People
Peter IrvineResearch Assistant Professor
- Research Focus:
- Solar Geoengineering
- Email:
- pirvine@uchicago.edu
- Office:
- Hinds 433
Biography
My research focuses on solar geoengineering, a proposal to directly alter the Earth’s energy budget to offset the warming effect of greenhouse gases. I work with climate and Earth system models to understand the potential impacts of climate change and solar geoengineering, and I collaborate with researchers from a range of disciplines to explore the broader implications of solar geoengineering. I am also the editorial director of SRM360, a non-profit organization that supports an informed, evidence-based discussion of sunlight reflection methods (SRM) by synthesizing, explaining, and communicating the science in a clear and accessible way. I previously worked at University College London as an assistant professor, at Harvard and the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies as a post-doc, and I earned my PhD at the University of Bristol.
Research Interests
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Understanding the climate and earth system response to solar geoengineering
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Evaluating the effectiveness and risks of solar geoengineering proposals
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Exploring the broader implications of solar geoengineering
Selected Publications
Halving warming with idealized solar geoengineering moderates key climate hazards
Technical characteristics of a solar geoengineering deployment and implications for governance
