From the VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND, a paper that suggests Dr. Judith Curry’s view of the “uncertainty monster” was right all along. Uncertainties related to climate engineering limit its…
Category: Geoengineering
Ecosystem Translocation: The latest Climate Engineering Brainstorm
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Stéphane Boyer, senior lecturer at UNITEC Institute of Technology is worried that plants and animals can’t move fast enough to survive climate change. His solution:…
Latest Green Idea: Pouring Millions of Tons of Bubble Mix into the Sea
Guest essay by Eric Worrall A new study suggests that large ocean going ships could help reduce global warming, by pouring surfactants into their wake, to extend the life of…
#AGU15 Accidental Geoengineering? Airline traffic may help create an icy haze that’s brightening U.S. skies
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA —The data just didn’t seem to make sense. That’s often the story right before scientists make a leap in understanding. In this case, scientists had some evidence…
National Academy of Science demands equal access to the climate trough for geoengineering
“…the time has come to look at options for a planetary-scale intervention…” Guest essay by Eric Worrall The National Academy of Science has demanded that scientists from disciplines other than…
Nutty claim: Advent of geoengineering may help lower temperature of debate over climate change
From Yale University and the “we had to burn the village to save it” department: Geoengineering, an emerging technology aimed at counteracting the effects of human-caused climate change, also has…
Study: Climate engineering can't erase climate change
The idea that climate engineering can’t really do anything is well founded, the idea that we MUST do something, not so much. This looks like another press release timed to…
Study: 'Climate Engineering': minor potential to reduce warming, major side effects
GEOMAR researchers show limitations and side effects of large-scale climate intervention With global greenhouse gas emissions continuing to increase proposals to limit the effects of climate change through the large-scale…
Yes, but what about all that extra UHI that water vapor will cause?
Not to mention the water pollution…from Springer Select: To curb China’s haze and air pollution, use water New geoengineering research suggests pollution-control measures inspired by watering a garden A new…
Hacking (or quacking) the planet with geoengineering
Hack the planet? Geoengineering research, ethics, governance explored by Hannah Hickey Hacking the Earth’s climate to counteract global warming – a subject that elicits strong reactions from both sides –…
Geoengineering approaches to reduce climate change unlikely to succeed
From the EGU: Heavy rainfall events can be more common in a warmer world (Credit: Annett Junginger, distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu) Reducing the amount of sunlight reaching the planet’s surface by…
National Laboratory pans ocean carbon sequestration scheme
Questions rise about seeding for ocean C02 sequestration – Argonne National Laboratory LEMONT, Ill – A new study on the feeding habits of ocean microbes calls into question the potential…
Another geoengineering idea – gaming coalition modeled
From the Carnegie Institution comes a nutty consensus type idea, modeled in game-theory, implemented by an equally nutty future coalition. Law of unintended consequences anyone? Geoengineering by coalition Washington, D.C.—Solar…
Another nutty geoengineering idea – Olivine dust
From the Institute of Physics Researchers analyse ‘rock dissolving’ method of geoengineering The benefits and side effects of dissolving particles in our ocean’s surfaces to increase the marine uptake of…
Sunshade geoengineering people apparently have been in the midday sun too long
From the Carnegie Institution , not just aerosol injections, but effective aersol injections. Law of unintended consequences be damned. Improving effectiveness of solar geoengineering Washington, D.C.— Solar radiation management is…
Climate Craziness of the Week – Environmentalist ignores international moratoriums, dumps in the ocean
From the Toronto Star, an example of holier than thou environmentalism in the name of carbon sequestration. Environmental controversy erupts on Canada’s Pacific coast Raveena Aulakh Environment reporter The Pacific…
Geoengineering: 'computer-based virtual worlds' tell us how much sunblock Earth needs
From the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Earth sunblock only needed if planet warms easily Planet’s sensitivity to greenhouse gases will determine how much shading could be needed to slow temperature…
Ship sprayed seawater cloud making V2.0
Willis covered this before on WUWT, with Every Silver Lining Has A Cloud. Its baaaack. Figure 1. Artist’s conception of cloud-making ships. Of course, the first storm would flip this over…
Green revolt against geoengineering – letter to Pachauri
WUWT readers may recall this story on geoengineering on WUWT that referred to at the time as “batshit crazy“. It seems others in the green community agree. This Open letter…
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