[geo] CIA Backs $630,000 Study Into How To Control The Weather

2013-07-17 Thread Andrew Lockley
http://m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/3611166 CIA Backs $630,000 Study Into How To Control The Weather Huffington Post UK Jul 17, 2013 The US Central Intelligence Agency is reportedly funding a study into how to control the weather.That's right, being able to learn to control the governments and

[geo] The Economist on artificial glaciers

2013-07-17 Thread Dan Whaley
http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21581699-if-climate-change-takes-your-local-glacier-away-why-not-build-another-iceman?fsrc=scn/ln_ec/the_iceman_comethThe iceman comethIf climate change takes your local glacier away, why not build another?Jul 13th 2013 | Leh, India |From the

[geo] What kind of observing system do we need in place to take maximal advantage of the next big volcano?

2013-07-17 Thread Ken Caldeira
With respect to learning more about potential consequences of solar geoengineering, what kinds of observing systems do we need in place to take maximal advantage of the next big volcano? What would we want to have in space (and why)? What would we want to have in airplanes (and why)? What would

Re: [geo] What kind of observing system do we need in place to take maximal advantage of the next big volcano?

2013-07-17 Thread Andrew Revkin
great question. i'd like to post a variant on dot earth from you if you'd be okay with that. just another sentence or two on why volcanoes are important natural experiments, perhaps a line on how recent work has found that more modest volcanoes seem to have more impact (?), then the callout? On

[geo] Re: CIA Backs $630,000 Study Into How To Control The Weather

2013-07-17 Thread Jim Lee
So much for transparency? Will geoengineering become national security and thus hidden under classified stamps? Has any member of this group been approached by the CIA or NAS, or are you not at liberty to say I have been hopeful that this community would embrace open discussion, and

Re: [geo] Re: CIA Backs $630,000 Study Into How To Control The Weather

2013-07-17 Thread Mick West
The media reports seem rather sensationalistic, as if the CIA were to be using weather control for some kind of weapon. Really it's just part of their normal geopolitical analysis. They have been engaged for a while, and had a Center on Climate Change and National Security , which was only open

Re: [geo] What kind of observing system do we need in place to take maximal advantage of the next big volcano?

2013-07-17 Thread Alan Robock
Dear Ken, Yes. See: Robock, Alan, Douglas G. MacMartin, Riley Duren, and Matthew W. Christensen, 2013: Studying geoengineering with natural and anthropogenic analogs. /Climatic Change/, published online, doi:10.1007/s10584-013-0777-5.