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FP Tech Desk @ Firstpost Tech 2 place · 07/27/2025 10:43 EDT

Billionaire-backed team planned massive test planned a test to dim sunlight: Here's how it turned out

The multimillion-dollar project would have produced clouds over a stretch of ocean larger than Puerto Rico. The initial experiment was intended to run for months

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