Geoengineering techniques may fail to undo climate change

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 16:36

Researchers have showed that reducing the amount of sunlight reaching the planet`s surface by geoengineering may not undo climate change after all.

Geoengineering the climate could reduce vital rains

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 19:12

Attempts to geoengineer the climate in order to lower greenhouse gases in the atmosphere could reduce vital rains in several parts of the world, including East Asia, a new study has found.

Geoengineering may drastically reduce `normal` rain and snow

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 13:40

A new study has showed that a significant build-up in greenhouse gases in atmosphere can change worldwide precipitation patterns, a widely discussed technological approach to reduce future global warming may also interfere with rainfall and snowfall.

Blocking sunlight could stop Arctic melting

Last Updated: Monday, October 22, 2012, 19:29

Geoengineering can be applied to save the Arctic ice cap if targeted at specific regions of the planet, rather than cooling everywhere equally

Geoengineering may improve global food security

Last Updated: Monday, January 23, 2012, 11:32

Reflecting sunlight away from the Earth to combat global warming will more likely have a positive impact on global food production rather than negative, a new study has revealed.

Geoengineering can save Earth from global warming

Last Updated: Saturday, December 3, 2011, 17:31

Reflecting a small amount of sunlight back into space before it strikes the Earth``s surface could reverse global warning, a new study has claimed.

Geoengineering may endanger marine life by decreasing oxygen in lakes

Last Updated: Monday, February 8, 2010, 15:07

A team of scientists has claimed that geoengineering our climate with the help of volcanoes may result in a decrease in the level of oxygen in lakes, threatening marine life.

Risky climate-fixing methods needed unless CO2 emissions are greatly reduced

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 11:17

Scientists have warned that potentially dangerous and unproven geoengineering technologies might be needed to fix the climate in the near future, unless emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) can be greatly reduced.