[geo] Re: Research Thesis on Geoengineering

2011-05-25 Thread Panagiota Stathaki
Hello dr. Josh Horton, Thank you for your interest in my research. If I see that I have not had enough interviewees in the next couple weeks, I will contact you to see if you are free. Best regards, Panagiota On May 24, 11:45 pm, Josh Horton joshuahorton...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Panagiota, I

[geo] Join our club

2011-05-25 Thread Andrew Lockley
Hi Please can everyone on this list try and think of other people to invite? I'm particularly keen to see academics from geoengineering and climate science / earth science disciplines, plus aeronautical and marine engineers, space scientists, etc. Please get them to join at

[geo] Re: Response to Cloud Brightening Comments by Mark M.: Can SRM save our bacon?

2011-05-25 Thread Mark Massmann
Dr. Salter- I would think that in order to obtain a credible review of the MCB vessel design, this should be completed by a reputable marine architect. Has this been done or is it something you'd be willing to pursue? An important parameter will be to utilize historical wind speed and sea suface

Re: [geo] Re: BECCS -- How much research is going on into biomass energy with carbon capture and storage?

2011-05-25 Thread rongretlarson
Henrik and Ken (cc List) 1. Ken - thanks very much for sending the recommended 2002 article by Keith and Rhodes. I had not seen this one. Their plot of electricity costs for three options is one I shall try to add Biochar to (although comparing carbon negativity (this list's focus - at least

[geo] Re: Research Thesis on Geoengineering

2011-05-25 Thread hiroshi mizutani
Hi Panagiota, I would be happy to answer some of your questions via E-mail. Hiroshi On 5月21日, 午前3:18, Panagiota Stathaki pswrite...@yahoo.com wrote: My name is Panagiota Stathaki and I am a Master’s student at the VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands. I am sending this message because

Re: [geo] Re: Mid-Oceanic Diatom Entrapment System Technology.....MODEST

2011-05-25 Thread John Nissen
Hi Michael, Bhaskay, Thanks for your support. When I said thinking out of the box, I was not thinking necessarily of diatoms, but of how we might devise a system combining mechanistic, chemical and biological elements to capture the methane bubbles before their contents dissipate the atmosphere.

[geo] Methane suppression in wetlands

2011-05-25 Thread John Nissen
This paper gives some ideas on what could be done about methane-producing microbes: http://www.pnas.org/content/101/34/12583.full.pdf We could do with more expertise in this area on this list. Who could we invite to join? Ron, do you have any ideas? Sander and Alex from Wetlands.org, could

[geo] Re: Aluminum particles as a replacement for sulfate aerosols?

2011-05-25 Thread John Nissen
Hi Mark, You might be interested in this work [1] - I attended the presentation at the EGU 2011 geoengineering session, and they were talking about producing engineered microparticles (of titanium for example) rather than the usual sulphate aerosol. A major advantage is to be able to