noun
geoengineering; climate engineering
Technical term for deliberate large-scale intervention in Earth's climate system, such as solar radiation management or carbon dioxide removal.
地球工学は気候変動への対策として議論されている。
Geoengineering is being discussed as a countermeasure against climate change.
地球工学の手法には、大気中から二酸化炭素を除去する技術も含まれる。
Geoengineering methods include technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
気候工学 is a near-synonym also meaning climate engineering; 地球工学 is slightly broader, sometimes encompassing planetary-scale engineering beyond climate.
Compound of 地球 (earth) and 工学 (engineering), likely a calque from English 'geoengineering'.