A ‘dangerous distraction’: How experimental climate change proposals could impact Mass.

Two University of Massachusetts Amherst professors joined a group of 42 climate scientists worldwide arguing that recent proposals to combat climate change are a “dangerous distraction” riddled with unintended negative consequences.

The collection of proposals are known as geoengineering projects. Geoengineering focuses on technical physical interventions in the atmosphere, oceans, ice sheets and other areas.

Some geoengineering projects have broad support, such as planting more trees, while others have received much more pushback.

More controversial proposals — highlighted in a journal article published Tuesday by the 42 scientists — include blocking sunlight with airborne particles, inserting underwater curtains to prevent warm deep water from melting the ice shelves, artificially