So, Unbeknownst to most people, including the people who are actually living in the area,

scientists have begun to conduct a secret experiment which involves shooting aerosols up into the sky

in the hope of preventing global warming.

Specifically, this is a solar geoengineering experiment

right outside of San Francisco

that's trying to create brighter clouds that would in theory

at least reflect more sunlight away from the earth. Here's how the experiment was

described four days ago in the pages of Scientific American, quote,

the nation's first outdoor test to limit global warming

by increasing cloud cover launched Tuesday

from the deck of a decommissioned aircraft carrier

in the San Francisco Bay. The experiment, which

organizers did not widely announce to avoid public backlash, marks the acceleration of

a contentious field of research known as solar radiation modification.

The concept involves shooting substances such as aerosols into the sky

to reflect sunlight away from the earth.

Now, it really is worth highlighting that this plan was not kept secret by accident.

It wasn't that people just did not notice the flyers or they didn't hear the public service

announcements or the social media posts. Instead, the researchers behind this experiment

were intentionally keeping the local public in the dark

in order to stave off criticism.

And the reason we know this is because these researchers,

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