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The surprising way we can cool the planet - Elise Cutts

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Mount Teide is one of the world’s largest active volcanoes, and there may be a way to use the basalt rock inside it to save humanity. Obviously, destroying an ancient volcano would cause catastrophic and unpredictable ecological fallout. But what if we harvested only some of that basalt— could it really stop climate change? Elise Cutts explores the fascinating science of enhanced rock weathering.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Elise Cutts
Director
Ivana Volda
Narrator
Susan Zimmerman
Storyboard Artist
Ivana Volda
Animator
Ivana Volda, Thomas Johnson Volda
Art Director
Ivana Volda
Composer
Stephen LaRosa
Sound Designer
Stephen LaRosa
Director of Production
Gerta Xhelo
Produced by
Sazia Afrin
Editorial Director
Alex Rosenthal
Editorial Producer
Dan Kwartler
Fact-Checker
Charles Wallace

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