What happens when you war-game dimming the sun?
PLUS: You probably aren’t going to get the plague. View in browser | Your preferences SUBSCRIBE FOR FULL ACCESS When Mr. Burns blocks the sun in The Simpsons , things go horribly wrong for the townspeople of Springfield (no sun) and Mr. Burns (shot in the chest). It turns out trying the same thing in the real world might be equally perilous. The United Nations convened a war game of former policymakers and experts to see if the world could effectively agree to dim the sun to slow climate change. It ended with at least one participant in tears and another warning that we could see a “geoengineering arms...
