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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 At the Rutgers Impact Studies of Climate Intervention (RISCI) lab, we study the impacts of various proposed climate intervention (also called geoengineering) schemes to increase sunlight reflection to cool Earth and counteract the effects of anthropogenic global warming.\u00a0 We use computer models and analyses of analogs such as volcanic eruptions, and focus on stratospheric aerosol intervention (SAI).\u00a0\u00a0SAI would emulate large volcanic eruptions, and create a sulfuric acid cloud in the lower stratosphere to reflect sunlight.\u00a0\u00a0While volcanic eruptions have taught us that indeed a stratospheric cloud would cool Earth, it could also produce additional risks, such as precipitation reductions, particularly in summer monsoon regions in Asia and Africa.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The RISCI lab is led by\u00a0Professor Alan Robock<\/a>\u00a0and Professor Lili Xia<\/a>.\u00a0 It was founded in 2008, and has been supported by six different grants from the National Science Foundation<\/a> so far.\u00a0\u00a0The RISCI lab studies the benefits and risks of SAI, including agricultural impacts, ecosystem impacts, air pollution impacts, governance, and ethics.\u00a0\u00a0So far we have produced 82 publications, which can be read at http:\/\/climate.envsci.rutgers.edu\/robock\/robock_geopapers.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In 2011 Dr. Robock, then student\u00a0<\/span>Ben Kravitz<\/a>\u00a0(now a professor at Indiana University), and colleagues founded the\u00a0<\/span>Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP)<\/a>, which has organized standard climate model experiments to examine the potential benefits and risks of climate intervention.<\/span>\u00a0 Professor Daniele Visioni<\/a> (Cornell University<\/a>) now co-leads GeoMIP along with Dr. Robock.\u00a0 <\/span>GeoMIP is an officially\u00a0<\/span>endorsed model intercomparison project<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0<\/span>Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>So far, 19 climate modeling groups from around the world have participated in GeoMIP, and the project has produced <\/span>170 peer-reviewed and 22 technical publications<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>GeoMIP is the largest and most productive climate intervention climate modeling international collaboration.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>For more information about GeoMIP, see\u00a0<\/span>http:\/\/climate.envsci.rutgers.edu\/GeoMIP<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 In addition of continuing to support GeoMIP, we are now focused on the impacts of SAI climate intervention on agriculture, natural ecosystems, and air pollutants.\u00a0 RISCI does not endorse or advocate actual implementation of climate intervention.\u00a0 Rather, we support research to evaluate the potential benefits and risks, so that in the future society can make informed decisions about the advisability and design of potential implementation.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 RISCI is funded by grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation<\/a> and SilverLining<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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