It would be very interesting to see if biochar has a similar effect. If biochar could lock up carbon in soils, thicken soils, preserve and spread forests and brighten clouds it would have benefits that could reasonably be described as 'ginormous'. I'd be interested to know if anyone in this group could explore these effects and potentially look at doing a paper or a model run on them.
A 2009/4/10 dsw_s <[email protected]> > > That sounds a lot like how I imagine geoengineering can work. A > suggestion I've made is that materials like expanded vermiculite and > perlite (basically rock popcorn) could be used to increase water > retention in soil for both agricultural and climatic benefit. The > climate benefit includes CO2 removal by weathering, but the > distribution could also be chosen to optimize cloud patterns. > > On Apr 9, 11:50 am, Ray Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I've been in consultation with a range of land-atmosphere > > and cloud meteorologists, looking at scope for increasing > > stratus and cumulo-nimbus over land in regions identified > > in GLACE (nasa). > > > > Literature review available atwww.globalcoolers.net > > > > Focus is on West Africa and rainwater harvesting, > > pilot studies plus 4 continents alliance-building. > > > > Anyone interested in collaborating? > > > > Ray Taylor > > > > ray [at] andy-taylor.org > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
