5 Ways to Geoengineer Earth's Climate

Artificially changing one of natures most complicated and global systems may sound like something out of science fiction, but geoengineering Earth's climate system is becoming increasingly likely to play a part in remediating anthropogenic climate change. Geoengineering also promotes one of the benefits of climate change; a chance to explore the innovation and new technologies that come alongside each new problem faced by humanity. With this in mind, here's a run down of some geoengineering projects that have been proposed to counter climate change:

Carbon Dioxide - An Essential Ingredient of Life

Life on Earth formed a staggering 3.6 billion years ago. Conditions back then would have been pretty inhospitable to anything composed of more than just a few cells. In fact, that's so long ago that the crust had barely formed, asteroids were still pelting the Earth at an alarming rate and the atmosphere probably had upwards of 250 times more CO₂ than it does today.