Tag: carbon dioxide removal

The Double-Edged Sword of Geoengineering

by | 5.1.2012 at 4:15pm | 2 Comments
Photo: Chris Woodford/Explain that Stuff.com based
on NASA's 1972 photo Full Earth, courtesy of NASA Johnson Space Center.

Shooting sulfur particles into the stratosphere to reflect the sun? Dumping iron into the ocean to boost the absorption of carbon dioxide? Could these far-fetched and dangerous-sounding schemes—geoengineering—help avert potentially catastrophic effects of climate change, or would they exacerbate conditions on our ever warming planet?