Solar geoengineering: Risk of ‘termination shock’ overplayed, study says
Solar geoengineering, or “solar radiation management” (SRM), is perhaps the most controversial of the different ways of limiting human-caused... Read More
Geoengineering carries ‘large risks’ for the natural world, studies show
Reducing the impacts of human-caused climate change through the use of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage – better known as BECCS – could... Read More
The Carbon Brief Interview: Dr Bill Hare
Dr Bill Hare is the co-founder and CEO of Climate Analytics, an international non-profit climate science and policy institute based in Germany. He is... Read More
The Carbon Brief Interview: Dr Katharine Hayhoe
Dr Katharine Hayhoe is a professor in the department of political science at Texas Tech University and director of its Climate Science Center. She was... Read More
Unregulated solar geoengineering could spark droughts and hurricanes, study warns
Artificially cooling the planet through solar geoengineering could have some dramatic side effects – including an increase in droughts and... Read More
Geoengineering: Scientists in Berlin debate radical ways to reverse global warming
Research scientists, policymakers and ethicists gathered in Berlin this week to discuss the emerging field of “climate engineering” and what it... Read More
UK launches 'world first' research programme into negative emissions
The UK has launched a £8.6m national research programme on how to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. It is thought to be the world's first... Read More
Highlights: Day two at the 1.5C conference on climate change in Oxford
Today saw the second and final full day of the conference “1.5 degrees: Meeting the challenges of the Paris Agreement”, organised by the... Read More
Guest post: An Antarctic voyage in search of blue carbon
A guest article from Dr David Barnes, a marine benthic ecologist at the British Antarctic Survey, and colleagues Chester Sands, Narissa Bax, Rachel... Read More
Analysis: Is the UK relying on 'negative emissions' to meet its climate targets?
The Paris Agreement on climate change pledges to keep warming “well below 2C” and “pursue efforts” to limit the increase since preindustrial... Read More
Guest post: Do we need BECCS to avoid dangerous climate change?
Prof Jason Lowe is Head of Knowledge Integration and Mitigation Advice at the UK’s Met Office and lead scientist for the government-funded AVOID2... Read More
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