As sent to UK environmental audit committee..... > From: Hugh Coe <[email protected]> > Date: 21 February 2012 02:59:50 GMT > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, " [email protected]" <[email protected]>, " [email protected]" <[email protected]>, " [email protected]" <[email protected]>, " [email protected]" <[email protected]>, " [email protected]" <[email protected]>, " [email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" < [email protected]>, "[email protected]" < [email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, " [email protected]" <[email protected]>, " [email protected]" <[email protected]>, " [email protected]" <[email protected]>, " [email protected]" <[email protected]>, " [email protected]" <[email protected]>, " [email protected]" <[email protected]>, " [email protected]" <[email protected]>, " [email protected]" <[email protected]>, " [email protected]" <[email protected]>, "Lenton, Timothy" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" < [email protected]>, John Latham <[email protected]>, " [email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" < [email protected]>, Brian Launder <[email protected]>, " [email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Environmental Audit Inquiry - comments to the Members > > Dear Members of the the Environmental Audit Inquiry > We understand that you will be considering an evidence session titled > "Protecting the Arctic" on Tuesday 21st February. > > There is a mounting evidence that significant changes are occurring in > the Arctic and we are pleased that your Committee is considering this in > detail. However, we would like to stress that whilst such indicators of > rapid change are a major cause for concern, implementing any > geoengineering approach to adjust an Arctic warming on the basis of its > undemonstrated, causal effects on rapid Arctic change should not be > considered at this time. Any such scheme needs to have its concepts > rigorously challenged and then undergo rigorous, peer reviewed testing > and scrutiny before any consideration of its use takes place. > Systematic, deliberate modification of climate is, itself, likely to > have effects on global weather systems, including large scale changes to > regional rainfall. Such changes have been shown to occur in climate > model simulations but as the key processes remain poorly understood at > the present time, the climate models, our only predictive tools, are at > present unable to provide a reliable means of quantifying the magnitude > of the changes that may occur. Until this can be done and the balance > of risks be well understood we strongly urge that a geoengineering > solution of any kind is not to taken forward to address changing Arctic > temperatures. > > Nevertheless, the increased evidence that such major changes may occur > and the lack of progress in mitigating CO2 induced climate change means > that investing in research into the viability of geoengineering is both > very important and timely. Furthermore, it is important that Government > does support the area, as the evidence base needs to be considered free > from vested interests. > > We thankyou for your considerating our short note > yours sincerely > > Professor John Latham, UCAR, Boulder, USA > Professor Tom Choularton, University of Manchester > Professor Brian Launder, FRS, University of Manchester > Professor Hugh Coe, University of Manchester > Stephen Salter, University of Edinburgh > Dr Alan Gadian, University of Leeds
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