Artificially cooling planet 'risky strategy,' new research shows

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/uoe-acp111017.php

Public Release: 14-Nov-2017
Artificially cooling planet 'risky strategy,' new research shows
University of Exeter

roposals to reduce the effects of global warming by imitating volcanic eruptions could have a devastating effect on global regions prone to either tumultuous storms or prolonged drought, new research has shown.

Geoengineering - the intentional manipulation of the climate to counter the effect of global warming by injecting aerosols artificially into the atmosphere - has been mooted as a potential way to deal with climate change.

However new research led by climate experts from the University of Exeter suggests that targeting geoengineering in one hemisphere could have a severely detrimental impact for the other.

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