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Space Mirrors, Giant Dams, Nuclear Sun-Warming Sparked Past Geo-Engineering Dreams

7/6/2026

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Project Znamya launched reflective satellites that created a 5 km light patch before the program ended after a satellite jammed in MIR.
1930s German engineer Herman Sörgel proposed a Gibraltar dam to lower the Mediterranean by 200 metres.
Soviet engineer PM Borisov suggested a Bering Strait dam to melt Arctic ice, while U.S. scientist Harry Wexler advocated ten hydrogen bombs for warming and Russia’s three-bomb test cleared 700 metres before radiation stopped it.

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Project Znamya launched reflective satellites that created a 5 km light patch before the program ended after a satellite jammed in MIR.
1930s German engineer Herman Sörgel proposed a Gibraltar dam to lower the Mediterranean by 200 metres.
Soviet engineer PM Borisov suggested a Bering Strait dam to melt Arctic ice, while U.S. scientist Harry Wexler advocated ten hydrogen bombs for warming and Russia’s three-bomb test cleared 700 metres before radiation stopped it.