The following is for everyone's awareness and deep consideration. Hope these highlights do not step on anybody's toes, the intention is to simply create awareness and add to our knowledge base
False Solutions to Climate Change: Geoengineering <https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-05-11/false-solutions-to-climate-change-geoengineering/> In a climate crisis, is geoengineering worth the risks? <https://www.sciencenews.org/article/climate-change-crisis-geoengineering-worth-risks> Geoengineering carries ‘large risks’ for the natural world, studies show <https://www.carbonbrief.org/geoengineering-carries-large-risks-for-natural-world-studies-show> Geoengineering side effects could be potentially disastrous, research shows <https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/25/geoengineering-side-effects-potentially-disastrous-scientists> The Hidden Dangers of Geoengineering <https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-hidden-dangers-of-geoengineering/> 20 reasons why geoengineering may be a bad idea <http://climate.envsci.rutgers.edu/pdf/20Reasons.pdf> In Unity & Resonance *Cheri Simonne Rubens* *Love is the ONLY Truth <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLSuvGDp1Ng>* On Wed, 8 Jul 2020 at 23:05, Alan Robock ☮ <[email protected]> wrote: > Singh, Jyoti, Sandeep Sahany, and Alan Robock, 2020: Can stratospheric > geoengineering alleviate global-warming-induced changes in deciduous fruit > cultivation? The case of Himachal Pradesh (India). *Climatic Change*, > doi:10.1007/s10584-020-02786-3. > > https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-020-02786-3 > > https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10584-020-02786-3.pdf > > > > *Abstract *Using Hadley Global Environment Model 2 - Earth System and Max > Planck Institute Earth System Model simulations, we assess the impact of > global warming and stratospheric geoengineering on deciduous fruit > production in Himachal Pradesh (the second-largest apple-producing state in > India). The impacts have been assessed for the Representative Concentration > Pathways 4.5 (RCP4.5) global warming scenario, and a corresponding > geoengineered scenario (G3) from the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison > Project, in which stratospheric aerosols are increased for 50 years from > 2020 through 2069 to balance the global warming radiative forcing, and then > aerosol precursor emissions are terminated. We used the period 2055–2069 > (with the largest geoengineering forcing) and the period 2075–2089 > (beginning 5 years into the termination phase) and evaluated winter chill > and growing season heat accumulation. We found that although stratospheric > geoengineering would be able to suppress the increase in temperature under > an RCP4.5 scenario to some extent during both switch-on and switch-off > periods, if the geoengineering was terminated, the rate of temperature > increase would be higher than RCP4.5. The agroclimatically suitable area is > projected to shift northeastwards (to higher elevations) under RCP4.5 as > well as G3 during both periods. However, during the switched on period, > geoengineering would restrict the shift, and areas of Shimla and Mandi > districts (most suitable under the current climate) would not be lost due > to global warming. Even during the switched off period, before the climate > returned to RCP4.5 levels, the above areas would, although to a lesser > extent, have reduced harmful climate effects from global warming. However, > the area of suitable land (the intersection of soil and agroclimatic > suitability) would decrease in both periods for RCP4.5 as well as G3, > because as more high-elevation regions become agroclimatically suitable, > they do not have suitable soils to support cultivation. Geoengineering > could benefit deciduous fruit production by reducing the intensity of > global warming; however, if geoengineering was terminated abruptly, the > rate of change in temperature would be quite high. This could lead to a > rapid change in land suitability and might result in total crop failure in > a shorter period compared to RCP4.5. > > -- > Alan > > Alan Robock, Distinguished Professor > Associate Editor, Reviews of Geophysics > Department of Environmental Sciences Phone: +1-848-932-5751 > Rutgers University E-mail: [email protected] > 14 College Farm Road http://people.envsci.rutgers.edu/robock > New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8551 USA ☮ http://twitter.com/AlanRobock > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "geoengineering" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/594c46bc-ee97-7078-d27c-144f2c930610%40envsci.rutgers.edu > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/594c46bc-ee97-7078-d27c-144f2c930610%40envsci.rutgers.edu?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. 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