Scientists to deploy giant balloon 20km above earth in climate-cooling experiment

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Academics attempt to recreate an artificial volcano that would inject particles into the stratosphere to cool the planet

It sounds barmy, audacious or sci-fi: a tethered balloon the size of Wembley Stadium suspended 20km above earth, linked to the ground by a giant garden hose pumping hundreds of tonnes of minute chemical...

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