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Live Discussion: Could Solar Geoengineering Help Protect Coral Reefs?

On 29 January 2026, SRM360 hosted a live discussion on coral reefs, their decline, and what impacts solar geoengineering could have.

Watch the recording to explore this topic with expert panellists Daniel Harrison, Ken Caldeira, and Cheryl Harrison.

Published January 29, 2026
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SRM360 Primer

SRM & Corals

The discussion explores:

  • How climate change impacts corals
  • If warm-water corals could go extinct
  • The potential impacts and limitations of regional and global solar geoengineering

Want to learn more? Read our Primer on SRM & Corals.

Endnotes

 

Further reading shared by our panel:

Article: Ship fuel sulfur content regulations may exacerbate mass coral bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef

Review Article: Potential Impacts of Climate Interventions on Marine Ecosystems

Preprint: Impacts of Timing and Level of Stratospheric Aerosol Injection on Coral Thermal Bleaching

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SRM360 (2026) – "Live Discussion: Could Solar Geoengineering Help Protect Coral Reefs?" [Video]. Published online at SRM360.org. Retrieved from: 'https://srm360.org/video/could-srm-help-protect-coral-reefs-2026/' [Online Resource]

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