Tag: Science
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NATURE: Climate engineering faces hostility — here’s how scientists say it might move forwards
Climate engineering has long been seen as the rogue approach to global warming. Public opposition has stymied field experiments of this strategy, which aims to artificially cool the Earth. Dozens of countries have called for an end to the development of climate-engineering approaches. Critics say that such projects could have disastrous unintended consequences.
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NATURE: US trust in scientists plunged during the pandemic — but it’s starting to recover
For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, trust in scientists has increased in the United States — but just slightly, according to a poll conducted around two weeks before the US presidential election.
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SCIENCE: New class of ‘ozone-safe’ refrigerants may have unexpected downside
In 2013, a new class of chemical refrigerants—used to cool everything from homes to freezers—replaced the ones that were destroying the ozone layer. But a study published this week finds that some of the new compounds, known as hydrofluoroolefins (HFOs), can create fluoroform, a gas that has a global warming potential 14,800 times worse than…
ALIX SOLIMAN 