It would be great if we could imagine a sunblock for the entire planet. That's what a team of MIT researchers are proposing to stave off further catastrophe from climate change, except their form of "sun block" involves a raft of giant space bubbles.
Spearheaded by MIT's Sensible Cities Lab, the project, matter-of-factly dubbed "Space Bubbles," asks a sensible question for which they've provided an outrageous answer: "What could be our emergency solutions?"
One of the emergency measures suggested in the press release is "solargeoengineering," a very theoretical and under studied field of research that aims to reflect a fraction of the sun's rays.
The scientists' hypothesis is that they can launch a spaceship that will put transparent film bubbles between the Sun and Earth.
"As bubbles can be deliberately destroyed by breaking their surface equilibrium, this would make the solargeoengineering solution fully reversible and reduce space debris," the announcement says.
The bubbles could be made out of a thin, transparent film of "silicon melt" and another material, and should be placed at the Lagrange Point between the Sun and Earth.
The concept is out of the ordinary. We could reverse today's global warming if we diverted 2% of the solar radiation before it hit our planet.
The method is meant to complement and not be a catch-all solution to climate change.
It may be time to think outside the box because our current efforts haven't done enough to avert the climate catastrophe.
There are inflatable bubble rafts that can be used to absorb solar radiation.
The nation is sick of other countries breaking climate change promises.
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