Sounds like a bright idea. Scientists have received approval to soon test whether “dimming” the light from the sun will ...

Climate researcher James Hansen estimates that "global dimming" is cooling our planet by more than a degree Celsius (1.8°F) and fears that as we cut back on pollution, global warming may escalate ...

Explore the return of sunlight after years of global dimming. Discover how air pollution reduction is affecting sunlight ...

When smoke from Canadian wildfires turned New York City skies apocalyptically orange in June 2023, it delivered catastrophic ...

“These indicate declining solar radiative energy in large parts of the world from the 1950s to the 1980s — known as global dimming — and a partial recovery thereafter, known as brightening, at many ...

A "smoky umbrella" blocked the sun's rays and worsened air pollution in New York and New Jersey during the event. Here's how.

A new study led by a team of scientists from Switzerland and China suggests that changes in the amount of sunlight reaching ...

Solar radiative energy declined in large parts of the world from the 1950s to the 1980s - known as "global dimming" - before a partial recovery since, say scientists. The findings of an international ...

The UK government is investing £50 million in a geoengineering project to explore solar radiation management, aiming to ...

Researchers are preparing to test a groundbreaking approach to combat global warming by 'dimming the Sun'. The UK Government ...