[geo] International Law Weekend: Panel on Geo-Engineering | Alfred de Zayas' Human Rights Corner

Poster's note : highly recommended reading https://dezayasalfred.wordpress.com/2014/11/27/international-law-weekend-panel-on-geo-engineering-alfred-de-zayas/ Extract Huge issues of democratic governance arise. In a direct democracy like Switzerland even banal decisions like building a bridge or

[geo] Don't Believe the Hype: Do Emerging Technologies Fall Foul of Their Own PR?

Poster's note : good shot from HuffPo. A recent scientific paper made similar points, namely that the monitoring and regulatory costs of CE would dwarf the engineering costs. I find these arguments compelling. I don't know whether it's common in the US, but the British idiom "what can possibly go w

Re: [geo] Forum featuring Andy Parker and Jim Thomas -- Is Climate Engineering Worthy of Consideration?

Dear all, Further to this exchange and the uncivil way in which Mr Parker chose to conclude it , ETC posted a clarifying blog post here: http://www.etcgroup.org/content/uncivil-debate-responding-andy-parker-iass-potsdam best Jim Thomas ETC Group. On Dec 11, 2014, at 11:07 AM, Simon Nicholson

[geo] Re: Does this graph tell the truth?

Thanks to those list readers who have replied offline. To be clear, I'm not being a data perfectionist or crank about this issue. I do think, however, that the substantial drawdown performed by photosynthesis each year highlights the possibility of reversing CO2 trends. The un-corrected data l

Re: [geo] Does this graph tell the truth?

The NASA graph does 'tell the truth' of CO2 rise since 2005.  Data with seasonal variance is also readily available, for example this chart of CO2 as measured at Mauna Loa  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Mauna_Loa_Carbon_Dioxide.png  |   | |   | |   |   |   |   |   | | | |

[geo] Forum featuring Andy Parker and Jim Thomas -- Is Climate Engineering Worthy of Consideration?

Dear all -- The Washington Geoengineering Consortium posted, yesterday, an interesting exchange between Andy Parker (IASS-Potsdam) and Jim Thomas (ETC Group). Here's the link: http://dcgeoconsortium.org/2014/12/10/forum-exchange-is-climate-engineering-worthy-of-consideration/ Full text copied

[geo] Opporties @ Harvard

I am growing my research group at Harvard. Here are a few opportunities that might interest people on this list: Opportunities 1. The Harvard Center for the Environment has a great fellowship program for post-docs. It’s a high-pro

[geo] NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) - Soot and Sulfuric Acid from Aircraft: Is There Enough to Cause Detrimental Environmental E-kCTSs?

Poster's note : this is an old paper, but still interesting. As far as I can tell, it involved combustion injection, not direct condensation http://nix.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20070003482&qs=N%3D4294966753%2B4294724624%26No%3D10 Soot and Sulfuric Acid from Aircraft: Is There Enough to Cause Detrime