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Peer-reviewed Publications

Heyen, Daniel; et al. (2015): Regional disparities in SRM impacts. The challenge of diverging preferences

Heyen, Daniel; Wiertz, Thilo; Irvine, Peter James (2015): Regional disparities in SRM impacts. The challenge of diverging preferences. In Climatic Change. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1526-8[nbsp]

„We challenge this strong change-is-bad assumption by showing that diverging preferences are not only plausible, but may also have the potential to substantially alter assessments of regional disparities. We argue that current assessments yield little information on the ethical and political implications of SRM and that diverging preferences should receive more attention. Promising directions for future inquiry include bridging gaps to the general climate impact research and to research on the social implications of environmental change.“

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The Center for Carbon Removal: Recap: Oxford Conference on Carbon Removal

„Here’s are the three most important things I took away from the event: 1. Research and development of carbon removal solutions is progressing in a number of the carbon removal fields. 2. But there are still numerous uncertainties surrounding all of the carbon removal solutions, particularly around[nbsp]the sustainable scale potential. 3. The policy and governance conversation around carbon removal is fairly advanced“

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Bürger, Gerd; Cubasch, Ulrich (2015): The detectability of climate engineering

Bürger, Gerd; Cubasch, Ulrich (2015): The detectability of climate engineering. In J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., pp.[nbsp]n/a-n/a. DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023954[nbsp]

„We assess the detection and attribution (D[&]A) of climate engineering (CE) as a function of their duration after initiation. We employ “surrogate” climates where observations are mimicked by simulations. Unlike classical, stationary D[&]A, the null hypothesis for this analysis is the non-stationary gradual warming caused by continued greenhouse gas (GHG) forcing, which creates a number of theoretical and technical complications.“

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Datta, Shuvo Jit; et al. (2015): CO2 capture from humid flue gases and humid atmosphere using a microporous coppersilicate

Datta, Shuvo Jit; Khumnoon, Chutharat; Lee, Zhen Hao; Moon, Won Kyung; Docao, Son; Nguyen, Thanh Huu et al. (2015): CO2 capture from humid flue gases and humid atmosphere using a microporous coppersilicate. In Science 350 (6258), pp.[nbsp]302–306. DOI: 10.1126/science.aab1680[nbsp]

„We report a highly stable microporous coppersilicate. It has H2O-specific and CO2-specific adsorption sites but does not have H2O/CO2-sharing sites. Therefore, it readily adsorbs both H2O and CO2 from the humid flue gases and atmosphere, but the adsorbing H2O does not interfere with the adsorption of CO2.“

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Algae Industry Magazine: Algae and Climate Change

Interview on algea farming. „John Milewski, executive producer and managing editor of Wilson Center NOW, interviews Ecosystems Services and Management Program Research Scholar Brian Walsh, who believes that replacing current feed crops with algae could yield big results toward providing a solution to climate change. In fact, his research indicates a potential for reducing atmospheric carbon concentrates to preindustrial levels by the end of the century.“

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The Center for Carbon Removal: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly of CO2 Utilization

„The concept of CO2 utilization goes something like this: instead of releasing CO2 into the atmosphere through industrial processes, we could instead capture CO2 from smokestacks (and/or the ambient atmosphere) and use this CO2 to manufacture carbon-based products — such as fuels, food, and construction[nbsp]materials. So what role might CO2 utilization play in fighting climate change? The outlook seems mixed, as explained below.“

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