Solar radiation management involves spraying tiny reflective particles into the upper atmosphere to reflect away some of the energy from the sun
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Asfawossen Asrat, Addis Ababa University e Andy Parker, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam
Solar radiation management might be able to reduce some of the risks of global warming while countries get their emissions under control.
A man stretches his leg on the bank of the Han River as a ship passes by amid thick haze. Tens of thousands of premature deaths in east Asia every year are caused by shipping pollution.
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The merchant navy – some 20,000 ships – carries the vast majority of trade goods around the world. Unfortunately, they also spew toxic pollutants that harm people and the environment.
So serious are the effects of air pollution on human health - the WHO recently categorised it as carcinogenic, responsible for 223,000 deaths a year worldwide - that it is easy to neglect its wider impact…
Pollution face masks are not just for China.
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It may seem odd for the European Commission to declare 2013 the “Year of the Air” in order to focus on improving air quality standards. Most would feel air pollution is a problem that has been more or…