[geo] Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation - Moriarty, Honnery

Poster's note : contains a few dozen references to geoengineering. Preview text available on link. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JPdsIh4jJSoC=PA198=Rise+and+Fall+of+the+Carbon+Civilisation=en=X_esc=y#v=onepage=geoengineering=false Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation: Resolving Global

[geo] 6% of global grain for biofuels

Poster's note : relevant to BECCS and land use change CDR strategies http://www.renewablesinternational.net/6-of-global-grain-for-biofuels/150/453/89553/ Biomass 6% of global grain for biofuels German renewable energy agency AEE argues that there is a lot of leeway for energy crops. But only if

[geo] It's time to look seriously at sucking CO2 out of the atmosphere - Vox

http://www.vox.com/2015/7/13/8949701/carbon-removal ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT It's time to look seriously at sucking CO2 out of the atmosphere Updated by Brad Plumer on July 13, 2015, 2:10 p.m. ET @bradplumer b...@vox.com If you ask climate modelers how humanity can avoid severe global warming —

Re: [geo] Could we slow the flow in the Drake passage to reduce the circumpolar current and winds around Anctartica? And what would the effect be?

Hi Brian, I believe the ice is thickening over most of Antarctica, as ozone (a powerful greenhouse gas) is reduced in the "ozone hole", cooling the region and creating a strong vortex. Sea ice is growing. The opposite is happening in the Arctic, with rapid warming, sea ice retreating, and