by Anja Chalmin Large-scale weather modification programs in China and trialling new technologies in the UAE Weather modification programs could cover 60 % of China’s landmass by 2025 The Chinese government continues to implement its large-scale weather...
by Anja Chalmin Large-scale weather modification plans continue to grow in China: This plan may develop conflicts over water or endanger Asia's biggest freshwater reserve Weather modification has a long history in China. Since the 1950s, there has been a long series...
by Anja Chalmin Burning biomass is a threat to climate (and no silver bullet) – The impact of BECCS using the Drax plant, Great Britain’s biggest power plant, as an example Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) is employed at the Drax Power Station in...
by Anja Chalmin CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE (CCS) IN THE NORTH SEA REGION Some coastal member states of the North Sea, e.g., Norway and Great Britain, propose to use the North Sea as a storage site for CO2. Some projects want to install new structures such as pipelines...
by Anja Chalmin Despite many concerns about the technology's impacts, several governments – UK, Australia and Denmark among them – have announced financial backing for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Carbon Capture Use and Storage (CCUS) hubs. CCS increases the...
by Anja Chalmin CO2-based SYNTHETIC FUELS: NEW R&D COOPERATION AND PRODUCTION SITES In May, Lufthansa Group signed a Letter of Intent with the ETH Zurich and its two spin-offs Climeworks and Synhelion. The partnership aims to accelerate the market launch...
by Anja Chalmin Marine geoengineering: further offshore trials announced The coastal waters off Callao, in the Humboldt Current of the coast of Peru, were the scene of upwelling trials from February to April, performed by the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research...
Interactive map from ETC Group and Heinrich Boell Foundation shows growth of climate control efforts This interactive geoengineering map, prepared by ETC Group and the Heinrich Boell Foundation, is an attempt to shed light on the worldwide state of geoengineering by...
In an attempt to shed light on the worldwide state of geoengineering, ETC Group and Heinrich Böll Foundation have launched an interactive world map of geoengineering experiments, available at: https://map.geoengineeringmonitor.org/ The map is necessarily partial, as...