TED Talks

Kelly Wanser: Emergency medicine for our climate fever (2019x181)

Date de diffusion: Août 28, 2019

As we recklessly warm the planet by pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, some industrial emissions also produce particles that reflect sunshine back into space, putting a check on global warming that we're only starting to understand. Climate activist Kelly Wanser asks: Can we engineer ways to harness this effect and further reduce warming? Learn more about the promises and risks of "cloud brightening" — and how it could help restore our climate to health.