Slowing climate warming by geoengineering - creating reflective clouds high in the atmosphere - might work.  But if we ever stop the geoengineering process then all the climate change it prevents will happen suddenly, which could be a disaster for ecosystems.

Slowing climate warming by geoengineering - creating reflective clouds high in the atmosphere - might work. But if we ever stop the geoengineering process then all the climate change it prevents will happen suddenly, which could be a disaster for ecosystems.

Geoengineering could hold back climate warming - but what if the dam bursts?

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Geoengineering could hold back climate warming - but what if the dam bursts?

Geoengineering could hold back climate warming - but what if the dam bursts?