Potential economic benefits of reversing rising temperatures would benefit developing countries greatly, representing a global GDP growth of 200% University of California – San Diego New research from the University…
Category: Geoengineering
Rock-solid climate solutions: Negative emissions technology
Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions funds $1.5 million research project University of Victoria A team of international researchers plan to turn the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into rock by permanently…
“UN hosts drive to suck”… I thought it already did? (Stupid geoengineering tricks.)
Guest Grauniad & UN-bashing by David Middleton UN hosts drive to suck back carbon and reverse climate changeNew York forum aims to ‘restore’ the climate by reducing atmospheric levels of…
Climate Scientists Look to Poor Countries to Fund Geoengineering
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Climate scientists are hoping the leaders of poor countries desperate to stop their people suffering climate hardship will fund their stratospheric sulphate injection experiments. Rich…
Elon Musk Wants to Nuke Mars to Trigger Global Warming
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Would you trust Musk with hundreds of H-bombs? Elon Musk Wants to ‘Nuke Mars’ for Humans to Live—But There Is One Problem By Sissi Cao • 08/16/19 12:17pm…
Geoengineering vs. volcanic activity for a cooler climate
[More crazy talk from Carnegie Institute’s Ken Caldiera… Anthony] Washington, DC– Major volcanic eruptions spew ash particles into the atmosphere, which reflect some of the Sun’s radiation back into space…
Climate Geoengineering Prizewinner: Refreeze the Arctic with a Big Mobile Submarine
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Seems obvious right? The ice is melting, so build a series of big mobile freezer boats to produce new blocks of ice. Iceberg-making submarine aims…
U.S. Blocks U.N. Resolution on Geoengineering
According to this article in Scientific American The United States joined Saudi Arabia to derail a U.N. resolution that sought to improve the world’s understanding of potential efforts to lace…
Climate Action World War III++?
User Peter L writes: Some groups taking “climate action” into their own hands, be they activists or governments, could lead to a war and potentially a world war as others…
Geo-engineering: Ignoring the consequences
Governments charge ahead on engineering Earth’s climate, ignoring possible harmful effects Tim Ball and Tom Harris The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report said we have only 12…
Could an anti-global warming atmospheric spraying program really work?
What could possibly go wrong~ctm From Eurekalert Public Release: 22-Nov-2018 IOP Publishing A program to reduce Earth’s heat capture by injecting aerosols into the atmosphere from high-altitude aircraft is possible,…
Study: Geoengineering, other technologies won’t solve climate woes
Solutions such as geoengineering will not make enough of a difference. By Steinar Brandslet The countries of the world still need to cut their carbon dioxide emissions to reach the…
Claim: Climate Geo-engineering Might Exacerbate Malaria
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Geo-engineering is worse than we thought. Not only would geo-engineering depress crop yields by starving plants of sunlight, it now looks likely any serious attempt…
Proposal: Geo-engineered glacier control to limit sea level rise
From the European Geosciences Union and the “we can stop that glacier in its tracks, cold. Trust us.” department comes this wacky geoengineering idea. I think these folks don’t understand…
Climate Geoengineering Oops: Injecting Sulphates Into the Stratosphere To Reflect Sunlight Would Starve Crops of Sunlight
Guest essay by Eric Worrall I guess we should be grateful that this time someone noticed the problems BEFORE creating another climate policy driven global food shortage. Dimming sunlight to…
Latest nutty Geoengineering idea: Salt the atmosphere
An idea so bad, even Michael Mann realizes it’s a stinker. Sprinkling large amounts of salt into the atmosphere could stave off climate change, a group of researchers has proposed.…
Geoengineering Lunacy – Sea Walls and Volcano Bases for Polar Geoengineering
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Scientists have proposed pumping brine to refrigerate the bases of glaciers from a nearby volcano lair, and vast Arctic and Antarctic seawalls to prevent warm…
Study: Spreading Crushed Volcanic Rock Would Curb Anthropogenic CO2
Guest essay by Eric Worrall A new study suggests spreading crushed volcanic rock across the world’s farmland would absorb enough CO2 to curb global warming, so long as a cost…
Claim: Deep Fat Friers Are Cooling the Planet
Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to British researchers, droplets of oil from deep fat friers are measurably contributing to a vast, cooling cloud over big cities, helping to mitigate…
Study: Artificially cooling the planet is a ‘risky strategy’ – may create worse storms
From the UNIVERSITY OF EXETER Proposals to reduce the effects of global warming by imitating volcanic eruptions could have a devastating effect on global regions prone to either tumultuous storms or…
Luxury Maine Geoengineering Climate Conference
Guest essay by Eric Worrall One hundred scientists gathered late last month in a luxury ski resort in Maine to discuss Geoengineering. To Stop Global Warming, Should Humanity Dim the…
Could spraying particles into marine clouds help cool the planet?
From Eurekalert Public Release: 25-Jul-2017 University of Washington The idea of geoengineering, also known as climate engineering, is very controversial. But as greenhouse gases continue to accumulate in our atmosphere,…
New save the planet scheme: 'cocktail geoengineering'
Could ‘cocktail geoengineering’ save the climate? From the CARNEGIE INSTITUTION FOR SCIENCE Geoengineering is a catch-all term that refers to various theoretical ideas for altering Earth’s energy balance to combat…
Limestone Dust: The Latest Climate Geoengineering Favourite
Guest essay by Eric Worrall A US study has suggested hurling crushed limestone into the stratosphere to halt global warming, on the grounds that it would do less damage than…
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