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Scientist reaches for the sky to curb global warming - Sunday Times - Times Online: "FOR centuries man has dreamed of controlling the weather, from the rain dances of Native Americans to the fanciful exploits of Superman and other comic book heroes.

Now Professor Stephen Salter, emeritus professor of Engineering Design at Edinburgh University, believes he can manufacture clouds that could help save the planet from global warming.

Salter, who invented one of the first devices to turn wave power into electricity, claims that the highly reflective clouds could be used to bounce more of the sun’s rays back into space — counteracting rising temperatures caused by a build-up of greenhouse gasses in the Earth’s atmosphere."