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November 17, 2006

Is pollution a solution to global warming?

  • The scientist who first made the proposal said it was meant to startle policy makers, but now serious people are taking the idea seriously.
    • By CHARLES J. HANLEY
    AP Special Correspondent

    NAIROBI, Kenya — If the sun warms the Earth too dangerously, the time may come to draw the shade.

    The “shade” would be a layer of pollution deliberately spewed into the atmosphere to help cool the planet. This over-the-top idea comes from prominent scientists, among them a Nobel laureate. The reaction here at the U.N. conference on climate change is a mix of caution, curiosity and some resignation to such “massive and drastic” operations, as the chief U.N. climatologist describes them.


     
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