Scientists just test-fired a cloud device over American soil with the ultimate aim of blocking sunlight

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Scientists just test-fired a cloud device over American soil with the ultimate aim of blocking sunlight

The USS Hornet may be a decommissioned aircraft carrier, yet it has nevertheless become the launch-site for a controversial new war in the skies. The Marine Cloud Brightening Program's Coastal Atmospheric Aerosol Research and Engagement project, led by researchers from the University of Washington, took to the deck of the Hornet Tuesday to launch streams of particles into the sky above the San Francisco Bay. Their ultimate objective is appare…