New Report Looks at Solar Geoengineering to Fight Climate Change

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment | Director Chris Field led a committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in creating a new report focused on solar geoengineering. The report Reflecting Sunlight: Recommendations for Solar Geoengineering Research and Research Governance details that "solar geoengineering strategies are designed to cool Earth either by adding small reflective particles to the upper atmosphere, by increasing reflective cloud cover in the lower atmosphere, or by thinning high-altitude clouds that can absorb heat. While such strategies have the potential to reduce global temperatures, they could also introduce an array of unknown or negative consequences." Coverage related to this report is listed below: