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Climate engineering carries serious national security risks − countries facing extreme heat may try it anyway, and the world needs to be prepared

  • Written by Ben Kravitz, Assistant Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University
Climate engineering carries serious national security risks − countries facing extreme heat may try it anyway, and the world needs to be preparedSolar engineering is designed to reflect some of the Sun's ray back into space.John Crouch/Moment via Getty Imgaes

The historic Paris climate agreement started a mantra from developing countries: “1.5 to stay alive.” It refers to the international aim to keep global warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.8 Fahrenheit) compared with...

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