Hi Ken,
I was present at the launch of the NOAA updated report on the state of the
Arctic at AGU in December*.
NOAA has singularly failed in its mission:
To understand and predict changes in climate, weather, oceans, and coasts,
To share that knowledge and information with others, and
To
List, cc John, Ken, Josh:
1. Apologies in advance for a too-long note. I think that how best to
accelerate RD on CDR is a topic that needs to be continued on this list. It
needs to have an international side as well as a US (NASA, NOAA, etc) side. t
needs an SRM component as well. But below,
Instead of embedding a new group inside a bloated agency, seems best to
start a task force.
Given my experience with DARPA, they'd work for specific goals on a
milestone basis with the clock running. They studied geoengineering the
Arctic years ago, acting under the DOD determination that such
All this organizational discussion is leaving out the role of Congress,
which must both authorize and appropriate funds for any significant effort
to organize SRM and CDR. As with so many discussions lately it all comes
back to the need to mobilize the broadest possible coalition around
http://m.pus.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/02/14/0963662513475966.abstract
Geoengineering, news media and metaphors: Framing the controversial
Abstract
We analyze how metaphors are used in presenting and debating novel
technologies that could influence the climate and thereby also future
http://blogcritics.org/books/article/book-review-earth-masters-playing-god/
Book Review: Earth Masters: Playing God with the Climate by Clive Hamilton
Author: Maggie Ball
Published: Feb 24, 2013 at 3:56
Despite all the best efforts of those that have taken a political stance as
“climate
Greg:
1. We agree that CROPS must be in the mix. We agree that we need
something like a task force. We agree that DARPA is a pretty good model.
2. Can you expand on ...bloated agency... Did you have a specific one
in mind?
3. Would you utilize DARPA as the lead agency or a
