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call into question the decision to announce the date of the examination before sufficient public discussion of the implications of the project

Government proposed geoengineering

first in the UK, which aims to inject particles into the stratosphere to cool the planet, is in need of improvement and researchers should do more to explain their objectives to NGOs and the public, as scientists.

The date and place of the controversy driver with great fanfare announced the British Science Festival in September, but the Scientific Council funding have criticized the decision to make public the day before the test sufficient public debate the nature and the future implications of the project.

Writing in the journal Nature, Professor Phil Macnaghten, Chairman of the Advisory Committee, and Professor Richard Owen, the architect of the process of project management, said that the issues "could have been better."

"It is vital that we make space to hear and discuss these issues, and a transparent debate influences the decisions taken" the authors write.

injection of stratospheric particles

HVAC Spice or project is to evaluate a method to mitigate the effects of climate change caused by man imitating the cooling effect of volcanic eruptions. The project is supported by the government-funded Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and involves scientists from Cambridge, Oxford, Reading and Bristol Universities. They plan to investigate whether a giant balloon and a 20 km long pipe can inject particles into the stratosphere to reflect some of the sun's energy to reduce heating of the Earth's surface.

The first test was scheduled for pumping 150 liters of water in the air to investigate if the technical feasibility of the project. The date and time of the first test was made public Sept. 14, but only two weeks later, on September 29, the EPSRC has announced that the project was delayed for six months "to allow time for d other engagement with stakeholders. "

"may have other reasons to stop the project, I do not know, but certainly the protest of the Friends of the Earth and the other, no doubt, would have to sit and think "said Mike Childs, head of policy, research and science of Friends of the Earth.

The principal investigator, Matthew Watson, denied that the decision to postpone the direct result of protests from environmental groups, "I am pleased that the environmental movement has a strong voice," he said, " but the decision was made before the deep green movement was involved. "A review of the project was completed two months before, without the participation of the public could not continue.

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