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Solar Radiation Management (SRM)

A set of techniques to cool the planet quickly by reflecting more sunlight back to space

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Jan 26, 2026
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What is geoengineering and its main techniques?

is the deliberate, large-scale intervention in Earth’s climate system to counteract human-caused climate change, generally grouped into and approaches . Proposals range from planting forests and sucki...

Jan 13, 2026

What proposals for deliberate large-scale geoengineering have been published, and how do they differ from operational cloud seeding?

Deliberate large-scale geoengineering proposals fall into two broad camps—solar radiation management (SRM) methods that try to reflect sunlight and rapidly cool the planet, and carbon dioxide removal ...