A solution to the climate crisis: mining the moon, researchers say
8. února 2023 9:30
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Astrophysicists propose geoengineering solution to climate warming, although skeptics still urge 'massive' fossil fuel cutbacksProponents of a "moonshot" idea to deal with global heating have been handed a new, very literal, interpretation by researchers who have proposed firing plumes of moon dust from a gun into space in order to deflect the sun's rays away from Earth.The seemingly outlandish concept, outlined in a new research paper, would involve creating a "solar shield" in space by mining the moon of millions of tons of its dust and then "ballistically eject[ing]" it to a point in space about 1m miles from Earth, where the floating grains would partially block incoming sunlight. Continue reading...
Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/08/moon-dust-moonshot-geoengineering-climate-crisis
Zdroj: The Guardian