Enjoying the spring sunshine? Unfortunately the phrase 'soaking up some rays' has another, more sinister, meaning on a planetary scale. Physicist Josie Peters explains why a high risk, high tech trick might just buy humanity time to slow down climate change. Solar Radiation Modification describes several possibly interventions designed to increase the Earth's albedo (reflectivity) reducing the amount of heat absorbed from the Sun. From ships spraying particles into the lower atmosphere to brighten clouds to high flying aircraft injecting reflective aerosols into the stratosphere, find out about the techniques some scientists say might just work.
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