An Engineering Experiment to Cool the Earth

Decades of efforts to cut carbon emissions have failed to
significantly slow the rate of global warming, so scientists are
now turning to bolder approaches.


Christopher Flavelle, who writes about climate change for The
Times, discusses efforts to engineer our way out of the climate
crisis.


Guest: Christopher Flavelle, who covers how the United States
tries to adapt to the effects of climate change for The New York
Times.


Background reading: 


Warming is getting worse. So they just tested a way to
deflect the sun.

Can we engineer our way out of the climate crisis?



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