Could imitating volcanos fix the climate crisis? Science is spilt

Some scientists believe solar engineering deserves exploration amid warnings that countries are doing far too little to reduce carbon emissions [File: Aly Song/Reuters]

Taipei, Taiwan – At opposite ends of Southeast Asia, researchers Pornampai Narenpitak and Heri Kuswanto are both working on the same problem: Is it possible to mimic the cooling effects of volcanic eruptions to halt global warming?

Using computer modelling and analysis, Narenpitak and Kuswanto are separately studying whether shooting large quantities of sulphur dioxide into the earth’s stratosphere could have a similar effect on global temperatures as the eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Tambora in 1815.