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> If we can keep the poles cooler, we could increase the ice cap, reduce melt, and affect only a small number of living creatures.

And more ice means a higher albedo, so more sunlight is reflected back into space. But I see the challenges of partial blocking as a lot higher than in the general case - you need to keep two hemispheres in place and synchronise them with the tilt of the planet as it orbits the sun.



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