Is manipulating the climate God’s work? Mankind, since Moses and ancient Cherokee tribes, has always tried to control the sun and the wind. Nowadays, thanks to advances in climatology and meteorology, controlling the climate has become a feasible option. However, it is a very controversial issue that involves concerns related to potential risks and requires a wide array of social and political responses. Journalist Emanuele Bompan asked Professor Ken Caldeira (Stanford University and lead author of the “State of the Carbon Cycle Report”, a study for the US Congress), to tell us more about geoengineering. «We have some technological options – he says – but it is never easy to talk about geoengineering because it requires having to face concerns that arise when we start interfering with something as complicated as our Planet».

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