We can control climate, but should we? The ethics of geoengineering
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David Schurman |
TEDxBrownU
• November 2017
As a response to unsatisfactory carbon emissions reductions, David discusses geo-engineering: the act of intentionally adjusting Earth's climate to counteract the effects of global warming. More specifically, the talk focuses on Marine Cloud Brightening, an idea that explores the possibility of "brightening" clouds over the ocean to make them reflect more sunlight away from the Earth. David then encourages the audience to consider the implications of such a drastic and far-reaching solution to global warming, and whether we, as humans, have the right to intentionally perturb our Earth's natural climate systems.