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Professor Piers Forster elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society

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Professor Piers Forster, Director of the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), in recognition of his outstanding contribution to climate science. Professor Forster is a Professor of Physical Climate Change at the University of Leeds and has made major advances in understanding the causes of...

Solar radiation modification could reduce global temperatures but is no substitute for reducing emissions, says Royal Society

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Techniques to reflect an additional small portion of sunlight back into space could help cool the planet if deployed globally, but they cannot address the full range of climate impacts or replace emission cuts, according to a Royal Society briefing. ‘Solar radiation modification’, published today, considers the potential impacts of SRM if deployed globally, in...