Sentences with phrase «said geoengineering research»
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.
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Nicholson says that even if research agencies under Trump avoid research into geoengineering techniques such as albedo modification, the U.S. intelligence community might remain interested, especially in whether other countries are pursuing their own planetary cooling technologies, which could affect many nations.
Rabe, who conducted the survey with Christopher Borick, director of the Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion, said public opinion research on geoengineering is limited.
«We don't want to do geoengineering, but we're in increasingly dire straits,» says climate expert Michael MacCracken of the Climate Institute in Washington D.C., who has advocated publicly for research into geoengineering.
The data shows that the debate over geoengineering breaks down in many ways, but to be more specific, more research is necessary, said Mercer.
Mercer said the broad support of SRM could reveal a limitation of the survey, which did not ask participants to describe which aspects of geoengineering research they supported.
It's valid anyway, since nobody has said anything like the belief you attributed to «'' everybody»», and since the concern that researching geoengineering will provide another excuse not to cut emissions is valid, and you have given no reason to think otherwise.
744 Nick G said, «It's valid anyway, since nobody has said anything like the belief you attributed to «'' everybody»», and since the concern that researching geoengineering will provide another excuse not to cut emissions is valid, and you have given no reason to think otherwise.»
The report, by a panel of experts convened by the society, says more research is needed on geoengineering techniques, and that it should involve international collaborations and discussions with the public.
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.
Henry Fountain writes «The panel said the research could include small - scale outdoor experiments, which many scientists say are necessary to better understand whether and how geoengineering would work.»
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».»
We argue that what experts say and do to define and address issues of equity matters, because such boundary - drawing affects who is authorized to speak with regard to the advisability and contours of solar geoengineering research, and because the emerging visions of a smaller configuration of actors may have the potential to coalesce into widely - shared and collectively - held imaginaries.
One way researchers could start to tackle the global governance issue is by dividing it into smaller parts, says Dr Joshua Horton, research director of geoengineering at Keith's research team at Harvard University.
First, to suggest that geoengineering research has a high potential payoff is no different than saying that research into fusion energy has a potential high payoff, or for that matter, so too would research into how to turn atmospheric carbon into diamonds.
As I've said before, desperate governments are likely to use geoengineering whether or not it's safe, so we should do as much research as possible ahead of time to find the safest form of implementation.
«It goes up and it goes more to the one side where you injected it,» says Simone Tilmes, who studies geoengineering at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and was not involved in the study.
I thought that you were saying that in a generic sense, consensus recommends geoengineering research.
So, no one is saying you can't do basic research on any geoengineering method, no matter how potentially risky or benign, effective or ineffective it might be, but if you want to take that research beyond that small - scale you have to be able to prove you're not going to radically screw up the environment that previous human activity is already screwing up.
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