How to Cool the Planet: Geoengineering and the Audacious Quest to Fix Earth's Climate

"Thoughtful, informative, and darkly entertaining. It's the best treatment of this important (and scary) topic you can find." -Elizabeth Kolbert

Right now, a group of scientists is working on ways to minimize the catastrophic impact of global warming. But they're not designing hybrids or fuel cells or wind turbines. They're trying to lower the temperature of the entire planet. And they're doing it with huge contraptions that suck CO2 from the air, machines that brighten clouds and deflect s...