There are presently five reflectivity intervention methods that are low risk and potentially cost-effective.
Reflective Earth can objectively evaluate the surface interventions and determine the additional energy reflected to space.
Reflective coating applied to shopping center parking lot in Phoenix
September 19, 2023
Suelen Rivera
ReadLarge reflective reservoir covers of large square glass tiles with anchors at each end can withstand wind and waves
September 16, 2023
Jeff Haley
ReadReflective reservoir covers may be cost effective in hot, dry places
September 16, 2023
Jeff Haley
ReadMaking white salt pans to reduce global warming is cost effective
September 14, 2023
Jeff Haley
ReadCity of Austin Texas makes cool pavement and promotes cool roofs and shade structures
July 31, 2023
ReadImproved shade between Earth and Sun would use an asteroid for mass to hold it against solar wind
Other, Not-Yet-Promising Methods
July 31, 2023
István Szapudi
ReadMore development is needed for effective shade fabrics to cool cities and reduce global warming
September 27, 2021
Jeff T Haley
ReadCementitious reflective white coatings for cooling buildings and cities
September 14, 2022
Ning Yang and others
ReadSulfur particles emitted in cargo ship exhaust brighten marine clouds but also cause harmful pollution
July 3, 2023
Dr Zeke Hausfather and Prof Piers Forster
ReadPlanting Reflective Cover Crops in Europe can offset about 6 metric tons of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
June 22, 2023
Gaetan Pique and others
ReadUSA White House publishes plan for researching Solar Radiation Management
June 30, 2023
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
ReadEvaporation ponds beside desalination plants can cool the planet and reduce environmental harm
May 12, 2023
Jeff Haley
ReadSan Antonio Texas painting streets in ten locations
May 2, 2023
City of San Antonio
ReadExisting technology can be adapted to start field trials of Marine Cloud Brightening
March 13, 2023
Christian Claudel, Fabian Hoffmann, and Younan Xia
ReadIncreasing Reflectivity of Roofs in Africa
March 7, 2023
ReadCovering snow and glaciers with white powder
Other, Not-Yet-Promising Methods
December 14, 2022
D. Johnson and others
ReadSolar Reflective Reservoir Covers
February 28, 2023
Jeff Haley
ReadThe February 27 open letter urging research into reflecting sunlight is mostly right but got one thing wrong
February 27, 2023
Jeff T Haley
ReadNASA collecting aerosol data up to 60,000 feet
February 17, 2023
ReadDust ballistically shot from the moon can reflect sunlight
Other, Not-Yet-Promising Methods
February 8, 2023
Bromley and others
ReadReflective Roofs on Shipping Containers & Trucks
March 14, 2022
ReadStart-up company plans to inject SO2 with balloons and sell carbon offsets
Other, Not-Yet-Promising Methods
November 23, 2022
ReadSalt Pan Brightening
January 21, 2023
Jeff Haley
ReadReflectors in space at Lagrangian L1 between the Earth and the Sun
Other, Not-Yet-Promising Methods
May 20, 2020
ReadMarine Cloud Brightening R&D Progress
September 7, 2021
Kate Murphy, Gary Cooper, Sarah Doherty, and Rob Wood
ReadReflective Cover Crops
August 20, 2022
ReadGovernment Reports on Stratospheric Aerosol Injection
Other, Not-Yet-Promising Methods
October 31, 2022
ReadFloating, Alkalizing, Reflective Glass Tiles
Other, Not-Yet-Promising Methods
December 16, 2021
Jeff Haley and Matthew Nicklas
ReadMicro-bubbles injected into ocean water
Other, Not-Yet-Promising Methods
September 28, 2010
Russell Seitz
ReadCirrus Cloud Thinning
Other, Not-Yet-Promising Methods
March 14, 2022
Read>95% Reflective White Paint
March 14, 2022
ReadCool Roofs, Walls, and Pavement Reduce Peak Urban Temperatures
March 24, 2022
ReadWhy the record low Arctic sea ice this October is so alarming
October 28, 2020
Lili Pike
Read'Whitest ever' paint reflects 98% of sunlight
April 16, 2021
Victoria Gill
ReadUrban Heat: Can White Roofs Help Cool World’s Warming Cities?
March 7, 2018
Fred Pearce
ReadReflecting Sunlight: Recommendations for Solar Geoengineering Research and Research Governance
March 25, 2021
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
ReadKeeping Cool Efficiently During Heat Waves
August 11, 2020
By Jessica Scully
ReadClimate Veterans & Inventors Team Up To Launch New Tools To Cool The Earth With Reflection
October 6, 2020
Reflective Earth
ReadCool roofs help reduce heatwave impacts in Bangladesh and Indonesia
May 14, 2021
K-CEP
ReadCool roofs, cooler designs as the building industry embraces energy sustainability
June 8, 2021
Ben Ikenson
ReadAs Climate Disasters Pile Up, a Radical Proposal Gains Traction
October 28, 2020
Christopher Flavelle
ReadWhy Reflectivity?
November 8, 2022
Brian Smoliak and Michel Gelobter
ReadIntroducing the Global Reflectivity Map
November 8, 2022
Brian Smoliak and Michel Gelobter
ReadJeff Haley: Welcome to Reflective Earth
October 7, 2020
BY JEFF HALEY
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