The British government is reportedly just weeks away from approving bizarre experiments aimed at dimming sunlight in a bid to combat so-called climate change.
Proposed outdoor trials may involve spraying aerosols into the upper atmosphere or artificially brightening clouds to bounce sunlight back into space in order to help cool the earth.
Another key focus of current research is on Sunlight Reflection Methods (SRM), which involve techniques like Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI)—the process of dispersing fine particles high into the stratosphere to bounce a portion of sunlight back into space.
A third approach under consideration is Marine Cloud Brightening (MCB), where vessels would release sea salt particles into the atmosphere to make low-altitude clouds more reflective.
Aria, the state’s high-risk research agency, has earmarked £50 million for these speculative projects, with announcements expected shortly.
Professor Mark Symes, who oversees the program, says the British public can look forward to a series of “small controlled outdoor experiments,” as the agency tests whether meddling with the planet’s natural sunlight will solve the environmental disaster they so fear.
“We will be announcing who we have given funding to in a few weeks, and when we do so, we will be making clear when any outdoor experiments might be taking place,” Symes said, according to The Telegraph.
“One of the missing pieces in this debate was physical data from the real world,” he continued. “Models can only tell us so much.”
“Everything we do is going to be safe by design. We’re absolutely committed to responsible research, including responsible outdoor research.”
“We have strong requirements around the length of time experiments can run for and their reversibility, and we won’t be funding the release of any toxic substances to the environment.”
The experiments are being pushed under the premise that humanity isn’t cutting emissions quickly enough to avoid an environmental apocalypse, at least, according to scientists still clinging to worst-case climate scenarios.
Scientists backing the proposals believe that, if the tests yield promising results, the techniques could be expanded and rolled out on a wider scale within a decade.
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