The Engineere Q&A: Geoengineering [forum question and answer]
Q[&]A on CE with Stephen Salter, Richard Darton, Andrew Charlton-Perez. „For our latest reader Q[&]A, we’ve assembled three experts to answer your questions about geoengineering.“
CO₂-removal News
zocalo: Sorry, Polar Bears: There’s No Quick Fix for Those Melting Glaciers
Commentary to her own piece: Cusack, Daniela F.; et al. (2014). „We Can’t Engineer Our Way Out of Climate Change—But We Can Try to Minimize the Problem Faster Than We Create it“
Irvine, Peter J.; et al. (2014): Key factors governing uncertainty in the response to sunshade geoengineering from a comparison of the GeoMIP ensemble and a perturbed parameter ensemble
Irvine, Peter J.; Boucher, Olivier; Kravitz, Ben; Alterskjaer, Kari; Cole, Jason N. S.; Ji, Duoying et al. (2014): Key factors governing uncertainty in the response to sunshade geoengineering from a comparison of the GeoMIP ensemble and a perturbed parameter ensemble. (accepted paper). In J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., pp. n/a. DOI 10.1002/2013JD020716
„In this study we compare the sunshade solar geoengineering response of a perturbed parameter ensemble (PPE) of the HadCM3 model with a multi-model ensemble (MME) by analyzing the G1 experiment from the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP).“
Ferraro, Angus J. (2014): Atmospheric Responses to Geoengineering in the Stratosphere
Ferraro, Angus J. (2014): Atmospheric Responses to Geoengineering in the Stratosphere. Reading. DOI 10.6084/m9.figshare.1014284.
„The first part of this thesis quantifies the stratospheric temperature response to a range of size distributions of sulphate, titania, limestone and soot aerosol. […] The second part of this thesis uses a global climate model to investigate the dynamical response of the troposphere and the stratosphere to the radiative perturbations introduced by geoengineering aerosol.“
The Internationalist: Re-Engineering the Earth’s Climate: No Longer Science Fiction
„As the world’s leading reservoir of scientific expertise, the United States has an obligation to help fill this governance gap. To date, discussion of the pros and cons of geoengineering has largely been confined to discussion between scientists and civil society groups.“
Mapping Ignorance Blog: Geoengineering versus Global Warming
„Whether we decide to do nothing, or to apply CO2 fixation techniques instead of solar radiation management, it is always a good idea to know as much as we can about the climatic response of Earth’s atmosphere. At least as far as our numerical models can go.“
German Environmental Agency: Options and Proposals for the International Governance of Geoengineering
From the German Environmental Agency (Umwelt Bundesamt). „We analyse why governance of geoengineering should be pursued and develop specific proposals how such governance should be designed.“
Branson, Michael C. (2014): A Green Herring. How Current Ocean Fertilization Regulation Distracts from Geoengineering Research
Branson, Michael C. (2014): A Green Herring. How Current Ocean Fertilization Regulation Distracts from Geoengineering Research. In Santa Clara Law Review 54 (1), Art. 5.
„This Comment proposes that nations tackle the dangers posed by ocean fertilization experiments together with other geoengineering activities, in the context of combatting climate change.“
Gardiner, Stephen M. (2013): Reflecting on A Perfect Moral Storm
Gardiner, Stephen M. (2013): Reflecting on A Perfect Moral Storm. In Philosophy and Public Issues 3 (1), pp. 89–135.
With a response to Preston, Christopher J. (2013). „I am heartened by this general convergence, and the prospects it suggests for ethical action on climate change and other perfect storms in the future.“
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