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Research on global sun block needed now

Nature volume 463, pages 426–427 (2010)Cite this article

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Geoengineering studies of solar-radiation management should begin urgently, argue David W. Keith, Edward Parson and M. Granger Morgan — before a rogue state decides to act alone.

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  • Field testing is required to understand the risks of solar-radiation management (SRM)

  • Linked activities must create norms and understanding for international governance of SRM

  • If SRM is unworkable, the sooner we know, the less moral hazard it poses

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  1. David W. Keith is director of the energy and environmental systems group at the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada. He has commercial interests in a carbon dioxide extraction technology and does academic research on SRM. keith@ucalgary.ca ,

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  2. Edward Parson is professor of law and natural resources and environment at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1215, USA.,

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  3. M. Granger Morgan is head of the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.,

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Keith, D., Parson, E. & Morgan, M. Research on global sun block needed now. Nature 463, 426–427 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/463426a

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