Dr. Buck: Make Sunsets is a performance art stunt, not geoengineering
Dr. Holly Buck · The Carbon Copy: A rogue geoengineering startup sparks worry · Apr 27, 2023 · at 21:54
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Dr. Holly Buck analyzes startup Make Sunsets' sulfur dioxide balloon releases and dismisses them as theatrical stunts rather than legitimate scientific research.
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“I don't really see this effort as relating to geoengineering. Actually, like it's basically performance. You could call it performance art. I don't know if it meets the threshold of art, but it's more of like a performance that is meant to be. A provocation or a conversation starter rather than an actual geoengineering event.”
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