Solar radiation administration may cool the planet. But at what price? | FT Rethink
2023 was declared the most popular yr ever recorded, and our planet continues to warmth up. It’s forged the highlight on one of many extra area of interest local weather cooling options, photo voltaic radiation administration, or SRM.
SRM works on the precept that the Earth could be cooled by reflecting a few of the solar’s rays again into house. But because the FT’s Aime Williams explains, it may include important dangers.
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