EurActiv: Scientists should not meddle with the Earth’s complex climate by experimenting with futuristic geo-engineering options when softer approaches are available, Frank Raes, head of the climate change unit at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, told EurActiv in an interview. Sophisticated geo-engineering programmes – including mirrors to reflect the sun’s radiation or plans to “fertilise” oceans – have already been imagined to try and manipulate the Earth’s climate in case …