Why geoengineering must NEVER be allowed

Man prides himself on changing the face of the Earth. Nothing is beyond his control. Except every time he tries it, he makes things far worse. Simon Winchester, of The Professor and the Madman fame, explores one such boondoggle in The End of the River. In this case, the victim is the Mississippi.

The Mississippi is a classic. More than two thousand miles long, it travels from Minnesota to the…

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