Artificial ‘Sun Blocking’ As Solution Against Global Warming; What Are the Risks of Dimming Solar Light?

Medicine & Technology Dec 08, 2023

Some experts suggest blocking the Sun with particles like those emitted by major volcanic eruptions as a solution against global warming. Find out more about it in this article.

Solar Geoengineering Start-up Trying To Dim the Sun Worries the US Would Shoot Down Their Experiment

Feb 23, 2023

Make Sunsets is a start-up that aims to dim the sun to control the world's climate. But now they are worried the US Air Force will shoot down their balloon. Read the article to learn more details.

More Scientists Want To Study Dimming the Sun in a Desperate Move Cool the Planet

Nov 25, 2022

The idea of dimming the sun may no longer be science fiction as more scientists want to study solar geoengineering in a desperate move to alleviate warming temperatures. Read the article to find out more.

Can 'Space Bubbles' Shield Earth From the Sun? MIT Scientists Explain How This Would Work

Aug 16, 2022

A team of scientists from MIT proposes using space bubbles to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. But would this work? Find out in this article how this would help Earth.

SCoPEx Balloon Test Flight Aimed at Cooling Earth Canceled, Likely to Launch on 2022

Apr 01, 2021

The controversial high-altitude balloon test flight of Harvard University's SCoPEx project in Sweden has been canceled by US and European scientists due to environmental concerns.

Bill Gates Backs Geoengineering to Block Sunlight From Reaching the Earth's Surface

Mar 27, 2021

Bill Gates and other private donors support Harvard scientists in their future research on solar geoengineering that will reflect sunlight away from Earth.

Cloud Simulations Reveal That Solar Geoengineering is Not a Long-Term Solution to Global Warming

Nov 18, 2020

Solar geoengineering, or reflecting the Sun's radiation back to space, is one of many proposed solutions to global warming. However, cloud simulations revealed that in the long-term, there may be devastating consequences.

NGO SilverLining Funds Researchers to Artifically Cool the Planet

Oct 30, 2020

SilverLining grants several universities and research groups funding to look into artificially cooling the planet.

Solar Geoengineering To Stop Global Warming

Mar 25, 2019

Global warming and climate change remains to be two of the most challenging problems of mankind, but scientists from Harvard say they can stop it through Solar Geoengineering.

Researchers Suggest Solar Geoengineering Methods to Alleviate Global Warming

Mar 22, 2019

A team of researchers from Harvard, MIT, and Princeton has put together a study on the effects of solar geoengineering.