C2GTalk: Should scientists be allowed to do outdoor research on solar radiation modification? with Ken Caldeira

Carnegie Council Podcasts · Mar 14, 2022 · 53m

Over the last two decades, solar radiation modification has gone from an intellectual experiment to something people are seriously considering, says pioneering climate scientist Ken Caldeira during a C2GTalk. The world needs to understand what would happen if somebody felt the need to cool the Earth rapidly, and that requires the ability for scientists to do more research. "There is a case to limit knowledge acquisition if it would lead to imminent harm," says Caldeira, but this is not the case for solar radiation modification experiments.

Ken Caldeira is senior staff scientist (emeritus)…