Handle With Care

New York Times by Cornelia Dean | Aug. 12, 2008 (News Report)

Last year, a private company proposed "fertilizing" parts of the ocean with iron, in hopes of encouraging carbon-absorbing blooms of plankton. Meanwhile, researchers elsewhere are talking about injecting chemicals into the atmosphere, launching sun-reflecting mirrors into stationary orbit above the earth or taking other steps to reset the thermostat of a warming planet.
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by Roberto Escardo - Oct. 1, 2008

Ethics is becoming a main issue in science and technology. As one of the scientist cited says "We need at least to think about what we are doing while we are doing it, to be aware of the consequences of our research. There are not silver bullets for the problems we face: good science, good engineering, ethical appraisal and public understanding and involvement are necessary to face them. A very good article.

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