Reflecting sunlight back to space might help cool down Earth s ecosystem ANI | Updated: Apr 10, 2021 17:08 IST
Minnesota [US], April 10 (ANI): During a recent study, climate scientists and ecologists from leading research universities internationally, found that further research is needed in order to understand the ecological impacts of solar radiation modification (SRM) technologies that reflect small amounts of sunlight back into space.
Published in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, researchers in the Climate Intervention Biology Working Group including Jessica Hellmann from the University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment explored the effect of solar climate interventions on ecology.
Minneapolis (Minnesota), [US], April 8 (ANI): Composed of climate scientists and ecologists from leading research universities internationally, a team of scientists found that more research is needed to understand the ecological impacts of solar radiation modification (SRM) technologies that reflect small amounts of sunlight back into space.
Published in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, researchers in the Climate Intervention Biology Working Group including Jessica Hellmann from the University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment explored the effect of solar climate interventions on ecology.
They explored the effect of solar climate interventions on ecology. The team emphasises that greenhouse gas emissions reduction and conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem functions must be the priority.
Researchers find reflecting sunlight could cool Earth s ecosystem ANI | Updated: Apr 08, 2021 17:03 IST
Minneapolis (Minnesota), [US], April 8 (ANI): Composed of climate scientists and ecologists from leading research universities internationally, a team of scientists found that more research is needed to understand the ecological impacts of solar radiation modification (SRM) technologies that reflect small amounts of sunlight back into space.
Published in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, researchers in the Climate Intervention Biology Working Group including Jessica Hellmann from the University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment explored the effect of solar climate interventions on ecology.
They explored the effect of solar climate interventions on ecology. The team emphasises that greenhouse gas emissions reduction and conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem functions must be the priority.
Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, researchers in the Climate Intervention Biology Working Group including Jessica Hellmann from the University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment explored the effect of solar climate interventions on ecology.
Composed of climate scientists and ecologists from leading research universities internationally, the team found that more research is needed to understand the ecological impacts of solar radiation modification (SRM) technologies that reflect small amounts of sunlight back into space. The team focused on a specific proposed SRM strategy referred to as stratospheric aerosol intervention (SAI)) to create a sulfate aerosol cloud in the stratosphere to reduce a portion of incoming sunlight and radiation. In theory, this cloud could be controlled in size and location.
The climate keeps getting hotter, and officials around the world are failing to rise to the task of tackling emissions to ensure a future for our kids and grandkids. Amid this backdrop, an international team of experts suggests reflecting sunlight back into space could help keep the warming under control.
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The team focused on exploring the potential benefits and shortcomings of using various technological means of reflecting sunlight away from our planet which should help cool it down. This approach, known as solar radiation modification (SRM), should be much cheaper and more cost-effective than our other current alternatives. Together with reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, an SRM-type program could help mitigate or even counter the warming trend that started in the Industrial Revolution.