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Climate Engineering Is Doable, as Long as We Never Stop

JUL 25, 2007
Physics Today
Wired : New research indicates that hacking the atmosphere -- pumping microscopic particles into the stratosphere or clouds to block sunlight and offset global warming caused by greenhouse gases -- is imminently possible. The problem is we could never, ever stop doing it.
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