„Advocates of GM lean heavily on the claim that GM is ‘science’. But this is itself a highly dubious assumption. GM is essentially a[nbsp]technology. It is more like engineering than science. And of course this is actually tacitly[nbsp] acknowledged in the very concept/framing of ‘genetic engineering’.“
„As world leaders congregate in Paris for the UN Climate Conference, a special report in the Economist discusses some novel technical solutions, which, if implemented, could pave the way to stopping global warming and reducing carbon emissions. One solution called “geo-engineering” involves the direct capturing of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, through the use of plants specifically grown in power stations.„
Sargoni, Janine; Lockley, Andrew (2015): Environment Policy. Solar Radiation Management and the voluntary carbon market. In Environmental Law Review 17 (4), pp.[nbsp]266–269. DOI: 10.1177/1461452915611277[nbsp]
„The evidence suggests that SRM may also cause a reduction in atmospheric CO2, thereby creating potential carbon credit accrual. The emergence of private interests, in the form of credits tradeable in the voluntary carbon markets, represents a new challenge for the effective public regulation of SRM. Without an appropriate response, major, novel and potentially unacceptable risks to the climate system, biosphere and society may occur.“
German documentary on CE including interviews with the GEOMAR.
„Mimic an eruption by spraying sulfuric acid into the stratosphere.“
„Bellona has been a leader in the Bio-CCS field for many years — what follows is a recap of an email exchange with Bellona Bio-CCS expert Marika Andersen[nbsp]to share more about their work and their views of the importance of Bio-CCS in meeting climate goals.“
„In this article, we take up these questions, arguing that talking about climate engineering as a technological solution to a social problem – i.e., climate change – can discursively lead to the side-lining of these repercussions and of alternative solutions to climate change. To do so, we will first lay out the rationale of climate engineering and explain what it is. In a second step, we identify potential technical and political side-effects before we critically discuss whether in the current debate climate engineering being framed as a ‘technological fix’. In the conclusion, we summarize our argumentation and provide an outlook on the politics of climate engineering.“
Kristjánsson, Jón Egill; Muri, Helene; Schmidt, Hauke (2015): The hydrological cycle response to cirrus cloud thinning. In Geophys. Res. Lett., pp.[nbsp]n/a-n/a. DOI: 10.1002/2015GL066795[nbsp]
„Using a global climate model, we investigate the hydrological cycle response to ‘cirrus cloud thinning (CCT)’, which is a proposed climate engineering technique that seeks to enhance outgoing longwave radiation. Investigations of the ‘fast response’ in experiments with fixed sea surface temperatures reveal that CCT causes a significant enhancement of the latent heat flux and precipitation. This is due to enhanced radiative cooling of the troposphere, which is opposite to the effect of increased CO2 concentrations.“
German/French documentary about CE.
„Man-made global cooling is scary, but may become necessary“
