Hi Jessica, Note also the other article in this month’s, Sierra magazine which explains we can’t just use trees \- https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2022-2-summer/feature/carry-the-zero-carbon-dioxide-removal <https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2022-2-summer/feature/carry-the-zero-carbon-dioxide-removal>
The Sierra Club’s Climate Resilience, Carbon Dioxide Removal, and Geoengineering Policy is worth a read - it’s 99 pages! BTW, it says, "It is prudent to conduct research on geoengineering in case it is required as a desperate last resort emergency cooling strategy to head off climate catastrophe”. Cheers, Holly > On Jun 15, 2022, at 11:50, 'Jessica Gurevitch' via geoengineering > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > > Hello folks-- > I am looking for references for the assertion that trees cannot be enough to > stave off catastrophic climate change, and also, for the assertion that for > forests to make enough of a difference in future temperatures, we would have > to stop growing in crops and turn all cultivated land into forests. I know > I've seen reference to these ideas, but it would be very useful to have > citations. Thanks in advance. > > There was a mention of Sierra Club here yesterday; this month's Sierra > magazine has an editorial by the President of the SC warning about the moral > hazard of CDR as something promoted by Exxon, etc. (and a scam) to justify > continued use of fossil fuels, and that all we need are natural trees to > solve these issues. As a Life Member of the Sierra Club, I want to write a > rebuttal to that (really uninformed) assertion. Would that it were true! > > Jessica > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Jessica Gurevitch > Distinguished Professor and Co-Chair > Department of Ecology and Evolution > Stony Brook University > Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245 USA > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/CA%2BPtSAN%3DGjPdZ0qHTTD1qHV%2B1aWnHLQ5wNUHmKXnuZ9oV%3DToAQ%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/CA%2BPtSAN%3DGjPdZ0qHTTD1qHV%2B1aWnHLQ5wNUHmKXnuZ9oV%3DToAQ%40mail.gmail.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 to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/595C6545-3556-478A-9740-6CC705DDB33F%40gmail.com.
