Project Earth (TV Series)
''Project Earth'' is a 2008 reality TV series, hosted by Kevin O'Leary, Jennifer L. Languell, and Mocean Melvin, on the Discovery Channel in which several groups of scientists experiment with radical ideas Climate change mitigation, to slow and/or stop global warming using climate engineering, geoengineering methods. Projects The show consists of eight experiments to weigh pros and cons of ideas on how to reduce global warming. The projects are as follows: Wrapping Greenland Seeing if glacier melting on Greenland can be prevented by covering them with insulating sheets. Raining Forests Led by scientist Mark Hodges, they attempt Reforestation, to reforest areas of bare Earth from helicopters using canisters holding a tree seedling. Brighter Earth Led by John Latham (physicist), atmospheric physicist John Latham and engineer Stephen Salter, the team attempted a Cloud reflectivity enhancement experiment. Their goal was to make clouds more reflective to bounce more of the S ...
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Kevin O'Leary
Terence Thomas Kevin O'Leary (born 9 July 1954), also known as Mr. Wonderful, is a Canadian businessman, entrepreneur, and television personality. From 2004 to 2014, he appeared on various Canadian television shows. These include the business news programmes ''SqueezePlay'' and ''The Lang and O'Leary Exchange'', as well as the reality television shows ''Dragons' Den'' and ''Redemption Inc.'' In 2008, he appeared on Discovery Channel's '' Project Earth''. Since 2009, he has appeared on '' Shark Tank'', the American version of ''Dragons' Den''. O'Leary co-founded SoftKey Software Products, a technology company that sold software geared toward family education and entertainment. During the late 1980s and 1990s, SoftKey acquired rival companies via hostile takeover bids, such as Compton's New Media, The Learning Company, and Broderbund. SoftKey later changed its name to The Learning Company and was acquired by Mattel in 1999, with the sale making O'Leary a multimillionaire. Mattel ...
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