The agency is being asked to strengthen a toothless rule that requires only a heads-up before experiments to modify the weather. Picture this: As a Phoenix heat wave is killing hundreds of people, an ...

Researchers studying ways to offset rising global temperatures have zeroed in on a deceptively simple target: blocking roughly 1% of the sunlight that reaches Earth. The approach, known as solar ...

One technique involves releasing particles of sulphur dioxide high up in the stratosphere. Another involves trying to brighten the clouds over the sea by spraying salt water off the back of ships.

Re “Scientist Wants to Block Sunlight to Cool Earth” (“Buying Time” series, front page, Aug. 4): Your article about solar geoengineering raises serious concerns about a complex issue that demands ...

As the climate crisis advances, geoengineering — intentionally modifying Earth systems on a large scale to cool the planet or store additional carbon — is increasingly a hot topic. But an intense ...

Deliberately reflecting sunlight into space to cool the planet—solar radiation modification (SRM)—is now under serious exploration/investigation as a solution to ...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., wants to ban weather modification in the United States, so she hosted a hearing on the subject that included conspiracy theories and true stories that are so wild ...