Fixing the Sky
Fixing the Sky As alarm over global warming spreads, a radical idea is gaining momentum. Instead, bounce sunlight back into space by pumping reflective nanoparticles into the atmosphere. Forget cuts…
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Fixing the Sky
As alarm over global warming spreads, a radical idea is gaining momentum. Instead, bounce sunlight back into space by pumping reflective nanoparticles into the atmosphere. Forget cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, some scientists argue.
Make clouds thicker and brighter to create a "planetary thermostat."These ideas might sound like science fiction, but in fact they are part of a very old story. Launch mirrors into orbit around the Earth. For more than a century, scientists, soldiers, and charlatans have tried to manipulate weather and climate, and like them, today's climate engineers wildly exaggerate what is possible.
Scarcely considering the political, military, and ethical implications of managing the world's climate, these individuals hatch schemes with potential consequences that far outweigh anything their predecessors might have faced.Showing what can happen when fixing