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Crazy-sounding ideas for saving the planet are getting a serious look: The man-made โ€œvolcanoโ€ that shoots gigatons of sulfur high into the air. The space โ€œsun shadeโ€ made of trillions of little reflectors between Earth and sun, slightly lowering the planet’s temperature. The forest of ugly artificial โ€œtreesโ€ that suck carbon dioxide out of the air. And the โ€œGeritol solutionโ€ in which iron dust is dumped into the ocean.

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