Well, at least the title wasn't "Bill Gates backs bid to cool the Earth with sulphuric acid".
It'd be nice if climatefeedback.org started to review news articles on solar geoengineering to start pushing back against some of the abysmal reporting. -A On Wednesday, 24 March 2021 at 8:40:29 am UTC+11 Stuart Haszeldine wrote: > Douglas > > I’m very sure I went through all that with e journalist - about t how this > is a routine type of balloon ascent - except that most others go higher. > And why its related to be recovered, and that nothing at all is planned to > be released from this journey upwards - its to ensure the equipment and > instruments work …. But the guy did say several times “I dont usually > write about climate” > Luckily we are not in a climate emergency and it doesnt matter if humans > carry on burning everything they can get hold of. Not > > Hey ho, try again another day. > > > > > > On 23 Mar 2021, at 19:18, Douglas MacMartin <[email protected]> wrote: > > This email was sent to you by someone outside the University. > You should only click on links or attachments if you are certain that the > email is genuine and the content is safe. > > Media coverage of SCoPEx is stunningly bad, I have to say. > > “As it climbs to an altitude of 12 miles it will cross a historic > threshold: the first serious attempt to explore whether global warming > could be kept in check by dimming the sun” > > Seriously? It’s a tiny experiment to measure some chemical reaction rates > that inform/improve climate models… it is a historic threshold perhaps in > the first deliberate material release experiment in the stratosphere that > is specifically intended to inform SAI, but not the first in any other > sense, and I don’t know why that is somehow magically more “serious” than > all the rest of the research to date. Popular media has a dismal track > record in this field. > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On > Behalf Of *Gideon Futerman > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 23, 2021 10:53 AM > *To:* geoengineering <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [geo] News coverage of SCoPEx- The Times > > Bill Gates backs bid to cool Earth with chalk dust | News | The Times > <https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bill-gates-backs-bid-to-cool-earth-with-chalk-dust-llrbmwlmr> > It is behind a paywall, but nonetheless a discussion of solar > geoengineering in popular media > -- > 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/605a00de.1c69fb81.dec9a.2420SMTPIN_ADDED_MISSING%40gmr-mx.google.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/605a00de.1c69fb81.dec9a.2420SMTPIN_ADDED_MISSING%40gmr-mx.google.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/CH2PR04MB6936CC93AC20C9260B2E1B8F8F649%40CH2PR04MB6936.namprd04.prod.outlook.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/CH2PR04MB6936CC93AC20C9260B2E1B8F8F649%40CH2PR04MB6936.namprd04.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, > with registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann carthannais a th’ ann an > Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann, clàraichte an Alba, àireamh clàraidh SC005336. > -- 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/6547a682-52b9-4e1b-a34f-aa6fa9c32f5cn%40googlegroups.com.
