Climate Change: Technology-based Solutions

Ideas that were once considered science fiction are now actively being researched as ways to cool the planet. Apocalypse Plan B delves into some of these ideas for artificially trying to cool the earth. Critics argue that this kind of “geoengineering” risks mass flooding, droughts, or ultimately an era of international climate wars among nations.

Nuclear fusion, the energy that powers the sun, has long been held to be the key to providing clean, limitless energy here on earth. Harnessing that power has been a decades-long pursuit for scientists. A recent significant breakthrough in this research has put the planet a step closer. Here’s an explainer of what it is and what it means for the future.