We need to do something about ocean acidification; the most comprehensive term should include that.
On Mar 31, 5:26 pm, Kelly Wanser <[email protected]> wrote: > Ken Caldeira and others have begun to adopt the term "Climate > Intervention" as a non-technical term to describe large-scale, direct > interventions in the climate system. > > http://groups.google.com/group/climateintervention?hl=en > > This term would encompass solar radiation management and other > temperature-stabilization methods, as well as carbon capture > approaches (such as ocean fertilization) that interface with > ecosystems, but would likely exclude activities such as carbon air > capture, that are neutral to ecosystems (though this may be open to > lively discussion). > > The term has the advantage of a being an accurate description of what > is being attempted, while being neutral with regard to any implied > benefits or specific approaches. It also has the advantages of being > fairly intuitive to the lay person, absent of technical jargon and not > previously used in a related way in the field (e.g. remediation is > already a widely used term to describe greenhouse gas reduction via > reducing emissions). > > Kelly Wanser > > On Mar 31, 2:05 pm, "[email protected] jimw" > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > The other terms mentioned: 'solar radiation management', 'greenhouse > > gas remediation', 'atmospheric remediation' & 'climateengineering' all > > have their merits and doubtless their technical uses but at the end of > > the day something is needed which is more user-friendly. > > > Of course, crucially, terms are needed that the ordinary citizen can > > relate to. 'Earth systems adjustments' doesn't have quite the > > technical jargon ring of some of the other suggestions; for the person > > in the street it carries it's explanation along with it--we have > > disrupted some of the earth's systems and now we are going to try and > > adjust them back again. Also it covers the whole range of > > possibilities--painting your roof white is as much an earth system > > adjustment as marine cloud brightening or wrapping glaciers or sending > > up aerosols. > > > BTW according to Kunzig and Broecker's 'Fixing Climate' Lackner's > > carbon scrubbing is not 'geoengineering'. As CO2 removal is a sine > > qua non of getting out of our current mess we really need a term which > > can happily include CO2 removal--earth systems adjustment seems to fit > > the bill. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
