geoengineering

With such a catalogue of potential disasters waiting to unfold, there must be a law against geoengineering?

Like the biotechnology of the 1970s, geoengineering cannot be treated just as science-as-usual.

There is no doubt that global warming is a clear and present danger, and geoengineering may be part of the solution to that problem.

To see whether any form of geoengineering could work, though, small-scale experiments need to be carried out.

Proponents say geoengineering should at least be considered, if only as a last-ditch tactic.

But the world is neither scientifically nor politically ready to consider such geoengineering.

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Second, once started, geoengineering would probably have to be continued, as stopping could bring an abrupt change in climate.

Other scientists worry about potential drought and other unforeseen consequences of such a bold and brazen act of geoengineering.

This is one of the reasons why most in the geoengineering field reject the notion that the "incredible economics" offer a real bargain.

Those who prefer their decisions to be based on evidence should probably wait a bit before casting their vote on geoengineering.

But it was the Pinatubo eruption that provided a modern-day example of geoengineering's potential.

One of the dictionary definitions of hubris cites Edward Teller (the godfather of modern geoengineering).

With geoengineering the dangers are more likely to be caused by large-scale deployment than by any individual scientific experiment.

The technical, environmental, political and moral pros and cons of such "geoengineering" have been widely discussed since.

Of all the apparent obstacles to geoengineering, cost is not likely to be among them.

The meeting is organized by the Climate Response Fund, a nonprofit supporter of geoengineering research.

He says large-scale unilateral geoengineering is "not very plausible" and his main concern is fairness to future generations.

Unseasonal snowfall in Beijing, which scientists claim is the result of their geoengineering, November 2009.

But that strength is also a reflection of the fact that many scientists now take the idea of geoengineering seriously.

Colby College historian of science and technology James Fleming says geoengineering raises an important question of governance.

For many of those promoting the idea of the Anthropocene, further geoengineering may now be in order, this time on the carbon front.

Later this month, scientists and policy experts will meet in Asilomar, California to discuss geoengineering risks and regulation.

Other fields of research are being drawn, blinking, into the light by geoengineering's new-found popularity.

One of the biggest dangers is that some governments will try to create a taboo against geoengineering.

We must ensure that any geoengineering research is conducted in a transparent, responsible and environmentally safe manner.

Such deliberate efforts to modify the climate to reverse global warming are called "geoengineering" .

SAI and marine cloud-whitening are just two of many possible geoengineering projects.

Modern climate scientists, by contrast, usually see geoengineering research as niche, if not fringe, stuff.

Geoengineering would require investment and the private sector is already eyeing up opportunities.

Geoengineering's growth spurt will need to be matched by some grown-up questioning.

From mimicking a volcanic eruption to mirrors in space, some geoengineering schemes are pretty far out there.

The Royal Society warns that geoengineering is decades away from fruition.

Unilateral geoengineering worries experts for two reasons.

For the most part he gives short shrift to geoengineering methods to intervene in the climate directly.

he provided space for discussions of geoengineering schemes for cooling the planet.

It was paid for by the Discovery Channel for their show on geoengineering.

But there's this little problem with geoengineering.

An example of the former could be geoengineering.

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We don't have anything that can do anything [about] climate change fast except for geoengineering.

Logic points to a big risk of unilateral geoengineering.

Robock's new analysis still includes 17 reasons why geoengineering is a bad idea.

The harm done by stopping geoengineering experiments is that the good which might come from them will never be known.

Andy Ridgwell and colleagues at the University of Bristol in England have another idea, one they call bio-geoengineering.

In fact, geoengineering and action on short-lived forcings have a lot in common.

The results have forced Robock to revise a high-profile list of 20 objections to geoengineering he published last year.

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