Ben Furnas

Sep 12, 2023 | thenation.com | Larissa Pham |Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins |Ben Furnas |Sam Sax

Books & the Arts / A conversation about how the pandemic changed our relationship to the natural world, distrusting beauty, the challenges of writing about climate change, and her new book, The Light Room. Ad PolicyKate Zambreno’s The Light Room is a book of boxes, surfaces, and close observation, set during the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sep 7, 2023 | thenation.com | Ben Furnas |Jeet Heer |Zito Madu |Bekah Waalkes

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Jul 27, 2023 | phys.org | Ben Furnas

As concerns about climate change intensify, researchers are exploring the potential for large-scale human intervention in the Earth's climate system, a strategy sometimes referred to as geoengineering. One approach to cooling the Earth involves sunlight reflection methods, or "SRM," such as adding aerosols to the stratosphere. While still in the realm of theoretical research, such approaches raise significant scientific, political and ethical considerations.