Desperation Drives Some Scientists to Consider Climate Hacking
The idea of terraforming Earth is abhorrent to most scientists, but the consequences of climate change may be such that we have no alternative.
The idea of terraforming Earth is abhorrent to most scientists, but the consequences of climate change may be such that we have no alternative.
Even the word terraforming is more commonly found in science fiction than science fact. Who ever knew the first planet we try to make more Earth-like would be Earth?
NPR looks at a controversial attempt by Canadian natives to try to bring back the salmon that has sustained their tribe for ages.
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