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Massive amounts of volcanic aerosols rise high into the stratosphere, shiny enough to reflect sunlight back into space.

Scientists say there is good evidence that stratospheric aerosol injection would work if done in the right way.

Together with the soot from the burning planet and the aerosols generated at impact, the planet sinks into a deep darkness, with only the remaining raging fires illuminating the scenery.

If not, the enormous shadows cast by the rings, combined with all the volcanic and meteoric aerosols, block even more sunlight, and a period of runaway cooling could begin that freezes much of earth’s surface solid.