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Ways to Save the Planet - Brighter World

Ways to Save the Planet - Brighter World - (01:24)

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  • Added: 29-Jan-2009
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" With a blaze of molten salt, a radical experiment rises off the coast of South Africa. The mission: To harness clouds in the fight against global warming. "

" Half of the sunlight landing on clouds over the oceans is bounced back into space."

" But now, the heating effect of greenhouse gases has begun to override the cooling effect of clouds. Engineer Stephen Salter and physicist John Latham have a plan to lower global temperatures by customizing clouds."

" We envisage a fleet of up to 1500 boats moving around the world's oceans. The boats spray out seawater particles beneath the clouds in question."

" When the saltwater particles rise into a cloud, they redistribute the existing moisture"

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