Please consider contributing a generous donation to ThinkCivics News or buying a ThinkCivics+ premium Substack subscription. Our independence and ability to speak truth to power depend on all the resources we can get. Help us and become part of the fight!
Key Points
- Sixty scientists from prominent institutions are advocating for rigorous study into reflecting sunlight away from the Earth to mitigate the effects of climate change.
- Air pollution is currently “masking” as much as a third of the impacts of global warming, and as regulations around the world tighten, the amount of global warming will be “unmasked.”
- As the effects of climate change become more acute, pressure to use sunlight-reflection technologies will rise, so scientists argue we need international study now.
Read the full article
ThinkCivics researches, examines, and reports on issues that matter most. We deliver explanative, fearless, and insightful analysis for public consumption.