To Limit Solar Geoengineering’s Side Effects, the Right “Dose” Is Needed.

Of the long list of strategies scientists have suggested to combat global warming, solar geoengineering may be among the most controversial.

We need the correct "dose" of geoengineering to limit side-effects.

At least in theory.

The idea is relatively simple: spraying reflective aerosols into the atmosphere to beam sunlight away from the planet and cool the climate. But some modeling studies suggest the strategy could cause unintended consequences, including effects on precipitation, hydrology, storms and other weather events.

Read the Scientific American story by Chelsea Harvey - “To Limit Solar Geoengineering’s Side Effects, the Right “Dose” Is Needed.”