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Geo-Engineering

'Carbon rainbow': How Unilever's pledge to eliminate fossil fuels from cleaning products could catalyse the bioeconomy
'Carbon rainbow': How Unilever's pledge to eliminate fossil fuels from cleaning products could catalyse the bioeconomy

University of Sheffield professor of chemical engineering and chemistry Peter Styring explains to BusinessGreen how Unilever's new commitment could spur public understanding and government support for a transition away from fossil fuel derived chemicals...

  • CCS
  • 02 September 2020
A defence of geoengineering
A defence of geoengineering

Fantasy or nightmare? If you look beyond extreme ideas such as space shades, there's much to like about this fast-evolving category of climate tech

  • Geo-Engineering
  • 17 April 2020
Reflecting sun's rays would cause crops to fail, scientists warn
Reflecting sun's rays would cause crops to fail, scientists warn

Research shows geoengineering method intended to combat climate change would have adverse effect on agriculture

  • Geo-Engineering
  • 09 August 2018
Geoengineering is not a quick fix for climate change, experts warn Trump
Geoengineering is not a quick fix for climate change, experts warn Trump

Leading researchers and campaigners express concern that geoengineering research could be used as an excuse not to reduce CO2 emissions

  • Climate change
  • 16 October 2017
Report: Policymakers must incentivise carbon capture to hit Paris targets
Report: Policymakers must incentivise carbon capture to hit Paris targets

Governments must decide who is responsible for capturing carbon and incentivise the technology's adoption on a 'gigatonne scale', warn Norwegian scientists

  • Geo-Engineering
  • 14 August 2017
Inaction on climate change risks leaving future generations $530 trillion in debt
Inaction on climate change risks leaving future generations $530 trillion in debt

BECCS technologies have been touted as a means of avoiding the worst impacts of climate change, but as James Dyke argues the costs of deployment would likely be gargantuan in scale

  • Climate change
  • 25 July 2017
US scientists launch world's biggest solar geoengineering study
US scientists launch world's biggest solar geoengineering study

Research programme will send aerosol injections into the earth's upper atmosphere to study the risks and benefits of a future solar tech-fix for climate change

  • Geo-Engineering
  • 27 March 2017
How a breakthrough in quantum computing could transform our clean energy future
How a breakthrough in quantum computing could transform our clean energy future

Scientists have used Google's quantum computer to simulate a molecule for the first time - the first step towards unlocking a future powered by vitamin batteries and liquid solar fuels

  • Geo-Engineering
  • 30 August 2016
Distinctive 'CO2 fingerprint' could aid CCS deployment, say scientists
Distinctive 'CO2 fingerprint' could aid CCS deployment, say scientists

New study shows captured CO2 has an inherent chemical fingerprint depending on its source, making it easier to ensure gas is safely stored

  • R&D
  • 25 July 2016
CO2 turned into stone in Iceland in climate change breakthrough
CO2 turned into stone in Iceland in climate change breakthrough

Radical new technique promises a cheaper and more secure method of burying CO2 emissions underground instead of storing it as a gas

  • R&D
  • 10 June 2016
Academics call for geoengineering preparation in wake of Paris Agreement's 'deadly flaws'
Academics call for geoengineering preparation in wake of Paris Agreement's 'deadly flaws'

Scientists say failure of agreement to immediately implement emissions cuts means geoengineering must be seriously explored, despite the enormous risks it entails

  • Climate change
  • 11 January 2016
Scientists warn geo-engineering is not the answer to climate change

Climate engineering is not a silver bullet for climate change, according to new report

  • Geo-Engineering
  • 16 July 2015
Could planting trees help ease carbon budgets?
Could planting trees help ease carbon budgets?

'No regrets' negative emission technologies could allow 11 per cent more emissions by 2050, says new study, but bulk of fossil fuel reserves would still have to stay in ground

  • Geo-Engineering
  • 03 February 2015
Ice911: Buying time for green innovation

This little-known nonprofit is working to rebuild the multi-year reflective "bright ice" in the Arctic, in order to slow the Arctic melt

  • Geo-Engineering
  • 24 January 2014
Al Gore says use of geo-engineering to head off climate disaster is insane

Al Gore says use of geo-engineering to head off climate disaster is insane

  • Geo-Engineering
  • 16 January 2014
Astronomer royal calls for 'Plan B' to prevent runaway climate change
Astronomer royal calls for 'Plan B' to prevent runaway climate change

Lord Rees appeals for research into geo-engineering technologies in case efforts to curb carbon emissions fail

  • Geo-Engineering
  • 12 September 2013
Mineral dust sprinkled in oceans could absorb vast amounts of carbon: study

Geoengineering method could reduce emissions but would require huge mining effort and alter balance of the oceans

  • Geo-Engineering
  • 22 January 2013
US geoengineers to spray sun-reflecting chemicals from balloon

Experiment in New Mexico will try to establish the possibility of cooling the planet by dispersing sulphate aerosols

  • Geo-Engineering
  • 18 July 2012
Geoengineering techniques need more study, says science coalition
Geoengineering techniques need more study, says science coalition

The Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative says geoengineering could be 'plan B' for climate change

  • Geo-Engineering
  • 02 December 2011
Scientists to deploy giant balloon 20km above earth in climate-cooling experiment

Academics attempt to recreate an artificial volcano that would inject particles into the stratosphere to cool the planet

  • Geo-Engineering
  • 01 September 2011
Updated: Government told to "stop ignoring" geo-engineering

Capturing CO2 direct from the atmosphere could increase the rate of decarbonisation, says Institution of Mechanical Engineers

  • Geo-Engineering
  • 20 June 2011
There is geo-engineering, and then there is geo-engineering

  • Geo-Engineering
  • 16 June 2011
IPCC asks scientists to assess geo-engineering climate solutions

Leaked documents ahead of key Lima meeting suggest UN body is looking to slow emissions with technological fixes rather than talks

  • Geo-Engineering
  • 16 June 2011
Geo-engineering: massive potential, or massively implausible?

The UN's top climate change chief has called for technologies that soak CO2 from the atmosphere - but are such techniques feasible? Tom Young investigates

  • Geo-Engineering
  • 06 June 2011
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