EmTech 2017 Required Reading: Climate Change

At our annual EmTech event this November we’ll ponder how new technologies can help us survive and thrive in the face of climate change. <br /><br /><a href="http://events.technologyreview.com/emtech/17/?utm_medium=trsite&utm_source=collection&utm_campaign=emtech2017&utm_term=conference&utm_content=climate&discount=CLIMATE#section-register">Register now</a>.

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Harvard’s David Keith explains why it’s time to move forward with outdoor experiments and broader research programs.

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We’ve built our cities and flood protections with assumptions based on the climate of the past.

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The climate researchers intend to launch a high-altitude balloon that would spray a small quantity of reflective particles into the stratosphere.

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As climate change accelerates, a handful of scientists are eager to move ahead with experiments testing ways to counteract warming artificially. Their reasoning: we just might get desperate enough to use this technology one day.

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By reworking the basic metabolism of crops, plant scientists hope to forestall devastating food shortages.

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EmTech 2017 Required Reading: Climate Change

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