MAY 28

Geoengineering is the term used to describe large-scale engineering projects meant to manipulate the planetary environment (usually in order to address climate change). Two items related to this topic are covered in this week's SciShow.

The first story notes that scientists in Italy are preparing to examine the supervolcano in the Campi Flegrei Caldera (the area around Naples) by drilling down toward the magma underlying the region. The study seeks to better understand the movement of magma in this area. Sensors will be placed 3.5 kilometers (2.2 miles) below the surface to gather information. Plans for a deeper bore were cancelled after concerns about the possibility of triggering earthquakes or gas releases.

Also in the news is SPICE (Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering) an experimental method to deploy aerosols in the upper atmosphere (to potentially create a 'global cooling effect' to offset global warming). The British team planning this experiment had to put it on hold due to potential conflicts of interest over patents with some of the technology in the program.

More details about all of this can be found in this episode of SciShow on YouTube.

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amazing
written by DAN, May 29, 2012

this is one of my goals in long term, studying geotechnia, and probably create something that could save the future of our earth,

thanks hank green your posts always amaze my mind, its refreshing.

thanks scientist to become part of the chalenge

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written by b roberts, June 08, 2012

we can only add to the problem by attempting to treat the symptoms. the Earth will is in constant 'correction'. all we can do to help is to STOP doing what we know we ARE doing to adversly affect the climate & environment. If we survive it's because we rode it out--we cannot correct the problem by adding conditions to it--we have no way of predicting further complications...geoengineering is insanity...qqugg

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Ridiculous
written by Dafyd, June 08, 2012

I totally agree with b.roberts post and I rather think, these sort of "Experiments" are an extremly dangerous experiment, within the ONLY !!! environment, we and our fellow living organisms, on Planet Earth have, on the next block and for that matter, the next, Oh!! and the next and the next block and......... besides experiments of this nature, should be put to the world public and I rather think they´d say, NO!!!!!!

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RIDICULOUS!!!
written by Nikko, July 01, 2012

Geoengineering = CHEMTRAILS!!!!!!!!!!

I CAN'T ACCEPT THIS, I WILL UNSUBSCRIBE FROM YOUR NEWSLETTER...

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