Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The west coast of North America is one area the Marine Cloud Brightening Program has considered for a 3,900-square mile solar ...

A secretive team of scientists is working on an unprecedented plan to fill the atmosphere with tiny particles that imitate a volcanic eruption and block out the sun. It might save humanity, or it ...

The potential role of solar geoengineering strategies in addressing global warming is a matter of current scientific and societal debate. Some strategies could reduce the surface temperature of Earth, ...

As climate targets slip out of reach and heat records fall year after year, a once-fringe idea is moving toward center stage: deliberately dimming the sunlight that reaches Earth to cool the planet.

This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Solar geoengineering startups are getting serious Solar ...

Two scientists argue that the growing commercial efforts to counter climate change by reflecting away sunlight will thwart responsible research in the field. Last week, an American-Israeli company ...

The top scientist for the Geneva-based United Nations Environmental Programme said the organization is exploring the topic of climate engineering because “growing concerns about the lack of global ...

AEI fellow Dr. Roger Pielke offered recommendations for regulation and oversight of "weather modification activity" at a hearing Tuesday titled, “Playing God with the Weather — a Disastrous Forecast." ...