Geoengineering should not be used as a climate fix yet, says US science academy

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That extreme planet-hacking fixes for climate change have become a future possibility is a wake up call to reduce emissions now, say top US scientists

Climate change has advanced so rapidly that the time has come to look at options for a planetary-scale intervention, the National Academy of Science said on Tuesday. But it was categorical that such ‘geoengineering'...

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