[geo] Heterogeneous ice nucleation ability of crystalline NaCl dihydrate particles - Wagner - 2013 - JGR Atmospheres - Wiley

2013-07-10 Thread Andrew Lockley
Poster's note : of particular relevance to marine cloud brightening http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jgrd.50325/abstract Keywords: heterogeneous ice nucleation;sodium chloride dihydrate;sea salt aerosol Abstract The aerosol and cloud chamber AIDA (Aerosol Interactions and Dynamics in

[geo] ACP - Abstract - Depositional ice nucleation onto crystalline hydrated NaCl particles: a new mechanism for ice formation in the troposphere

2013-07-10 Thread Andrew Lockley
Poster's note : may be relevant to marine cloud brightening and cirrus stripping geoengineering techniques http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/12/1121/2012/acp-12-1121-2012.html Abstract Sea-salt aerosol (SSA) particles are ubiquitous in the marine boundary layer and over coastal areas. Therefore SSA

Re: [geo] Artificial Photosynthesis – The Future of Carbon Dioxide Removal?

2013-07-10 Thread Oliver Tickell
Why the concern over removing carbon dioxide? The important thing about such technology is that it produces hydrogen directly, which can in turn be stored and used to generate electricity or propel vehicles in its own right, or used as feedstock for methane or ammonia production. In this way

[geo] Re: Oli Morton with Opinion Article on "Nitrogen Geoengineering"

2013-07-10 Thread O Morton
David (and also Andrew),-- if you look at "Morton's reasoning" as expressed in the text, you'll find that I don't agree. The technology required for the industrial takeover of the nitrogen cycle did not appear through an unguided process of innovation, nor was it deployed that way; the foresigh

Re: [geo] Re: Oli Morton with Opinion Article on "Nitrogen Geoengineering"

2013-07-10 Thread Andrew Lockley
I maintain that development of techniques for fire clearance, and axes for deforestation would fit your definition. I doubt very much that aboriginal hunters in Australia or southern European farmers lacked the intent to clear land, nor that they only used pre existing technology. It was clearly d

[geo] FB group: summer schools on climate geoengineering

2013-07-10 Thread Fred Zimmerman
For those interested in networking prior to the Harvard geoengineering session, or for those who have attended summer schools in the past or may attend in the future, Hollie Roberts at Harvard recommends this group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/214837068555382/ --- Fred Zimmerman Geoengineer

Re: [geo] Re: Oli Morton with Opinion Article on "Nitrogen Geoengineering"

2013-07-10 Thread Fred Zimmerman
Isn't Oliver's definition: was developed purposefully i*n response to a threat*, which, *while not obvious in everyday life, had been identified by the scientific elite.*Like climate change today *, that threat was seen as being of global significance* and* to have no easily attainable political s

[geo] Effects of stratospheric sulfate aerosol geo-engineering on cirrus clouds - Kuebbeler - 2012 - GRL - Wiley, open access

2013-07-10 Thread Andrew Lockley
Poster's note : important paper, shows we may need much more aerosol than predicted. However, this isn't directly compared to other estimates in the paper. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2012GL053797/full Keywords aerosol effects;cirrus clouds;geo-engineeringJump to… Abstract [1] C

[geo] Re: Oli Morton with Opinion Article on "Nitrogen Geoengineering"

2013-07-10 Thread David Lewis
I wonder why it should matter who identified the problem or who thought of the solution, i.e. a member or members of the scientific elite. Why should it matter whether the perceived problem is obvious to the person on the street? And whether the proposed solution or any solution other than the

[geo] Re: The governonsense of climate engineering

2013-07-10 Thread Michael Hayes
Hi Folks, If the need for a formalized and science backed GE advocacy is left un-answered much longer, it may simply take GE off the table completely. ETC pulls in over $1M of donations per year on this one issue and its staff of journalist are well aware of the value in selling hype to those

[geo] Re: Oli Morton with Opinion Article on "Nitrogen Geoengineering"

2013-07-10 Thread O Morton
@ Andrew -- There is a continuum here, but i would distinguish "large-scale" and "global", and note that global effects of clearance on climate (as opposed to homogocene issues) not large, or even necessarily noticeable @ Fred -- method might be nice -- but read Crookes, the key document here,