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Scientists debate "shading" the Earth

By T.K. Randall
June 18, 2009 · Comment icon 9 comments

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Radical new ways of combating global warming have been proposed by scientists at a recent National Academy of Sciences meeting including the concept of shading the Earth in order to cool it down.
Engineering our climate to stop global warming may seem like science fiction, but at a recent National Academy of Sciences meeting, scientists discussed some potential geoengineering experiments in earnest. Climate researcher Ken Caldeira was skeptical when he first heard about the idea of shading the Earth a decade ago in a talk by nuclear weapons scientist Lowell Wood."


Source: NPR | Comments (9)




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Comment icon #1 Posted by Mbyte 16 years ago
If they do that then they a ****ing idiots. We breath air. Emissions reduction is the best solution. Lets just bloke the sun out then we can use all the emissions we want.
Comment icon #2 Posted by Ashiene 16 years ago
Start a nuclear war, wait for the nuclear winter, and that will naturally cool the Earth down. But of course, plants will die from lack of sunlight, animals will die from lack of plant matter to consume, and we humans will die soon after. Good solution to the human virus problem.
Comment icon #3 Posted by randym23 16 years ago
and then we will have an Ice Age (sigh) why not just have Superman fly backwards around the earth. that might work too. STOP POLLUTING!!!!!!!!!
Comment icon #4 Posted by glyndowers heir 16 years ago
Oh goody just like in one of the Highlander movies - winter blues 365 days of the year!
Comment icon #5 Posted by :PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: 16 years ago
Wow. Mr. Burns attempted to do that once. Didn't go so well.
Comment icon #6 Posted by HerNibs 16 years ago
Oh goody just like in one of the Highlander movies - winter blues 365 days of the year! Ah-ha! Came in to say this. I've seen this movie. There can be only one. Wait, this movie never happend. HN
Comment icon #7 Posted by GlobalScienceSceptic 16 years ago
Global warming is so old school, try Mexican flue instead. Should kill us all, and even more exiting, much faster than rising seawater...
Comment icon #8 Posted by kobolds 16 years ago
If they do that then they a ****ing idiots. We breath air. Emissions reduction is the best solution. Lets just bloke the sun out then we can use all the emissions we want. and plant more tree
Comment icon #9 Posted by Mbyte 16 years ago
the matrix, the sky in the real world is coverin in dark coulds so the robots wouldn't have solar energy.


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