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And in the spirit of our species, instead of solving the problem we'll probably try to find a way to blow up remote volcanoes.

Volcano Blaster, Sponsored by BP.



Neal Stephenson's latest novel - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Termination_Shock_(novel) - involves seeding the atmosphere with sulfur dioxide. (Not via volcanoes, but there's definite discussion of the idea.)

There's some recent pushback against it, too. https://www.ids.ac.uk/news/scientists-call-for-international...




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