Surprise: Academics cannot control real-world geoengineering deployment despite self-imposed safeguards
Dr. Kevin Surprise · A rogue geoengineering startup sparks worry · Mar 15, 2023 · at 12:05
Dr. Kevin Surprise of Mount Holyoke College explains why self-regulation and research safeguards fail to stop rogue commercial actors from deploying solar geoengineering.
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“The experts who are researching this stuff are well-meaning and well-intentioned and are attempting to be very careful, but even with those safeguards that they're trying to impose on themselves, they are not going to have control over how this technology actually operates in the real world.”
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