[press review] Localised SRM study (1st update, 6.11.)
After the wide media coverage of the ocean fertilization project, a SRM study from MacMartin/Keith/Kravitz/Caldeira (2012) also got some feedback.
CO2-removal News
Greenpeace: Geoengineering the Ocean off Haida Gwaii: A False Solution to Real Problems
Critical text from Greenpeace Canada. „The consequences of tampering with nature at this scale are not predictable and pose unacceptable risks to the marine environment.“
the guardian: The man who would stop hurricanes with car tyres
On weather modification but with link to CE. „British scientist Stephen Salter and Bill Gates patent scheme to prevent huge storms“
CBC news: Iron dumping off B.C. draws UN groups condemnation
„Delegates at an international meeting in London have condemned the dumping of more than 100 tonnes of iron off B.C.’s coast, raising the ire of the lawyer for the First Nation involved in the project who calls the declaration „irresponsible.“
Miljö department blogg: Geoengineering – trying to control global warming (Swedish)
Swedish environmental economics professor on CE. „In this blog post, he illuminates geoengineering as one of the issues that should be noted form the COP11.“
The New Yorker: A Parachute for an Irresponsible World
About the storm Sandy and CE. „Would it really serve us better to wait until some world leader felt desperate enough to dispatch hundreds of planes to seed the sky with million of tons of chemicals?
Huffington Post: Geoengineering: Ignore Economics and Governance at Your Peril
Respond to Naomi Klein and critical review of CE politics.
Climate Engineering Argument Map: General Introduction
Video introduces the Climate Engineering Argument Map by G. Betz and S. Cacean.
Bickel, J. Eric; Agrawal, Shubham (2012): Reexamining the economics of aerosol geoengineering
Bickel, J. Eric; Agrawal, Shubham (2012): Reexamining the economics of aerosol geoengineering. In: Climatic Change. DOI 10.1007/s10584-012-0619-x
„In this paper, we extend the work of Goes, Tuana, and Keller (Climatic Change 2011; GTK) by reexamining the economic benefit, of aerosol geoengineering.“
NY Times: Geoengineering: Testing the Waters
Opinion article by Naomi Klein.