Emerging Geoengineering Solutions and Risk

Learning content:

Various governmental agencies around the world are developing plans around climate geoengineering. Geoengineering is the deliberate modification of the Earth’s climate to reduce the negative impacts of global warming. This course covers emerging geoengineering concepts with a broad polar focus and provides students an opportunity to evaluate climate model outputs on solar modification (SRM), evaluate impacts of pumping sea water on sea ice to thicken it and impacts of ocean fertilization. Students will come away with a better understanding of geoengineering concepts and their associated climate implications.

References:

https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01389-1
https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-environ-112321-081911
https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-earth-031920-083456
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.16854
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016EF000410