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more about #geoengineering more comments → missmonster: It's worrying that scientists are willing to fuck with the natural order of things like this, but then again, industry has been doing the same thing (... more » gorehound: sounds interesting to me.hey it can't be any worse than the damn polutants we keep spewing into the enviroment.this is an example of "good polution" i... more » LittleDragon: Climate change. Humans crashing things on the moon. Yadda yadda yadda. Oh looky. Pretty pictures. more » reddingofish: So that dust storm was kinda' like God saying "Hey guys, try this." more » cylon_conspiracy: I hope global warming (or climate change) is a problem for a long time. Not because I hate the earth, I just want to make sure the activists are occup... more » Dayburner: The problem is over due it and you get a massive deadzone like in the Gulf of Mexico west of the Mississippi river. The problem is the algae bloom die... more » tmittan01000001002003004: This is exactly how God planned everything, the soil becomes too dry due to drought caused by "global warming" and blows into the ocean which in turn ... more » Demosthenes7898: I love humanity. more » CoyoteBrown: You am play gods! ian jones: Me am fixing climate! no am play gods! more » Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon: This is crazy--no one should be allowed to do this without at least international consultation. The truth is that we really don't know what this wi... more » zenpoet: "You live in a desert! You know what it's going to a be a hundred years from now? It's going to be a ------- desert! We have deserts in America we jus... more » ParryLost: There are probably upsides and downsides to this idea. What I can't comprehend is people who argue that the way the climate naturally changes is in so... more » ThisDudeRufus: I know it isn't quite the same thing, but I thought this was pretty neat... more » Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon: But where will Shai-Hulud live? more » Cory Gross: I remember seeing this in Disney's "Eyes in Outer Space", which was released 50 years ago. After the animated weather control sequence, Paul Frees int... more » -
#madscience
Sydney Dust Storm Proves Geoengineering the Oceans Could Work
Scientists commissioned to track the effects of the Sydney dust storm have found something intriguing - a massive growth spurt in nearby ocean algae growth, which could help counteract global warming. Could the storm be proof-of-concept for geoengineering the oceans? More » -
#madscience
Geohackers Want to Transform the Sahara into a Forest
A group of scientists have a radical idea for combating climate change: terraforming the Sahara Desert and replacing it with a lush forest. But will its carbon capturing potential outweigh the negative ecological consequences? More » -
#gallery
Amazing Terraforming Projects - Real and Imaginary
Humans have been terraforming since the earliest days of agriculture. We've got a gallery showing some of the Earth's most incredible terraforming projects - as well as what terraforming might look like on other worlds. More » -
#ecoapocalypse
Is "Planet Hacking" The Only Way To Save The World?
Is the only way to survive global climate change to try and change it even more through geoengineering? Possibly - if doing so doesn't trigger an international political "incident" accidentally. More » -
#geoengineering
The Mysterious Cones of the Egyptian Desert
These strange cones and holes look like a bizarre wind formation in the Egyptian desert, until you see the pattern they make from the air. More » -
#geoengineering
Artificial Islands of the Dead Sea
The Dead Sea, a body of water that sits at the nexus of several political hot spots in the Middle East, has been a source of contention for decades. Now a New York City architecture firm called Phu Hoang Office has proposed a way to turn the sea into a thriving center for tourism and eco-research. The firm proposed the creation of artificial islands (pictured) called No Man's Land that would house hotels, create energy, and harvest clean water from the atmosphere. Check out more pictures and a schematic below. More » -
#terraforming
Farmers Put 220 Acres Under Glass to Create Vast Artificial Environment
On the chilly Isle of Thanet in Kent, England, farmers are placing 220 acres of land under glass so they can grow vegetables all year round. The greenhouse, when completed, will house 1.3 million plants and increase the UK's crop of green vegetables by 15%. Called Thanet Earth, the project will be a series of 7 connected grenhouses with a relatively small carbon footprint. And nothing grown inside Thanet Earth will ever touch soil. More » -
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#geoengineering
Blowing Up the Panama Canal
The Panama Canal, a human-created waterway between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, is the last century's greatest work of geoengineering. And it continues to evolve. Just a few months ago, workers began setting off explosives like those you see here to widen the canal and allow oil supertankers to get through. Want to see more of the canal and the giant ships that traverse it? More »
