In Sweden s Arctic among the reindeer, a space complex is taking shape
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KIRUNA, Sweden The path to the reindeer herder s spring home took him across four frozen lakes and countless snowy hilltops. Arriving to a light dusting of snow, the herder, Aslak Allas, switched off his snowmobile, and the overwhelming silence of Sweden s Arct
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Published: 03 Apr 2021 05:35 PM BdST
Updated: 03 Apr 2021 05:35 PM BdST A handout photo shows the Esrange Space Centre in Kiruna, Sweden in 2005. A test flight for researching ways to cool Earth by blocking sunlight will not take place as planned in Sweden this June, following objections from environmentalists, scientists and Indigenous groups there. Swedish Space Corporation via The New York Times
A test flight for researching ways to cool Earth by blocking sunlight will not take place as planned in June in Sweden, after objections from environmentalists, scientists and Indigenous groups there. );
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The Swedish Space Corp. said this week that it had cancelled plans for the flight, in which it would have launched a high-altitude balloon, on behalf of researchers, from its facility in the Arctic. It would have been the first flight of Scopex, a long-planned experiment led by scientists at Harvard University.
2021-04-01 15:00:53 GMT2021-04-01 23:00:53(Beijing Time) Sina English
US and European scientists have called off a controversial balloon test flight that was to take place in Sweden’s far north in June, part of a disputed solar geoengineering experiment to artificially cool the planet.
A team of Harvard University scientists had been planning to launch a high-altitude balloon from the Esrange Space Station in the Swedish town of Kiruna, to test whether it could in future carry equipment to release solar radiation-reflecting particles into the Earth’s atmosphere.
The project has been dubbed SCoPEx, short for “Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment.”
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The project aims to use a balloon to release particles into the atmosphere to tamp down warming
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Harvard University researchers announced yesterday that they are seeking to move their first stratospheric test of a balloon that could one day be used in experiments to shade the Earth from the heating effects of greenhouse gases to Sweden.
Frank Keutsch, the principal investigator of the program, said the test is being moved out of the United States in part because of the coronavirus pandemic. An alternative facility in the United States couldn’t be found to host the balloon launch scheduled for early summer.