I thought the Russian experiments were interesting not because they represented such great science but rather because they introduce an important new dimension into the discussion of governance, or lack thereof, of small scale field experiments.
It is not clear to me that their experiments required any governance beyond normal domestic environmental safeguards that govern all scientific investigations. Some have suggested that there be a moratorium on field tests until international norms governing such tests can be established. However, for a case like this conducted entirely within national boundaries it is not obvious why they would need or want approval of anyone beyond their national authorities or why they would want to delay research until international norms could be developed. ---- A few years ago, Yuri izrael mentioned to me that he was conducting some experiments but I didn't know what to make of his comments and he was not very forthcoming on details. --- To answer your question about Australia: about one-third of my research program is devoted to ocean acidification studies. We were attempting to document effects of ocean acidification on a coral reef at One Tree Island through geochemical approaches to estimating calcification, etc, through effects on water chemistry. Ken ______________ Sent from a limited typing keyboard Ken Caldeira +1650 704 7212 [email protected] On Dec 18, 2009, at 13:33, Oliver Wingenter <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Ken, > > Thanks for the paper. It shows the Russian's resolve. The > American's and other have been studying similar experiments, however > we just use using ship tracks and other observations to study the > Twomey, Albrecht and other indirect aerosol effects. > > Sincerely, > > Oliver Wingenter > > PS I guess you are still in Australia and that's why you are not at > this year's AGU. What are you doing the there? Field work? > > Ken Caldeira wrote: >> As noted by Chris Mooney and Dan Whaley, the paper on the Russian >> field test is attached. >> ___________________________________________________ >> Ken Caldeira >> >> Carnegie Institution Dept of Global Ecology >> 260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305 USA >> >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected] >> > >> http://dge.stanford.edu/DGE/CIWDGE/labs/caldeiralab >> +1 650 704 7212; fax: +1 650 462 5968 >> -- >> >> 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 >> . > -- 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.
