[geo] Re: TERRA FUTURA 2013: INTERVIEW WITH VANDANA SHIVA ABOUT GEOENGINEERING | NoGeoingegneria

2013-10-29 Thread Brian Cartwright
To Ron, I will just insert a few things *like so *to clarify what I think: On Monday, October 28, 2013 8:07:27 PM UTC-4, Ron wrote: Brian and list: See inserts below. Re the first sentence below on Dr. Shiva, see a message I just sent. I go further than you about “rhetorically

[geo] (No Venus?) Fast Atmosphere–ocean Model Runs with Large Changes in CO2 - Russell - GRL

2013-10-29 Thread Andrew Lockley
Poster's note - One argument for geoengineering readiness is the risk of a climate runaway. The classic runaway case is that of Venus, which goes 'to infinity and beyond' (Lightyear, 1995). Hansen, as I recall, has argued that this is feasible on earth as a result of AGW. The model run below

[geo] Robock and Kravitz on Use of Models, Analogs and Field-tests for Geoengineering Research

2013-10-29 Thread Geoengineering Our Climate (eds. Blackstock, Miller and Rayner)
Dear colleagues, For the Geoengineering Our Climate? working paper series, Alan Robock (Rutgers) and Ben Kravitz (PNNL) have written an opinion article *Use of Models, Analogs and Field-tests for Geoengineering Research*. Below is an excerpt from the introduction (in lieu of an abstract):

Re: [geo] A Case for Climate Engineering

2013-10-29 Thread Andrew Revkin
we need to do a chat for dot earth when you have time (google+ hangout?). i have book and started to go through it. will take til next week to get it done given flow of other stuff. On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 8:55 AM, David Keith davidkeit...@gmail.com wrote: My book *A Case for Climate

Re: [geo] Robock and Kravitz on Use of Models, Analogs and Field-tests for Geoengineering Research

2013-10-29 Thread Ken Caldeira
Sorry, didn't see footnote [1]: *[1]http://geoengineeringourclimate.com/2013/10/29/use-of-models-analogs-and-field-tests-for-geoengineering-research/#_ftnref1 In this paper we only address solar radiation management and use the term “geoengineering” to specifically refer to those sets of

[geo] Geoengineering: Opportunity or folly? | Harvard Gazette

2013-10-29 Thread Andrew Lockley
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/10/geoengineering-opportunity-or-folly/ Geoengineering: Opportunity or folly? | Harvard Gazette By Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer The technology to shield Earth from sunrays and cut the harmful warming expected in the coming decades is so cheap and