09-12-2024 22:19 via theverge.com

Scientists advise EU to halt solar geoengineering

A thin layer of ice thaws on a puddle in the sunshine in Bavaria, Marktoberdorf.| Photo: Getty Images Scientific advisers to the European Commission are calling for a moratorium across the EU on efforts to artificially cool Earth through solar geoengineering. That includes controversial technologies used to reflect sunlight back into space, primarily by sending reflective particles into the atmosphere or by brightening clouds.
Proponents argue that this can help in the fight against climate chan
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