Geoengineering Techniques: Environmental Impacts and Policy Analysis

This journal entry explores geoengineering techniques, specifically Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) and Solar Radiation Management (SRM), as methods to mitigate global warming. It discusses the environmental effects of both methods, highlighting the potential for disruption of the nitrogen cycle with CDR and ecological imbalances with SRM. The entry analyzes the implications of using these technologies too early or too late, including the risk of reversing climate change. It emphasizes the importance of reforestation and suggests a parallel approach to geoengineering to revive the environment, while also addressing where one can voice their opinion about the use of these methods. The essay assesses the issues related to the Paris Agreement and analyzes global climate change and greenhouse gases.

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CDR (Carbon-dioxide removal) and SRM (Solar Radiation management) are the two
most discussed geoengineering techniques to limit the effects of globally warming. CDR method
can be used to reduce carbon from atmosphere and store it underground in soil, slated dooms or
building materials. On other hand, SRM deals with the reflecting back the sunlight into space
before reaching to the earth’s surface with the help of large mirrors or sulfur aerosols. The CDR
has not been experimented and it is believed that it can disturb the nitrogen cycle. The main CDR
process should be done with the planting of forests. Whereas, scientist have run many simulation
of SRM and it may impact. Most of the simulation has shown negative impacts on the
environment such as, change in ecological balance as the sunlight will be unreachable for some
plants. Both the methods can cause ripple effect on the environment including the depletion of
ozone layer. On the other side, if it becomes too late for implementing the geoengineering
methods, then it will be almost impossible to reverse the climate change except slowing down
the change. The best can be done is to enrich the forests again with the plants and trees. On the
side, the geoengineering can be done in parallel to help in reviving the environment.