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"What if we could just cool the planet off by making it more reflective—more like a disco ball than a baseball? Actually, we could. It’s called solar geoengineering. Scientists could release materials into the stratosphere that reflect sunlight back into space, kind of like slapping giant sunglasses on Earth."

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