As fossil fuel emissions continue to climb, reducing the amount of sunlight hitting the Earth would definitely have a cooling effect on surface temperatures. A study by Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab shows that this intentional manipulation of solar radiation also could lead to less rainfall. The reduction in sunlight can be accomplished by geoengineering schemes, including mitigating climate change by intentionally manipulating the solar radiation on the earthÕs surface; or removing atmospheric CO2 and sequestering it into the terrestrial vegetation, oceans or deep geologic formations.
Geoengineering schematic
