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I guess this is just what it comes to when there's been such a paralyzing lack of political will to act on conservative measures, but it looks like we are in full crazy science mode for solutions to global warming now. Interesting idea and probably very necessary with the current climate (ahem, "political" climate - pun intended).
"The idea is simple: spray a bunch of particles into the stratosphere, and they will cool the planet by reflecting some of the Sun’s rays back into space. Scientists have already witnessed the principle in action. When Mount Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines in 1991, it injected an estimated 20 million tonnes of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere — the atmospheric layer that stretches from about 10 to 50 kilometres above Earth's surface. The eruption created a haze of sulfate particles that cooled the planet by around 0.5 °C. For about 18 months, Earth’s average temperature returned to what it was before the arrival of the steam engine."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07533-4?fbclid=IwAR2vIXgya8LLaZyn1e_1wmkN0iIZKOac_NancTrFfRR3ZKUQp0nfrZF8pD8
What could possibly go wrong?
"The idea is simple: spray a bunch of particles into the stratosphere, and they will cool the planet by reflecting some of the Sun’s rays back into space. Scientists have already witnessed the principle in action. When Mount Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines in 1991, it injected an estimated 20 million tonnes of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere — the atmospheric layer that stretches from about 10 to 50 kilometres above Earth's surface. The eruption created a haze of sulfate particles that cooled the planet by around 0.5 °C. For about 18 months, Earth’s average temperature returned to what it was before the arrival of the steam engine."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07533-4?fbclid=IwAR2vIXgya8LLaZyn1e_1wmkN0iIZKOac_NancTrFfRR3ZKUQp0nfrZF8pD8
What could possibly go wrong?