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EPISODE · Sep 5, 2025 · 10 MIN

Waking Up Volcanoes to Fight Climate Change

from What If: Science, Theory, and Possibilities · host What If

Several volcanoes around the world are being woken up on purpose. The mission? To use volcanic eruptions to protect the Earth from global warming. In what ways could you activate a volcano? How could you do this in the safest way possible? And would this save the planet or create more climate chaos? How will they stop climate change? What is solar geoengineering? Transcript and sources: whatifshow.com Questions or concerns? Contact us at underknown.com/contact Get our 100 best episodes in one mind-blowing book: bit.ly/ytc-the-what-if-100-book Join this channel to get access to perks: YouTube Channel Join Check out our other shows: How to Survive Your Body on Crazy Creatures Watch more what-if scenarios: Planet Earth The Cosmos Technology Your Body Humanity T-shirts and merch: whatifstore Suggest an episode: bit.ly/suggest-whatif Newsletter: bit.ly/whatif-newsletter What If elsewhere: Instagram Discord Twitter Facebook What If in Spanish What If in Mandarin Podcast What If is a mini-documentary web series that takes you on an epic journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities. Join us on an imaginary adventure through time, space and chance while we (hopefully) boil down complex subjects in a fun and entertaining way. Produced with love by Underknown in Toronto: underknown.comContact us at underknown.com/contact 00:00: Waking up volcanoes to stop global warming.00:45: What is solar geoengineering?02:03: Activating volcanoes with a nuke.05:02: Evacuating the devastated areas. #volcano #climatechange #globalwarming #solargeoengineering #volcaniceruptions #environment See show notes: https://inlet.fm/what-if-science-theories-possibilities/episodes/681d8671e64c4b83e7e51899 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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