Re: [geo] Opinion: Dreams we cannot afford, by Russ George — The Daily Climate

2013-05-25 Thread Andrew Lockley
I spotted those shaky 'facts', too. One issue which concerns me greatly is ocean colour / albedo. Far too little is discussed on this issue WRT OIF. I wonder if anyone on this list has access to such measurements? Photos are not a reliable indicator of numerically accurate albedo, unless

Re: [geo] The importance of response times for various climate strategies - Springer

2013-05-25 Thread Lou Grinzo
Agreed. When I give presentations about CC I always stress the timing aspects, and how they're not our friends. From the long atmospheric lifetime of CO2 (love is fleeting, but CO2 is (virtually) forever) to the lock-in effects of infrastructure to the multiple human delays, including

[geo] Re: The age of climate engineering is upon us (3) : Doug Craig's blog

2013-05-25 Thread David Lewis
Clive is certainly getting his views heard, and not just on geoengineering Scientific American, yesterday, publishedhttp://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=is-global-warming-cooler-than-expectedquotes from Clive citing him as an authority on how serious climate change is (it

Re: [geo] Opposition to Geoengineering: There’s No Place Like H.O.M.E. (Opinion Article) | Geoengineering Our Climate?

2013-05-25 Thread rongretlarson
Andrew: Thanks for spotting this message about ETC and HOME. From my readings, they are as big a problem for biochar (and presumably all geo technologies) as exist. Decision X/33, para 8 (w): “Ensure, in line and consistent with decision IX/16 C, on ocean fertilization and

Re: [geo] Opposition to Geoengineering: There’s No Place Like H.O.M.E. (Opinion Article) | Geoengineering Our Climate?

2013-05-25 Thread rongretlarson
Andrew etal: 1. Apologies. Not sure how the last message got out prematurely. Scratch that in favor of this one. Apologies also for this message length, but it is mostly about at least 4 new CBD documents and the important damper that the CBD has placed on geoengineering RD not about ETC and