• MNByChoice@midwest.social
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        All but one of the sources are from the same website. An internet search for the earth’s parasol finds lots of proposed projects.

        Does this Youtuber discuss real things? Do they have a good reputation?

        • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netOP
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          I’ve been following them for a while. They have a solid reputation from what I know, and I think they do a good job of explaining recent climate studies in layman’s terms.

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      https://actuaries.org.uk/media/isvotyer/parasol-lost.pdf

      The first link in the description appears to be what the “parasol” in the title comes from.

      It seems to be a partially AI-generated report by the University of Exeter, with the cover image being the most obvious marker. The “parasol” in the title doesn’t seem to represent anything specific, so maybe that was AI-generated too, or maybe it was artisan hand-crafted clickbait.