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December 26, 2019 12:00 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/VNfcXTSNQ14/the-us-government-has-approved-funds-for-geoengineering-research
The US Government Has Approved Funds for Geoengineering Research
The US government has for the first time authorized funding to research geoengineering, the idea that we could counteract climate change by reflecting more of the sun's heat away from the planet. An anonymous reader writes: The $1.4 trillion spending bills that Congress passed last week included a little-noticed provision setting aside at least $4 million for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to conduct stratospheric monitoring and research efforts. The primary aims of the program would include improving our basic understanding of stratospheric chemistry, and assessing the potential effects and risks of geoengineering. But it's controversial: There are concerns that using such tools could have dangerous environmental side effects, and that even suggesting them as solutions could ease pressure to cut the greenhouse-gas emissions driving climate change.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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