Hey everyone. So Why It Matters is on break and while we're spending most of that break diving into new issues

I'm also taking a little time to get out of my recording booth, you know, my closet,

and get outside.

But even out here in the woods, it's hard not to think about the rest of the world. In particular I can't stop thinking

about the fires that have been raging this year from Australia to California. Climate change is really starting to come home and the effects are

only going to get worse. And that made me think back to our episode on solar

geoengineering, a powerful but precarious tool that could buy us time in the battle against climate change.

The day when governments start debating whether to use it might not be far off. So I figured it was a good time to get this

episode back out there and to start spreading the word again. Okay, time to hit the trails.

Hope you guys are healthy and safe. I'll be back soon with our new trailer and in

October, our first episode of the new season. See you're soon.

It sounds like something out of a movie. Thanks to a system of satellites, we can control our weather.

A movie with a really big disaster.

There's potential for catastrophic weather events on a global scale.

A geostorm.

But the idea of manipulating our climate in order to survive is a real thing.

It's being developed by scientists right now, and it's called solar geoengineering.

The problem is it's risky.

I'm Gabriel Sierra and this is why it matters.

Today should we dim the sky?

A dire warning this morning from climate experts. A UN panel says governments around the world must take rapid action to curb rising temperatures.

Earth's climate is now changing faster than at any point in the history of modern civilization.

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