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Geoengineering is not a quick fix for climate change, experts warn Trump

Kate Connolly, the Guardian
clock 16 October 2017 •
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

Leading climate scientists have warned that geoengineering research could be hijacked by climate change deniers as an excuse not to reduce CO2 emissions, citing the US administration under Donald Trump...

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