MIT proposes Brazil-sized fleet of “space bubbles” to cool the Earth

Exposing the Big Game's avatarThe Extinction Chronicles

The out-there proposal could take some of the risk out of solar geoengineering.

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Credit: Space Bubbles Project / MIT

ByKristin Houser

June 28, 2022

https://www.freethink.com/environment/solar-geoengineering-space-bubbles

Agroup of MIT researchers is exploring aradical ideafor reversing global warming: using a raft of “space bubbles” to reflect sunlight away from our planet.

Hot in here:The copious amounts of greenhouse gasses humans have been releasing into the air ever since the Industrial Revolution are forming a sort of blanket around our planet, trapping heat in the atmosphere and causing global temperatures to creep ever higher.

Most scientists agree that we need to dramatically reduce our emissions to minimize the most severe consequences ofclimate change, such asrising sea levels,severe droughts, and an increase inextreme weather events.

Solar geoengineering:Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like the world is ready to give up fossil fuels yet…

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