Event Video: “Geoengineering our Climate” Keynote and Panel Discussion
Video of the CGI sponsored conference in Ottawa on January 18, features a keynote address from Professor Steve Rayner (Oxford University).
Month: January 2012
Final Symposium of IMPLICC – Implications and risks of engineering solar radiation to limit climate change
14-16.05.2012, Mainz/Germany, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Symposium “The Atmospheric Science and Economics of Climate Engineering via Aerosol Injections”of IMPLICC
[nbsp]Please register by e-mail to sarah.alznauer@mpic.de. The deadline for registration is April, 2, 2012.
Documents for peer review, final round (Convention on Biological Diversity)
Deadline: 22.02.2012
1. Revised draft study on the impacts of climate-related geo-engineering on biological diversity
2. Revised draft study on the regulatory framework of climate-related geo-engineering relevant to the Convention on Biological Diversity
Talk/Lecture with Ken Caldeira: “Geoengineering Earths Climate: Crazy or Necessary”
14.02.2012, 18:00-19:30, NYU Jeffrey S. Gould Welcome Center
Public lecture: “Geoengineering Earth’s Climate: Crazy or Necessary” with Ken Caldeira
Partanen, A.-I.; Kokkola, H. (2012): Direct and indirect effects of sea spray geoengineering and the role of injected particle size
Partanen, Antti-Ilari; Kokkola, Harri; Romakkaniemi, Sami; Kerminen, Veli-Matti; Lehtinen, Kari E. J.; Bergman, Tommi et al. (2012): Direct and indirect effects of sea spray geoengineering and the role of injected particle size. In: J. Geophys. Res 117 (D2).. doi:10.1029/2011JD016428 (final paper)
“The aerosol direct effect of sea spray geoengineering is not insignificant – Cloud modification was most efficient when the injected particles were small – There are large uncertainties in the efficiency of sea spray geoengineering”
UPI.com: Study: Geoengineering not a climate cure
News article on the climate modeling study of McCusker et al.
Schmidt, H.; Alterskjær, K.; et al. (2012): Can a reduction of solar irradiance counteract CO2-induced climate change? – Results from four Earth system models
Schmidt, H.; Alterskjær, K.; Bou Karam, D.; Boucher, O.; Jones, A.; Kristjansson, J. E. et al. (2012): Can a reduction of solar irradiance counteract CO2-induced climate change? – Results from four Earth system models. In: Earth Syst. Dynam. Discuss 3 (1), S. 31–72. doi:10.5194/esdd-3-31-2012
“ In this study we compare the response of four state-of-the-art Earth system models to climate engineering under scenario G1 of the GeoMIP and IMPLICC model intercomparison projects.“
New CE Game
A ten-minute-online-game that should help scientists to understand how people think about CE.
“In the game, you play the president’s adviser. You ‘job’ is to advise the US President what to do.”
NY Times: Complications of Hacking the Planet
Article on crop yield and SRM as well as other actual studies.