What Is Geo Engineering?

Climate engineering or commonly geoengineering, is the deliberate and large-scale intervention in the Earth's climate system. The main categories of climate engineering are solar geoengineering and carbon dioxide removal.

What is geoengineering and how does it work?

Solar geoengineering, or solar radiation modification, would reflect some sunlight (solar radiation) back to space to limit or reverse human-caused climate change. ... Carbon dioxide removal refers to removing carbon dioxide gas from the atmosphere and sequestering it for long periods of time.

What is geoengineering in simple terms?

Geoengineering (literally "Earth-engineering") is the currently fashionable term for making large-scale interventions in how the planet works to slow down or reverse the effects of climate change. In theory, the word "geoengineering" could be used to describe almost any large-scale scheme for tackling climate change.