The (often real) risks of solar #geoengineering make for sensationalist media coverage. In this article, the researcher says "We’re not saying that geoengineering harms agriculture on net" yet the headline is "Geoengineering... may harm major crops" 1/n pbs.org/newshour/scien…
Here, a researcher says "our findings suggest that the side effects of the treatment are just as bad as the original disease" yet the headline is "[Geo]Engineering... could ruin our food supply" 2/n mashable.com/2018/08/08/geo…
and here, the *article* says 'the beneficial effects on crop yields... would be “essentially negated” by the loss in crops due to the reduction in sunlight' while the headline is 'Reflecting sun's rays would cause crops to fail' 3/n theguardian.com/environment/20…
This one from @alisterdoyle : 'the study said any future “geoengineering” modelled on volcanoes would have scant benefits for crops' with headline 'Dimming sunlight to slow global warming may harm crop yields: study' 4/n reuters.com/article/us-cli…
In @ScienceNews: '“The damages from reduced total light washed out benefits of redistribution of that light,” Proctor says. “The scattering was not worth it.”' with headline 'Global dimming may mitigate warming, but could hurt crop yields' 5/n sciencenews.org/article/geoeng…
Article="what benefit the veil would offer to crops by blocking out heat would be offset by the damage done by not getting enough sunlight" headline="Major plan to deal with climate change by geoengineering the Earth would not work, scientists reveal" 6/n independent.co.uk/news/science/g…
Article: "'For agriculture, the unintended impacts of solar geoengineering are equal in magnitude to the benefits,' [Proctor] said." Headline: Blocking sunlight to cool Earth… could also kill off our crops by starving them of UV light" 7/n dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ar…
Article: "while this cooling... would be beneficial to crops, blocking the sunlight also decreases their photosynthesis activity, which negates almost all of the benefits." Headline: "A volcano-inspired weapon to fix climate change is a terrible idea" 8/n wired.co.uk/article/volcan…
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