Re: [geo] Case Study by Holly Buck on Haida Gwaii OIF demonstration

2014-01-14 Thread Ronal W. Larson
List with ccs 1. Thanks to Sean for the alert of a paper I think is important. Important on two grounds - the Haida/OIF controversy (I am not qualified to discuss, but think we have not heard enough) and the use of the term “Geoengineering” (where I have been regularly commenting and

[geo] Re: Yale blog on SRM

2014-01-14 Thread Michael Hayes
Hi Folks, This type of coverage seems to ignore all other GE concepts which are not as nearly as controversial. Clearly and understandably, the media looks for *the most controversial *of all the concepts which can be deployed. Keith, and most close observers of sulfur injection, understands

[geo] Polar Ice Melting Prompts US Military To Protect New Waterways

2014-01-14 Thread French, Bruce
US Military Responds To Arctic Ocean Melting: Polar Ice Melting Prompts US Military To Protect New Waterways [Maps] By David Kashi http://www.ibtimes.com/reporters/david-kashi on January 13 2014 11:07 AM

Re: [geo] Polar Ice Melting Prompts US Military To Protect New Waterways

2014-01-14 Thread Ronal W. Larson
Bruce and list My impression(quick skim only) is that the May White House document http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/nat_arctic_strategy.pdf doesn’t say anything definitive. True? Ron On Jan 14, 2014, at 2:08 PM, French, Bruce bruce.fre...@yorkrsg.com wrote: US

Re: [geo] Meanwhile: 'Irreversible' Melting Threatens 'Considerable Increase' to Sea Level Rise

2014-01-14 Thread Ronal W. Larson
Greg etal Because this paper is behind a paywall, I can barely glean from their figures that they may be looking at a fifty year time horizon. Did they look at all at either SRM or CDR when using the term “irreversibility? (quotes in the original - why?) Ron On Jan 14, 2014, at 12:43

Re: [geo] Meanwhile: 'Irreversible' Melting Threatens 'Considerable Increase' to Sea Level Rise

2014-01-14 Thread Ronal W. Larson
Keith etal (adding in John Nissen and Peter Flynn ) 1. Most interesting. I own a solar thermal system with the same heat pipe theory at work - and would have never carried it over to your Pine Island example. This to answer your first question on my part. Thanks. 2. Adding John and