Vom Regenmachen zur Klimaintervention – Ein Blick auf die Ideen- und Entwicklungsgeschichte des Climate Engineering

From rainmaking to climate intervention - A look at the history of ideas and development of climate engineering: The present-day discussion about climate engineering as a possible answer to global warming looks back on a longer history spanning several decades. Initial attempts to modify the weather by generating precipitation eventually led to plans to intervene on an ever larger scale. Many of the original ideas disappeared in the drawers, only a few remained. This chapter traces the checkered history of climate engineering up to the present day and also points to the accompanying scientific and social discourse.