They Launched Balloons to Save Earth… Here’s What Happened

Recently we documented Make Sunsets launching balloons full of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere, offsetting the equivalent of 83,095 trees. See episode 59 of S3, to learn why.

While filming Episode 36 featuring Terraform Industries (   • The Future of Humanity's Energy No One Kno...  ), I asked Founder Casey Handmer who we should feature next. He had one answer: Make Sunsets. Casey, a PhD and someone who thinks about this far more than I do, wrote a great blog post about geo-engineering and Make Sunsets: https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/20...

It's important to note that what Make Sunsets is doing is highly controversial, but in my opinion (Jason Carman here) their actions don't seem to cause too much harm. I dug into this paper quite a bit before filming, as well as Casey's above blog post: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.c...

A study by Columbia does indicate that SO2 could be worse for the ozone layer, but I would remind everyone that the quantities Make Sunsets are launching are minimal compared to volcano eruptions: https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/...

You can also read more about stratospheric aerosol injection on Make Sunsets website (they also have been covered by other reputable news sources for your own research!): https://makesunsets.com/pages/what

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