Clark, Nigel (2013): Geoengineering and geologic politics. In Environ. Plann. A 45 (12), pp. 2825–2832. DOI 10.1068/a45646.
“This paper turns the attention back on the social sciences, arguing that recent styles of ontological and political thought do not prepare us well for engaging with geologic issues in general, and geoengineering in particular.”
Yusoff, Kathryn (2013): The geoengine: geoengineering and the geopolitics of planetary modification. In Environ. Plann. A 45 (12), pp. 2799–2808. DOI 10.1068/a45645.
“This paper suggests that only by attending to the geo-ontological formations inherent in the fabrication of an engineerable earth, can a new geopolitics be accommodated within political thought that takes account of a much more active ‘geoengine’ that is being opened to political and material modification. “
Rau, G. H.; Carroll, S. A.; Bourcier, W. L.; Singleton, M. J.; Smith, M. M.; Aines, R. D. (2013): Direct electrolytic dissolution of silicate minerals for air CO2 mitigation and carbon-negative H2 production. In PNAS 110 (25), pp. 10095–10100. DOI 10.1073/pnas.1222358110.
“We experimentally demonstrate the direct coupling of silicate mineral dissolution with saline water electrolysis and H2 production to effect significant air CO2 absorption, chemical conversion, and storage in solution.”
“An interesting further application of the serpentine that is produced by this reaction, is the capture of atmospheric carbon. Serpentine in nature is known to actively scour CO2 by carbonation, and has previously been suggested as a feedstock for sequestering atmospheric carbon on a global scale.”
Szerszynski, Bronislaw; Kearnes, Matthew; Macnaghten, Phil; Owen, Richard; Stilgoe, Jack (2013): Why solar radiation management geoengineering and democracy won’t mix. In Environ. Plann. A 45 (12), pp. 2809–2816. DOI 10.1068/a45649.
“In this paper we argue that recent policy treatments of solar radiation management (SRM) have insufficiently addressed its potential implications for contemporary political systems.”
Media responses to Kleidon, A.; Renner, M. (2013): A simple explanation for the sensitivity of the hydrologic cycle to surface temperature and solar radiation and its implications for global climate change.
Media response to[nbsp]Alterskjaer, Kari; et al. (2013). “The geoengineering technique might have some unintended benefits, like more rainfall, but also consequences if ever interrupted”
Alterskjaer, Kari; Kristjánsson, Jón Egill; Boucher, Olivier; Muri, Helene; Niemeier, Ulrike; Schmidt, Hauke et al. (2013): Sea-salt injections into the low-latitude marine boundary layer: The transient response in three Earth system models. In: J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 118 (21), S. 12,195. DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020432.
“In this study, we show results from multidecadal simulations of such sea-salt climate engineering (SSCE) on top of the RCP4.5 emission scenario using three Earth system models.”
“This insistence that we engage in debate over climate geoengineering is part of the process of “normalization” that seems orchestrated — perhaps deliberately — with the intent of habituating people to the whole idea of climate geoengineering as an option.”
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