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Could we reflect the sun to cool the planet?

Hugh Hunt from Cambridge University explains one radical plan engineers have to reduce global warming. They suggest filling our atmosphere with reflective particles to send a small percentage of the sun鈥檚 rays back into space.

(Photo: The sun starts to rise behind Britain's largest offshore wind farm off the Great Yarmouth coastline in Norfolk, England. Credit: Getty Images)

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