[geo] Re: Deich recap on Oxford GGR conf

2015-10-24 Thread Brian Cartwright
To the geoengineering group, What are the ramifications of calling for "carbon removal"? I think the issue is more than semantic hair-splitting. I addressed this by responding a month ago to Noah Deich's article analogizing carbon to trash:

Re: [geo] Creating corals that can survive climate change (off topic?)

2015-10-24 Thread Fred Zimmerman
It becomes more problematic if we think about the precedent of selecting for super resilient individuals of every species ... ᐧ On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 1:37 AM, Greg Rau wrote: > Thinly disguised GMO? How did this evade ETC's and CBD's super sensitive > radar? > Greg > > >

[geo] Re: Flooding the Sahara to alleviate sea rise?

2015-10-24 Thread Brian Cady
http://hopefulvision.blogspot.com/2011/07/could-seawater-flooded-deserts-help-re.html Here's a glance at the Sahara flooding concept, with some math and implications. Brian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe

Re: [geo] Evidence for deep-ocean frozen methane release VERY bad news?

2015-10-24 Thread Fred Zimmerman
Hi John, Just to be clear, I'm in favor of research, investigation, and action. But don't think that it's sufficiently persuasive to say to policy makers "by the time concentrations are rising rapidly, it will be too late." That simply will not be enough to trigger the drastic immediate action

[geo] Structural and biophysical characterization of the -carbonic anhydrase from the gammaproteobacteriumThiomicrospira crunogena XCL-2: insights into engineering thermostable enzymes for CO2 sequest

2015-10-24 Thread Andrew Lockley
Poster's note : Relevant to DAC. Received much media coverage. EG Science Daily at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151022141716.htm, http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1399004715012183 Acta Cryst. (2015). D71, 1745-1756 doi:10.1107/S1399004715012183 BUY ARTICLE Structural and