Starting then Stopping Geoengineering Could Dangerously Accelerate Climate Change

Imagine the world tried geoengineering, and imagine it worked. For 50 years we manage to keep the planet at its current temperature, sea levels stabilize, endangered species rebuild, and all this while we’re still burning fossil fuels at a leisurely pace.

Then China is hit by a freak, devastating drought, and India is hammered by severe flooding. They blame the geoengineering experiment for disrupting global rainfall cycles and demand its immediate termination. World leaders oblige.

What happens next?

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