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The Controversial One

Solar Radiation Management
Eelco J. Rohling
This chapter considers solar radiation management, also known as solar
geoengineering, which seeks to manipulate Earth’s climate energy balance by
reducing the absorption of incoming solar energy. As the chapter explains,
this approach spans a class of proposed measures that has been polarizing
the community, with some advocating it as an essential means of keeping
global warming within acceptable limits, while others see only grave
drawbacks and dangers. The chapter describes the two approaches to limiting
the absorption of solar energy: measures taken in space, between Earth and
the Sun, to reflect or disperse solar radiation before it even hits Earth’s
atmosphere; and measures taken in Earth’s atmosphere or at the Earth’s
surface to reflect incoming solar radiation. It goes on to discuss the
various proposed methods, their potential, and their drawbacks.

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