{"675480":{"#nid":"675480","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"To avoid sea level rise, some researchers want to build barriers around the world\u2019s most vulnerable glaciers","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOver the past few decades, earth scientists have grappled with the concept of solar geoengineering: cooling the rapidly warming planet by injecting particles high into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight, for example. Now, researchers are proposing a new way to battle the effects of climate change that could prove even more costly and controversial: glacial geoengineering, designed to slow sea level rise.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.uchicago.edu\/story\/scientists-call-major-initiative-study-whether-geoengineering-should-be-used-glaciers\u0022\u003Ewhite paper\u003C\/a\u003E, released on 11 July by glaciologists, calls for boosting research into daring plans that would protect vulnerable ice sheets by building flexible barriers around them or drilling deep into them to slow their slippage into the sea.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese untested ideas are stirring up a backlash among glaciologists, some of whom view them not only as outlandishly expensive and logistically flawed but also as a distraction from the problem of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In an \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/avoid-sea-level-rise-some-researchers-want-build-barriers-around-world-s-most\u0022\u003Earticle\u003C\/a\u003E in \u003Cem\u003EScience\u003C\/em\u003E, scientists, including \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E Associate Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/expert\/alex-robel\u0022\u003EAlex Robel,\u003C\/a\u003E discuss the white paper and the distinction between supporting geoengineering and supporting its research. \u201cI think the reality is that most people who will end up engaging in geoengineering research will do so because it increases the likelihood that geoengineering will actually happen,\u201d says Robel.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOver the past few decades, earth scientists have grappled with the concept of solar geoengineering: cooling the rapidly warming planet by injecting particles high into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight, for example. Now, researchers are proposing a new way to battle the effects of climate change that could prove even more costly and controversial: glacial geoengineering, designed to slow sea level rise.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.uchicago.edu\/story\/scientists-call-major-initiative-study-whether-geoengineering-should-be-used-glaciers\u0022\u003Ewhite paper\u003C\/a\u003E, released on 11 July by glaciologists, calls for boosting research into daring plans that would protect vulnerable ice sheets by building flexible barriers around them or drilling deep into them to slow their slippage into the sea.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese untested ideas are stirring up a backlash among glaciologists, some of whom view them not only as outlandishly expensive and logistically flawed but also as a distraction from the problem of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In an \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/avoid-sea-level-rise-some-researchers-want-build-barriers-around-world-s-most\u0022\u003Earticle\u003C\/a\u003E in \u003Cem\u003EScience\u003C\/em\u003E, scientists, including \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E Associate Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/expert\/alex-robel\u0022\u003EAlex Robel,\u003C\/a\u003E discuss the white paper and the distinction between supporting geoengineering and supporting its research. \u201cI think the reality is that most people who will end up engaging in geoengineering research will do so because it increases the likelihood that geoengineering will actually happen,\u201d says Robel.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36607","created_gmt":"2024-07-15 22:51:41","changed_gmt":"2024-07-17 18:54:20","author":"ls67","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Science","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/avoid-sea-level-rise-some-researchers-want-build-barriers-around-world-s-most","dateline":{"date":"2024-07-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-07-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"193854","name":"glaciologists"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"183576","name":"solar geoengineering"},{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"192254","name":"cos-climate"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}