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Welcome to our weekly round-up of SRM news and events.  

Highlights

First generation outdoor marine cloud brightening trial increases aerosol concentration at cloud base height (Environmental Research Letters – accepted manuscript, Apr 15) 


Solar Radiation Management: A History of the Governance and Political Milestones (Environmental Science: Atmospheres – accepted manuscript, Apr 14) 


As EPA Rolls Back Regulations for Large Industrial Polluters, It Finds a New Target: A Two-Person Geoengineering Startup (Inside Climate News, Apr 18) 

In Academia

Articles


First generation outdoor marine cloud brightening trial increases aerosol concentration at cloud base height Hernandez Jaramillo D.C., Harrison, L., Gunner, G., McGrath, A., Junkermann, W., Lieff, W., Hacker, J., Rosenfeld, D., Kelaher, B., Harrison, D.P. (Environmental Research Letters – accepted manuscript, Apr 15) 


Solar Radiation Management: A History of the Governance and Political Milestones Jinnah, S., Dove, Z. (Environmental Science: Atmospheres – accepted manuscript, Apr 14) 


Meeting climate goals through mitigation and intervention: developments in emissions reduction, greenhouse gas removal, and solar radiation modification  McGrath, D., Hunt, H., Taylor, J.R., Fitzgerald, S. (Apollo – accepted manuscript, Apr 14) 


Problem of developing and making space systems to reduce the solar radiation incident on the Earth’s surface Lapkhanov, E.O. (Technical Mechanics, Apr 7) 


Analysis of extreme rainfall of tropical cyclone using solar radiation management and ERA5 data in eastern part of Indonesia Koesuma, S., Faqih, A., Hendri, H., Listyarin, J., Kusuma, D.A., Hanggara, A.Z., Gernowo, R. (Geographia Technica, Apr 7) 


Preprint


A realistic climate strategy MacDonald Taylor, G., Wadhams, P., Goreau, T., Reed, S., Kuswanto, H., Visioni, D., Garrity, D. (Earth ArXiv, Apr 12) 

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Watch or Listen


Solar-Geoengineering Can Stop AMOC Collapse with Douglas MacMartin ClimateChat (Apr 20) 


Should We Turn Down the Sun? Next Big Idea Club (Apr 18) 


Janos Pasztor: The Most Controversial Fix for Climate Change Christian Soschner (Apr 18) 


The Promise and Peril of Geoengineering (Encore) Making Contact (Apr 16) 

SRM in the Media

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Top Stories


As EPA Rolls Back Regulations for Large Industrial Polluters, It Finds a New Target: A Two-Person Geoengineering Startup Inside Climate News (Phil McKenna, Apr 18) 


EPA Looks To Take “Immediate Action” Against Solar Geoengineering Company WLT Report (Apr 16) 


UN report: Tackling global crises requires a radical shift in mindsets Earth.com (Andrei Ionescu, Apr 14)


Universidade da ONU propõe cinco mudanças profundas para salvar o meio ambiente ‘UN University proposes five profound changes to save the environment’ AReferencia (Apr 14) 


UN University Finds Five Deep Changes Urgently Needed for a Safer World and How to Achieve Them UNU EHS (Apr 9) 


NATO Science and Technology report identifies trends shaping the future of science, defence and security for the next 20 years NATO (Apr 9) 



Climate in the Media

Trump cuts would cripple NOAA’s wide-ranging science partnerships E&E News (Apr 21) 


Climate experts seek ‘right to cool’, heat protection for informal sector workers during summer Times of India (Apr 20) 


Trump Officials Weigh Earth Day Move Against Green Groups Bloomberg (Apr 18) 


European State of the Climate: extreme events in warmest year on record WMO (Apr 15) 


Climate Change Could Become a Global Economic Disaster NY Times (10 Apr) 

Upcoming Events

Apr 24 Simons Foundation SRM AGM 2025 Simons Foundation New York, USA


Apr 22- May 2 EGU General Assembly 2025 - Vienna, Austria


May 12-16 Degrees Global Forum - Cape Town, South Africa


May 12-16 Fifteenth GeoMIP Workshop - Cape Town, South Africa


May 19-20 Consultative Workshop and Science Policy Dialogue on Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) - Brussels, Belgium


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