Geoengineering: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	geo-engineering

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Illustration of various geoengineering techniques to address climate change, including carbon capture and storage methods like artificial trees, industrial scrubbers, and deep ocean CO2 storage, as well as solar reflectance strategies such as sulfur aerosols, reflective crops, cloud whitening, and orbital mirrors. The scene shows these interventions applied to land, sea, and atmosphere, with labeled features explaining each process.

cloud-seeding aircraft

Phytoplankton bloom

Direct air capture

carbon precipitate

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artificial tree Carbon capture and storage Ocean fertilization Biochar Stratospheric sulfur injection Cloud whitening Scrubbing tower Climate Earth sciences naval architecture geology geochronology hydrologic sciences civil engineering aerospace engineering petroleum engineering nuclear engineering military engineering electrical and electronics engineering