Claudia Wieners
Affiliation: Utrecht University
Title: Assistant Professor at the Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research
Country: Germany / Netherlands
Claudia Wieners obtained her PhD in climate physics in 2018 from Utrecht University (Netherlands). After a stint in climate economics, she returned to Utrecht to work on the effects of Stratospheric Aerosol Injection, on the climate, especially the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. She also studies the effect of delaying SAI on irreversible climate change. In 2023, she was the lead author of an open letter arguing for a more balanced debate on SRM, weighing the risks of pursuing it against those of rejecting it. The letter was signed by over 100 scholars from 6 continents. Claudia is active in outreach on SRM, especially in the Netherlands.
Content Reviewed:
Will Climate Change Become Unbearable When the World Reaches 1.5°C or 2°C?
In 2015, almost all countries agreed to try to limit warming to 1.5°C to 2°C above the pre-industrial average. However, the...
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What Is SRM?
Sunlight reflection methods or solar radiation modification (SRM) describes a set of ideas to counteract global warming by re...
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Surface Albedo Modification
Surface albedo modification describes a set of ideas to produce a cooling effect by increasing the amount of light reflected ...
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Every Tonne of CO2 Adds to Global Warming
Every tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted drives up temperatures and does so almost linearly: if twice as much i...
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Stratospheric Aerosol Injection
Stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) is an idea to create a layer of tiny reflective particles high in the atmosphere to ref...
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