By Heidi Harley

science / science - 17 hours ago

Dimming the Sun

Switzerland has submitted a proposal to create a United Nations expert group on solar geoengineering to inform governments and stakeholders. The idea was discussed at the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, this week. Professor Aarti Gupta shares how, after tense negotiations, the different m...

science / science - 17 hours ago

Skeptical Science New Research for Week #13 2024

Open access notables A survey of interventions to actively conserve the frozen North, van Wijngaarden et al.,& Climatic Change: The frozen elements of the high North are thawing as the region warms much faster than the global mean. The dangers of sea level rise due to melting glacier ice, increased...