stratosphere
Coverage of stratosphere in the Nexus archive.
- Geoengineering still faces major practical challenges
Solar geoengineering, aimed at cooling the planet by reflecting sunlight, faces significant practical challenges. Researchers are exploring aircraft designs like Iris Aero's stratospheric plane and determining optimal particles for atmospheric scattering, but technical and logistical hurdles remain unresolved.
- Hacking the atmosphere: Geoengineering gets a reality check
Jim Franke, a University of Chicago researcher, is working on solar geoengineering to cool the planet by releasing materials in the stratosphere via high-altitude aircraft. The approach faces engineering and scientific challenges, including aircraft design, material dispersion, and monitoring effectiveness.
- Army, J-7 to test new sensor with high-altitude balloon in coming days
The U.S. Army and the J-7 (Strategic Planning and Policy Directorate) will test a new sensor using a high-altitude balloon. The Wallabee prototype aims to enhance intelligence-gathering capabilities in the stratosphere.
- Lasers shine a new light on the space junk air pollution problem
The Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics uses green lasers to measure winds and temperatures in the stratosphere and mesosphere, shedding new light on space junk air pollution. This initiative aims to understand the problem better. The institute's approach is innovative and potentially beneficial.
- eth conferences are getting way too exhausting
The Ethereum conference scene has become exhausting with a focus on large parties rather than meaningful discussions, leading to burnout and a desire for smaller, more curated events. Some groups are shifting away from mega-events towards private dinners for builders. The ecosystem's emphasis on party-throwing over infrastructure-building is lamented.