The Amer­i­can Mete­o­ro­log­i­cal Soci­ety “is about to endorse research into geo­engi­neer­ing as part of a three-pronged approach to cop­ing withcli­mate change, along­side national poli­cies to reduce emissions.

New Sci­en­tist has seen the final draft of the Amer­i­can Mete­o­ro­log­i­cal Soci­ety’s care­fully worded posi­tion paper on geo­engi­neer­ing. The AMS is the first major sci­en­tific body to offi­cially endorse research into geoengineering.”

 So begins the arti­cle in this week’s New Scientist

 Source:  New Sci­en­tist [newsletter@email.newscientist.com]  22 July, 2009 

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