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Climate intervention techniques

Climate intervention techniques are methods aimed at deliberately altering the Earth's climate to combat global warming. They include approaches like solar radiation management, which reflects sunlight back into space (e.g., spraying aerosols into the atmosphere), and carbon dioxide removal, which extracts CO₂ from the air using technologies or natural processes (like planting trees or capturing emissions). These techniques are experimental and carry risks, debates, and uncertainties about their effectiveness and potential side effects. The goal is to reduce the impacts of climate change while still addressing its root causes through emission reductions.