◄Previous: Energy reaching the Earth

# 3 Reducing energy in

## Activity 1

Allow approximately 10 minutes

What technologies and methods could you implement to reduce the amount of energy from the Sun that falls on the planet? Now you know more about what you need to tackle as Energy Balance Consultant, spend a couple of minutes thinking of possible geoengineering options. They can be as fantastical as you like – you could even develop the ideas you had in Session 1.

(A text entry box would appear here, but your browser does not support it.)

Geoengineering methods that reduce incoming energy from the Sun are known as Solar Radiation Management (SRM). You will look at four key methods, chosen for their scientific principles or the degree to which they have been studied or considered for implementation.

◄Contents►Next: 3.1 A solar shield

OpenLearn - Could we control our climate?
Except for third party materials and otherwise, this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence, full copyright detail can be found in the acknowledgements section. Please see full copyright statement for details.