Solar Radiation Modification
Solar Radiation Modification (SRM), also known as Solar Radiation Management, Radiation Modification Measures or Solar Geoengineering, would aim to address a symptom of climate change by reflecting more sunlight back into space, or by allowing more infrared radiation from Earth to escape, in order to reduce the Earth’s temperature. It includes numerous proposed methods which differ significantly. None are ready for deployment. Solar Radiation Modification could not be a substitute for reducing emissions, or removing atmospheric CO2.
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Should solar geoengineering research proceed?
Guest post by Shuchi Talati, Union of Concerned Scientists
Can solar geoengineering be tailored to reduce inequality?
Guest Post by Ben Kravitz, Indiana University
A welcome expansion of the solar geoengineering debate
by Janos Pasztor
Can solar geoengineering be democratically governed?
Guest Post by Jesse Reynolds, Joshua Horton, David Keith
What does the public think about solar geoengineering research?
Guest Post by Lexi Smith