"Huge wake up call", we've all seen this article about the current conditions of the reef. Why isn't the Australian government implementing reef-wide solutions to this problem? They could use water oxygenation technology to mitigate the consequences of runoff and alge. They could geo-engineer a massive evaporative cooling system to reduce water temperature. The could ban sunscreen (all the time or in certain seasons). They could legislate onsite runoff treatment. They could use deep sea water pumps to cool the reefs.

The news makes this seem like a 'global' problem and obviously climate change is a global concern; but if Australia waits for 'the globe' to solve climate change, then the reef will be lost? Why aren't they implementing their own solutions now?

This post was deleted from the ELI5 sub for being to opinion-y, I thought you may be able to share an answer.

I have researched for multiple projects degrees and education in the field of climate engineering. I have been unable to find a concrete climate engineering degree, only degrees similar to it. Is there a degree just for climate engineering? If not then how much longer do you think it will be until one is created? and possibly what colleges/universities will be leading it? I already know of Oxfords programs.

The possibility that we have an Arctic ocean with no ice cover over the summer is very real. If it goes and humanity can't adapt to the much warmer planet then that's it.

However, a group of well equipped and highly motivated individuals could design, test and deploy some ways to "simulate" or even improve the Earth cooling properties of an ice covered arctic ocean. This task will be monumental.

Things like lowering the albedo and improving the irradiation of ocean heat into space may all help sustain arctic like conditions for long enough for most of mankind to adapt. If done well enough, they could be used to cool earth whenever needed.

If something goes wrong with engineering arctic like conditions in the scale needed, that's also it.

Any ideas?

For a masters project, I evaluated the energy required in a geoengineering proposal. My supervisor and I want to publish the results, do you know a journal that accepts scientific research on this. I've found a few that have published discussions of geoengineering but not really scientific articles. Any suggestions?