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The Washington Post: We’ve been accidentally cooling the planet — and it’s about to stop
Humans’ fossil fuel burning has cooled the planet while warming it — presenting problems for the future.
CNN Opinion: Amid deadly heat, why is critical climate research being halted?
A first-of-its-kind climate science research program was just shut down in Alameda, California by local leaders, against the advice of city staff and experts who confirmed the safety and value of the research.
Seattle Times: UW studies a drastic way to cool a warming planet — cloud ‘brightening’
Aboard the deck of a World War II-era aircraft carrier, University of Washington scientists flicked the switch on a glorified snow-making machine, blasting a plume of saline spray off the coast of Alameda, Calif.
NBC: Cloud brightening: First-in-nation tech aims to cool our warming planet
Scientists are testing a controversial idea in the Bay Area for cooling our warming planet. Velena Jones has the story.
SF Chronicle: Bay Area hosts first-in-nation experiment to slow global warming - by helping clouds deflect sunlight
In Alameda, scientists are embarking on a novel attempt to cool the Earth — by spraying salt into clouds.
NYTimes: Warming Is Getting Worse. So They Just Tested a Way to Deflect the Sun.
A little before 9 a.m. on Tuesday, an engineer named Matthew Gallelli crouched on the deck of a decommissioned aircraft carrier in San. Francisco Bay, pulled on a pair of ear protectors, and flipped a switch.
NYTimes: The New Space Race Is Causing New Pollution Problems
Earth’s stratosphere has never seen the amounts of emissions and waste from rockets and satellites that a booming space economy will leave behind.
Experts Underestimate How Fast Earth is Warming, Top Climate Scientist Says in New Study
Legendary climate scientist James Hansen, in a new study published Thursday, predicts that the Earth's temperature rise will accelerate in the upcoming decades and will reach 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial temperatures by 2050.
Daily Beast: We’ve Been Accidentally Geoengineering the Earth for Decades
For the past few decades, the entire planet has been conducting an experiment that could save us from climate change disaster. It’s the kind of experiment that would never be allowed to happen under normal circumstances, due to how dangerous it is and how catastrophic the results could be.
Illuminem: Cooling credits: sold as a “cool” solution to climate change, buyers (and everyone) should beware
Carbon credits have come under fire recently, as regulators, analysts and media take a closer look to see if and how well these credits represent actual benefits for climate.
Le Monde: La investigación científica es clave para afrontar la crisis climática. Por Ricardo Pineda y Kelly Wanser
Los líderes de Latinoamérica se reúnen esta semana (feb 28 – marzo 2) en Punta del Este, Uruguay para participar en la VIII Plataforma Regional de la UNDRR (Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres).
The Hill: Climate intervention research: An insurance policy for near-term climate risks
Climate change is one of the most critical challenges facing humanity. It currently presents an overwhelming disaster risk for which we currently lack sufficient responses.
IEEE Spectrum: Climate Expert on Crucial Research on Climate Interventions
The leaders of the world have just returned from the UN’s latest climate change summit, COP26, in which the countries that have signed on to the Paris Agreement upped their commitments to fight climate change.
HPC Wire: Amazon, NCAR, SilverLining Team for Unprecedented Cloud Climate Simulations
Earth’s climate is, to put it mildly, not in a good place. In the wake of a damning report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), scientists and HPC practitioners are sounding the alarm bells even louder: climate change is real, it’s here and it’s accelerating.
IEEE Spectrum: Here’s How We Could Brighten Clouds to Cool The Climate
"Ship tracks" over the ocean reveal a new strategy to fight climate change.
Morning Consult: In a First, Global Climate Models Will Be Made Available Via the Cloud
Collaboration between Amazon, SilverLining and the National Center for Atmospheric Research aims to democratize access to climate simulations
The New York Times: As Climate Disasters Pile Up, a Radical Proposal Gains Traction
The idea of modifying Earth’s atmosphere to cool the planet, once seen as too risky to seriously consider, is attracting new money and attention.
Digital Journal: Beyond ‘geoengineering’ and towards emergency medicine for climate
Scientists have suggested that a necessary and rapid reduction in climate warming might be best achieved through the reflection of sunlight from clouds and particles in the atmosphere.