Buck: Rogue geoengineering risks shutting down legitimate climate research
Dr. Holly Buck · The Carbon Copy: A rogue geoengineering startup sparks worry · Apr 27, 2023 · at 15:33
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Dr. Holly Buck, a geoengineering expert at the University of Buffalo, evaluates the fallout from rogue solar geoengineering startups like Make Sunsets.
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“I mean, the main danger is that it inhibits the very real research that we need, because people are too alarmed from the whole topic, or they just write it off, and then the scientists, who I hope would be doing the good work on this, can't continue their work.”
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