Artificial cooling tricky topic for climate panel

By Karl Ritter

Published April 10, 2014 2:58pm ET

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Artificial cooling tricky topic for climate panel — Workers roll out huge plastic mats on the glacier on the top of Germany highest mountain Zugspitze (2962 metres) near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, on Tuesday, May 10, 2011. The mats cover the glacier during the summer months to slow down its melting. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) | Matthias Schrader

BERLIN (AP) — It’s Plan B in the fight against climate change: cooling the planet by sucking heat-trapping CO2 from the air or reflecting sunlight back into space.

Called geoengineering, it’s considered mad science by opponents. Supporters say it would be foolish to ignore it, since plan A — slashing carbon emissions from fossil fuels — is moving so slowly.

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