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Episode 37 - Can Technology Save Us (Part 3 - Geoengineering)

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What Is Ground Level Albedo Enhancement?

There are suggestions to stop the formation of other types of clouds. In some cold areas, there's these serious clouds that form and they're kind of like the thin, wispy clouds. They don't stop a lot of sunlight from coming through, but they do stop a significant amount of thermal radiation from escaping off the surface of the earth. One thought is we could grow crops that reflect more light,. That might involve modifying plants to give them more reflective leaves. Another idea is, hey, in all the really cold snowy areas of the world, let's cut down all the forests so that more light can reflect off the snow.

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