geoengineering

Introduction
Proposals to increase solar reflectance
- Raising ground-level albedo
- Stratospheric sulfur injection
- Cloud whitening
- Orbital mirrors and sunshades
Carbon-removal proposals
- Carbon burial
- Ocean fertilization
- Biochar production
- Direct air capture

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Phytoplankton bloom

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