Dr. Matthew Henry

Dr. Matthew Henry

Senior Research Fellow working on solar geoengineering at the University of Exeter.

Solar geoengineering physical science research summary

less than 1 minute read

Published:

In this post, I will try to summarize some of the research I came across on the physical science of solar geoengineering. Most of these studies relate to stratospheric aerosol injection.

Comprehensive climate model studies

Side effects of solar geoengineering

Stratospheric chemistry

Leave a Comment

You May Also Enjoy

LinkedIn post on new solar geoengineering postdoc position.

2 minute read

Published:

I am pleased to announce that I have signed a new Postdoctoral Research Fellow contract to work on solar geoengineering simulations with the Met Office climate model, at the University of Exeter, with Jim Haywood.

The Early Eocene Equable Climate Problem Re-revisited.

5 minute read

Published:

Models can reproduce Eocene global-mean surface temperature and gradient by having less cloud. But the seasonality of high-latitude land temperature is larger than that suggested by the proxies, and this may be caused by having a smaller cloud radiative forcing.

An idealized model approach to understanding how solar geoengineering affects precipitation.

3 minute read

Published:

While we are confident that solar geoengineering will reduce the Earth’s surface temperature, its impact on precipitation merits further consideration. Early influential studies showed that solar geoengineering may disrupt the summer monsoons in Africa and Asia (Robock et al. 2008). However, more recent research found that the climate outcome of stratospheric aerosol injection depends on the location (Kravitz et al. 2019), quantity, season (Visioni et al. 2020) of injection, and type of reflectant used (Seeley et al. 2020). It’s not yet clear how these affect precipitation patterns.