Aria for chemist who wants to tackle key challenge of our age

The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria), a funding body dedicated to high-risk, high-reward research, hit the headlines last year, when it awarded £57 million in funding for a range of projects centred on controversial approaches for cooling the climate. Jamie Durrani spoke with Mark Symes, an electrochemist at the University of Glasgow, who is directing this geoengineering programme.