Man-Made Aerosol Cooling Would Trigger a Global Drought

onAug 19, 2007 @ 12:16 PDT

A controversial theory proposes mimicking volcanoes to fight global warming. But throwing sulfur particles into the sky may do more harm than good, a new study says.

The temporary solution would pump particles of sulfur high into the atmosphere—simulating the effect of a massive volcano by blocking out some of the sun’s rays.

This intervention, advocates argue, would buy a little time to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But as well as cooling the planet, the sulfur particles would reduce rainfall and cause serious global drought, a new study says.

By Ross Gelbspan

Analysis

Mark Carney’s Pipeline MOU With Danielle Smith Has Been A Disaster

ByMitch Anderson

onMar 5, 2026 @ 12:36 PST

First Nations are furious, environmentalists feel betrayed, oil companies are demanding more, and the clock is ticking.

Series: Mark Carney’s Climate Betrayal

Series: Carney's Climate Betrayal

Telegraph Bidder Daily Mail Cashing in from Oil Industry Events

ByAdam Barnett

onMar 5, 2026 @ 05:31 PST

The Mail’s events business in the Middle East provides a quarter of its revenue. A previous Telegraph bid was rejected over petrostate influence fears.

Series: Defending Democracy from Dirty Money

Series: Defending-UK-Democracy

Opinion

Climate Deniers Expected More Resistance to Trump’s Fossil Fuel Blitz

ByRei Takver

onMar 4, 2026 @ 03:00 PST

‘I’ve never seen anything like this,” longtime denier Marc Morano said recently of Democrats, billionaires, activists and reporters going ‘silent’ on the issue.