Ask an astronomer! Should we block out the sun to stop climate change?

Big Think 2018-07-05

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Couldn't we just put up a giant disk to block out the sun's rays and cool Earth? Michelle Thaller from NASA answers if that's possible. She also wonders if any such solution is really looking at the underlying causes of climate change.
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