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Could we cover large portions of the Earth with this material and reverse global warming?

Probably wouldn't be cost-effective, but it'd work in principle.

If you floated thousands of square miles of it on the surface of the oceans, yes. But that first assumes a reasonable time payback of the CO2 burden of manufacturing the stuff in the first place, which is not a given. It's obviously not practical for oceans, but it might protect ice caps and glaciers.

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