{"id":118508,"date":"2019-03-13T07:50:32","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T11:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=118508"},"modified":"2019-03-13T07:53:29","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T11:53:29","slug":"this-is-how-they-are-stealthily-foisting-chemical-geoengineering-on-the-planetary-civilization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=118508","title":{"rendered":"This is how they are stealthily foisting chemical geoengineering on the planetary civilization"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Solar geoengineering offers potential to halve global warming, scientists say<\/h2>\n

Phil Dzikiy
\nelectrek<\/p>\n

Solar geoengineering has generated increased discussion in recent years as a possible way to combat climate change. A group of scientists now say the right amount of solar geoengineering could cut global warming in half, while minimizing any side effects.<\/p>\n

The study published in\u00a0Nature Climate Change<\/a>\u00a0is titled \u201cHalving warming with idealized solar geoengineering moderates key climate hazards.\u201d Solar geoengineering is the concept of putting aerosols into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight and reduce global warming.<\/p>\n

Scientists from Harvard, MIT, and Princeton worked on the study, which finds that if solar geoengineering was applied with the goal of halving global warming \u2014 rather than using enough aerosols to attempt to completely offset all warming \u2014 there may be global benefits without the presumed extreme side effects. Those side effects include temperature and precipitation extremes and a disrupted water cycle.<\/p>\n

Researchers used a high-resolution climate model to simulate the scenario.\u00a0Under this model, scientists claim less than 0.4 percent of the earth\u2019s land surface would see those side effects. The rest of the world would benefit from decreased temperatures, less intense hurricanes, and less extreme precipitation.<\/p>\n

Scientists See Promise<\/h2>\n

\u201cThe places where solar geoengineering exacerbates climate change were those that saw the least climate change to begin with,\u201d said Peter Irvine, a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard\u2019s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and lead author of the study. Irvine was further quoted in\u00a0Harvard\u2019s release<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cPrevious work had assumed that solar geoengineering would inevitably lead to winners and losers with some regions suffering greater harms; our work challenges this assumption. We find a large reduction in climate risk overall without significantly greater risks to any region.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

David Keith, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics at SEAS and senior author of the study, said:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis study takes a big step towards using climate variables most relevant for human impacts and finds that no IPCC-defined region is made worse off in any of the major climate impact indicators. Big uncertainties remain, but climate models suggest that geoengineering could enable surprisingly uniform benefits.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Though the scientists note this is a \u201csimplified experiment,\u201d they see promise in what they\u2019ve found. Irvine compared solar geoengineering to a drug that treats high-blood pressure. He said,<\/p>\n

\u201cAn overdose would be harmful, but a well-chosen dose could reduce your risks. Of course, it\u2019s better to not have high-blood pressure in the first place but once you have it, along with making healthier lifestyle choices, it\u2019s worth considering treatments that could lower your risks.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Electrek\u2019s Take<\/h2>\n

As the effects of climate change worsen, the demand for\u00a0man-made solutions<\/a>\u00a0will continue to grow. Reducing emissions and\u00a0transitioning to green energy<\/a>\u00a0are important pieces of the puzzle, but drastic measures may be needed in the future.<\/p>\n

Pumping a bunch of aerosols into the atmosphere to reduce warming doesn\u2019t strike one as the most prudent idea. Far more research is required, and the actual deployment of aerosols would require a gradual, global effort. It\u2019s certainly not going to happen any time soon.<\/p>\n

But even the scientists studying geoengineering see it as a way to supplement other efforts \u2014 not as a total solution. And early research shows some promise. What do you think?<\/p>\n

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