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Scientists weigh bold plans to curb El Niño's impact

Original: The most ambitious ideas to save the world from El Niño

El Niño is back, and with it a debate over whether humanity should intervene on a massive scale. As the climate pattern drives record heat, floods and droughts, researchers are floating some of the most ambitious geoengineering ideas yet proposed to blunt its effects. The proposals are drawing attention for their audacity, and criticism over the risks of tinkering with ocean and atmospheric systems we barely understand.

Why now: A strong El Niño event is driving extreme weather worldwide, renewing interest in large-scale intervention ideas.

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