of ways to reflect sunlight back into space , according to reports, entering an area once deemed taboo by climate scientists but now being reconsidered as a last resort.

Small bands of climate scientists have attempted to spray liquified salt into the clouds to study how they adapt to wind currents but each time their experiments were halted by nervous authorities. The concept had previously been confined to the realm of science fiction because of fears we might accidentally alter climate patterns that could threaten more storms, droughts, or even sunlight itself.

EDF’s support for further research comes as scientists increasingly begin to think humanity will have to resort to a risky fix like this because existing technologies such as carbon removal are not moving fast enough to stop the ravages of global warming. Just last night I was speaking with a renowned climate scientist about the latest experiment last week in Alameda, Calif., about the idea of more defined research becoming necessary, despite the concerns.

Like stem cell research, artificial foods, AI and other technologies once deemed too scary to condone, geoengineering’s time has come. As the prohibitions give way to research and study, we expect things to move fast to the experimental stage.

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