Can Solar Geoengineering Limit Rainfall Extremes? April 2, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment Halving global warming with solar geoengineering could ‘offset tropical storm risk’ Engineering the climate to reflect away sunlight could halve global warming and offset the risk of increases in tropical storms, new research suggests. Carbon Brief spoke with Dr Pete Irvine, who led the study, about his findings here.