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Wilhelm, Micah; et al. (2015): Climate engineering of vegetated land for hot extremes mitigation: an Earth System Model sensitivity study

Wilhelm, Micah; Davin, Edouard L.; Seneviratne, Sonia I. (2015): Climate engineering of vegetated land for hot extremes mitigation: an Earth System Model sensitivity study. In J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., pp. n/a. DOI 10.1002/2014JD022293.

„Here we present the results of a series of transient global climate engineering sensitivity experiments performed with the Community Earth System Model (CESM) over the time period 1950-2100 under historical and RCP8.5 scenarios. Four sets of experiments are performed in which the surface albedo over snow-free vegetated grid points is increased respectively by 0.05, 0.10, 0.15 and 0.20.“

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Heyen, Daniel (2015): Strategic Conficts on the Horizon: R&D Incentives for Environmental Technologies

Heyen, Daniel (2015): Strategic Conficts on the Horizon: R[&]D Incentives for Environmental Technologies. University of Heidelberg (Discussion Paper Series, 584).

„This paper focuses on a specic mechanism for strategic distortions in this R[&]D game. In this mechanism, the outlook of future conicts surrounding technology deployment directly impacts on the willingness to undertake R[&]D.“

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Abstracts deadline today: Climate Engineering Research Symposium 2015

Deadline: 02.03.2014, Climate Engineering Research Symposium 2015

„Abstracts are encouraged for oral and poster presentations relevant to the five cross-cutting themes:

Scientific Feasibility of Climate Engineering Ideas – Exploring Climate Engineering Uncertainties – A Comparative View on Climate Engineering Options and Assessment Metrics – Governing Climate Engineering Research, Potential Development and Deployment – Perceptions of and Perspectives on Climate Engineering Research and Deployment“

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Earth Day Network: Chemotherapy for the Climate-RFF Reviews Climate Engineering

„Ultimately, any geoengineering project will have to be supplemented by other measures, as even raising the albedo, or reflectivity, of the atmosphere will not be able to stop ocean acidification, trash pile-up, or any number of other difficulties which have emerged over the past several decades that have yet to be addressed. Overall, geoengineering is presented as a solution with harmful effects that nevertheless may be necessary in an emergency.“

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