[geo] Solar Geoengineering and International Affairs: An Introduction

http://wcfia.harvard.edu/event/solar-geoengineering-seminar-9-13-16 Solar Geoengineering Seminar Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2016, 4:00pm to 7:00pm Location: CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Belfer Case Study Room (S020) "Solar Geoengineering and International Affairs: An Introduc

RE: [geo] Scientists Focused on Geoengineering Challenge the Inevitability of Multi-Millennial Global Warming

Greg, Very glad to see your invocation of “natural CDR”, and the figure of 50% of anthro emissions from air. I attempted to synthesize some of the science findings on the component of natural CDR contributed by tropical forests in a report for Prince Charles’ International Sustainability Unit,

[geo] Consideration of land use change-induced surface albedo effects in life-cycle analysis of biofuels - Energy & Environmental Science (RSC Publishing)

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/ee/c6ee01728b#!div Consideration of land use change-induced surface albedo effects in life-cycle analysis of biofuels H. Cai, J. Wang, Y. Feng, M. Wang, Z. Qin and J. B. Dunn Energy Environ. Sci., 2016,9, 2855-2867 DOI: 10.1039/C6EE01728B Abstr

Re: [geo] Scientists Focused on Geoengineering Challenge the Inevitability of Multi-Millennial Global Warming

Thanks Bernard.  Am all for restoring ecosystems to their former grandeur (e.g., REDD+), but even if this could be perfectly and globally done 1) how much would this change the growth and residence time of CO2 in air with an extra 40GT/yr being emitted by humans and 2) where would 7.4x10^9 peopl