Give me a half-tanker of iron, and I'll give you an ice-age.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Using iron pollution to artificially trigger a cooling climate.
- In plain terms
- Spread iron to make the earth freeze.
- What can you take from it?
- Geoengineering aims to alter climate drastically.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Should humans control the climate?
- What are the limits of science?
Another view
Such interventions carry unpredictable and potentially dangerous risks.
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