would involve using massive cannons, mounted on the lunar surface, to launch dust that would eventually settle in orbit between the Sun and the Earth.It's a new and intriguing interplanetary spin on the concept of solar geoengineering, the idea of shooting particles into the Earth's stratosphere to shade the surface below, which has alreadyAfter all, they argue, we still have no idea what the outcome of such an invasive technique could be.
"Our idea is one — and it’s a very, very intensive one — to contribute to climate change mitigation, if we need more time here at home," Bromley told the newspaper.It's not the first time researchers have dreamed up space-based potential solutions to our climate woes. In 1989, for instance, scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory suggested we could use a gigantic
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