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An Israeli-American startup called Stardust Solutions has published a detailed industrial blueprint for manufacturing up to 10 million metric tons of engineered silica particles per year to inject into the stratosphere and reduce incoming sunlight. The proposal has ignited fierce scientific, political, and ethical debate — with supporters citing the low cost of solar radiation management and critics warning of monsoon disruption, governance failures, and the risk that the technology becomes a substitute for cutting emissions.