Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) is a suite of possible technologies to counteract global warming by reflecting incoming solar radiation. Some SRM proposals involve the injection of reflective ...

Researchers studying ways to offset rising global temperatures have zeroed in on a deceptively simple target: blocking roughly 1% of the sunlight that reaches Earth. The approach, known as solar ...

"Solar radiation modification" (SRM), published today, considers the potential impacts of SRM if deployed globally, in a scientifically informed way, across both hemispheres and for long periods of ...

The agency is being asked to strengthen a toothless rule that requires only a heads-up before experiments to modify the weather. Picture this: As a Phoenix heat wave is killing hundreds of people, an ...

TRACY, Calif. — Behind a chain-link fence in a corner of San Joaquin County sits one of California’s — and perhaps the world’s — best hopes for combating climate change. Here at the nation’s first ...

Re “Scientist Wants to Block Sunlight to Cool Earth” (“Buying Time” series, front page, Aug. 4): Your article about solar geoengineering raises serious concerns about a complex issue that demands ...