Thursday, May 17, 2012

British team cancels geoengineering experiment

Science: A U.K. project that is examining the feasibility of geoengineering the Earth's climate to reduce global warming will no longer involve an outdoor experiment that was scheduled to take place later this year. The Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering (SPICE) project was set to test the delivery of aerosols high into Earth's atmosphere. Today, however, planners announced that they have cancelled the test because of concerns that researchers involved in the project could have a commercial...

URL: http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/05/british-team-cancels-geoengineer.html?ref=hp

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