We're not doing such a great job solving the whole climate change problem, which is why some experts think it's time to study more radical tactics. The notion of geoengineering—hacking the climate to cool the planet—is controversial, awe-inspiring, and to many, terrifying. And yet, despite their own grave concerns with the idea, a group of researchers believes the time has come to explore whether planet-hacking might really work. Watch CC Off English Why Banning TikTok Won't Protect Our Privacy An Alien Conspiracy Looms in Sci-Fi Thriller Monolith Yesterday Balancing Fan Expectations in The Mandalorian Wednesday 11:12AM Earlier this month, Harvard University officially launched a Solar Geoengineering Research Program , which brings together academics from the hard and social sciences to explore the feasibility of stalling global warming by altering the composition of the stratosphere to block incoming sunlight. If you think this sounds extremely risky and a tad dystopian, you're in good company: The researchers themselves are terrified of what solar engineering could lead to. But when it comes to studying the idea, they say we have to weigh risk versus reward. And frankly, the risks of unchecked climate change are also pretty scary. "The research we want to do… Read full this story
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