It also includes the details of two previous attempts to bring solar
geoengineering research out into the open.
Not exact matches
In 2009, climate scientists met to try and figure
out a system of voluntary standards to guide
geoengineering research, much as molecular biologists met in 1975 to assess the potential risks of biotechnology.
To imagine that some kinds of
geoengineering research can be quarantined from societal concern and demands for regulation, as Parson and Keith do, requires a belief that pure
research can somehow be precipitated
out of a social solution using the power of «objectivity» as the precipitant.
In Issues, a pioneer in
geoengineering has laid
out the framework for a comprehensive US
research plan, saying it should be part of a coherent climate policy agenda that includes vigorous support for climate science, increases efforts to cut emissions, helps the most vulnerable populations to adapt, develops negative emission technologies, and renews a commitment to growing international governance on climate matters.
The idea that we might solve our climate woes through planet hacking had its political coming -
out earlier this month, when White House science adviser John Holdren said
geoengineering research has «got to be looked at» by scientists.
As researchers concluded in a new study published in Geophysical
Research Letters, ocean iron fertilization can only prove successful as a climate
geoengineering approach if, in addition to phytoplankton bloom stimulation, «a proportion of the particulate organic carbon (POC) produced must sink down the water column and reach the main thermocline or deeper before being remineralized... and the third phase is long - term sequestration of the carbon at depth
out of contact with the atmosphere.»
On the
Geoengineering Watch site, the rationale for the alleged geoengineering is, actually, the real motivation behind research on SRM — that global warming is o
Geoengineering Watch site, the rationale for the alleged
geoengineering is, actually, the real motivation behind research on SRM — that global warming is o
geoengineering is, actually, the real motivation behind
research on SRM — that global warming is
out of control.
Geoengineering research proponent Ken Caldeira has said «the vision of Lomborg's Climate Consensus is «a dystopic world out of a science fiction story... Geoengineering is not an alternative to carbon emissions reductions... If emissions keep going up and up, and you use geoengineering as a way to deal with it, it's pretty clear the endgame of that process is pretty ugly&
Geoengineering research proponent Ken Caldeira has said «the vision of Lomborg's Climate Consensus is «a dystopic world
out of a science fiction story...
Geoengineering is not an alternative to carbon emissions reductions... If emissions keep going up and up, and you use geoengineering as a way to deal with it, it's pretty clear the endgame of that process is pretty ugly&
Geoengineering is not an alternative to carbon emissions reductions... If emissions keep going up and up, and you use
geoengineering as a way to deal with it, it's pretty clear the endgame of that process is pretty ugly&
geoengineering as a way to deal with it, it's pretty clear the endgame of that process is pretty ugly».»
Social scientists point
out, however, that precautionary governance may be necessary in the face of the social, political and ethical implications of the knowledge acquired from
geoengineering research.
It's good to see so many people willing to speak
out on line, as they continue
researching the chemtrail /
geoengineering issue and educating others who care about what's happening.
How the ledger is likely to balance
out globally, and particularly for the global South, is unknown, yet that is precisely the reason why more
research on solar
geoengineering is so urgently needed.
At the very least, we must not miss
out on the opportunity for innovation that coordinated
research on
geoengineering technologies presents us with (who knows what we might discover along the way?).