A controversial idea to brake global warming, first floated by the father of the hydrogen bomb, is affordable and technically feasible, but its environmental impact remains unknown, a trio of US scientists say. Continue reading
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Idea, once ridiculed, could become reality
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“Sunshade” to fight climate change costed at $5 bln a year
Uh-huh… and what is the cost in lost primary productivity. That’s actually not easy to work out because lumber trees might actually grow better due to scattering allowing greater insolation of the forest understory while field crops would likely fare worse due to loss of net insolation. Also places experiencing drought could claim it’s due to reduced insolation reducing evaporation and storm formation and so on. Developing an agreed regime and compensation structure for the inevitable losers from such “climate interference” should prove far more entertaining than such a simple instrument as Kyoto and Son of Kyoto. How’s that popping corn crop coming along? Continue reading
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Luboš Motl: Stratospheric geoengineering: undoing global warming costs below $8 bn/year
Bits of Science, Revmodo, and Fars News talk about a new Aurora-Harvard-Carnegie paper in Environmental Research Letters
Cost analysis of stratospheric albedo modification delivery systems (fulltext PDF) by Justin McClellan, David W Keith, and Jay Apt
They quantify the aircraft- or rocket-related expenses needed to undo the global warming. Continue reading
New paper proposes pumping sulfuric acid into atmosphere to fix non-existent problem
A geoengineering paper published today in Environmental Research Letters proposes spending $8 billion per year to pump 5 million tons of sulfuric acid [H2SO4] into the high atmosphere to reflect sunlight, to allegedly save the planet from the non-existent problem of anthropogenic global warming. Continue reading
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Delivering solar geoengineering materials may be feasible and affordable
But is it desirable to reduce primary productivity? I think not. Continue reading
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Michael D. Lemonick: Scientists Suggest ‘Cloud Brightening’ To Halt Hurricanes
And if people start interfering and reducing storm numbers and size how will that effect rainfall in the Mississippi catchment? Who gets to control what storms to “permit” and how large they can be? Continue reading
Geoengineering: Risks and benefits
Few issues arouse as much controversy in environmental circles these days as geoengineering – “technical fixes” to tackle climate change, by sucking carbon dioxide from the air or by reducing the amount of sunlight hitting the Earth. Continue reading
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Experiment would test cloud geoengineering as way to slow warming
Cloud brightening, again Continue reading
Rules Lacking for Geoengineering Projects for Global Warming
What if someone wanted to deploy a massive project to try to reverse climate change today? Perhaps some researchers wanted to spray sulfur particles into the stratosphere to reflect away some of the sun’s energy, cooling the Earth in an attempt to compensate for global warming. Continue reading
Scientist: The Guardian Article About Me Was ‘Substantially Fabricated’*
We received a statement from Harvard press office about Keith’s work and his response to the Guardian article and thought we should share it with you. Continue reading
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How Far Should we Go to Battle Climate Change?
That really depends on what happens. If cooling gets too serious we could probably discolor snow fields fairly easily to discourage onset of major glaciation. Whatever the best course remains maximized development and wealth creation. Not what they are talking about here though. Continue reading
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Geoengineering Could Backfire, Make Climate Change Worse
Oh noes! Virtual realm problem not solved by virtual realm fix! What are we going to do? Continue reading
US geoengineers to spray sun-reflecting chemicals from balloon
“Experiment in New Mexico will try to establish the possibility of cooling the planet by dispersing sulphate aerosols“
Do those of us who don’t want the planet cooler get a say? Continue reading
Geoengineering trial cancelled: more regulation needed
Inventors have long been protecting their ideas by filing patent applications on new technologies. But is it appropriate for researchers or companies to own the intellectual property rights to climate-altering technologies? Continue reading
Space mirrors will dry out US and Eurasia
INSTALLING huge mirrors in space would help reverse global warming, but they would come at a price: less rain for the Americas and northern Eurasia. Continue reading
Researchers can’t regulate climate engineering alone
Political interests, not scientists or inventors, will be the biggest influence on technologies to counter climate change, says Jason Blackstock. Continue reading
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Geoengineering could disrupt rainfall patterns
Yes, there’s a very high likelihood of that occurring. In fact it’s about the only legitimate reason to engage in geoengineering. Continue reading
Geoengineering for Global Warming: Increasing Aerosols in Atmosphere Would Make Sky Whiter
One idea for fighting global warming is to increase the amount of aerosols in the atmosphere, scattering incoming solar energy away from Earth’s surface. Continue reading
Sunscreen in the Sky? Reflective Particles May Combat Warming
“Titanium dioxide could scatter sunlight and cool Earth, scientist says.“
And as an added bonus would reduce crop yields and make solar “power” even less useful than it is now 
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A charter for geoengineering
“A controversial field trial of technology to mitigate climate change has been cancelled, but research continues. A robust governance framework is sorely needed to prevent further setbacks.“
Yes! That’s the spirit! You guys keep talking about it. Preferably forever. Just don’t do anything, alright? Continue reading
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