Large-scale interventions to control weather are a step into the unknown, says Chris Wright, and may also allow the worst emitters to continue unchecked ...

The UK government recently announced plans to fund five small-scale trials related to geoengineering. It's the first time a ...

Commercial aircraft could be used to cool the planet by injecting ... into the atmosphere. A recent study reveals that this method could be implemented more quickly. Researchers from University ...

Commercial aircraft could be used to cool the planet by injecting particles into the atmosphere ... modeled different strategies for injecting aerosols into the stratosphere.

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Scientists have mostly focused on sulfate aerosols, which form after sulfur dioxide is released into the atmosphere by an eruption. Although sulfate aerosols can deplete the ozone layer and ...

Stratospheric aerosol injection is one of the most widely studied solar radiation ... that are representative of sulphate aerosols which form when SO2 is injected into the stratosphere by major ...

Highly sensitive detection methods allow ever deeper insights into complex chemical processes in the atmosphere: Researchers ...

A new study details processes that keep pollutants aloft despite a drop in emissions.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A massive cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert blanketed most of the Caribbean on Monday in the ...