23 Aug Scientists Are Coming Up With ‘Last Ditch’ Remedies for Climate Change: Richard Branson, the billionaire chairman of Virgin Group Ltd., has offered a $25 million prize for the best solution
As talks aimed at slowing global warming drag on, researchers are pushing new ideas that some are calling last-ditch attempts to avert the worst effects of climate change.
Some proposals are uncontroversial, such as using charcoal to lock carbon dioxide into soil or scattering carbon-absorbing gemstones.
Richard Branson, the billionaire chairman of Virgin Group Ltd., has offered a $25 million prize for the best solution in the field known as geoengineering.