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Inside the University of Chicago’s controversial solar geoengineering initiative

Grist

After the Tambora volcano in Indonesia erupted in 1815, parts of Europe and North America saw a “year without summer.” Adding sulfate aerosols to the stratosphere would degrade the ozone layer (thereby increasing global cancer rates) and increase acid rain. degree Celsius (0.9 degree Fahrenheit) for about a year.