0 the study and activity of finding ways to change the earth's atmosphere in order to reduce global warming (= the gradual increase in world temperatures):
This is especially important due to the regional variability of the effects of many geoengineering techniques, benefiting some countries while damaging others.
The changes resulting from geoengineering necessarily benefit some people and disadvantage others.
Ozone depletion is a risk of some geoengineering techniques, notably those involving sulfur delivery into the stratosphere.
It is regarded by some as a form of geoengineering, while other commentators regard it as a form of carbon capture and storage.
Biologists and geologists have recently started to research and appreciate the magnitude of mineral geoengineering that these creatures are capable of.
Removing from the atmosphere is a form of geoengineering by greenhouse gas remediation.
He has expressed doubts about the controllability of geoengineering and uncertainty over its effects in academic and non-specialist literature.
The active nature of geoengineering may in some cases create a clear division between winners and losers.