According to Slash Gear, our planet is around 1.1 degrees Celsius warmer than it was a century ago, which might not sound like that much, but it is the main cause for things like droughts, extreme weather phenomena, rising water levels and wildfires sparkling more than ever.

Carbon emissions reduction and carbon capture technologies can help us remedy some of the damage, through using solar panels to capture greenhouse gas emissions, for example, but they might not be enough.

MIT researchers propose their own solution, in the form of "thin, film-like silicon bubbles", that would be organized in the outer space similar to a raft.

The proposed device should be around the size of Brazil and it could provide an extra layer of protection against the sun's strong rays.

The silicon bubbles can be created in space and frozen to stay in place, but they will need to be replenished at some time in order to maintain their effect, which is why further studies are being conducted.

Researchers say that this "would not interfere directly with our biosphere and therefore would pose fewer risks to alter our already fragile ecosystems."

If the bubbles would be able to deflect 1.8% of the solar radiation before it hits our planet, it is believed that global warming could be reversed altogether.

Also, the MIT ensures everyone that the process is not harmful, and if anything goes wrong, the bubbles are "easily deployable and fully reversible."