[GPSCC-chat] Geoengineering articles

[Gerry Gras]

FYI,

The National Academy of Sciences has come out with two
reports on geoengineering:
http://nas-sites.org/americasclimatechoices/public-release-event-climate-intervention-reports/

"Climate Intervention Is Not a Replacement for Reducing Carbon Emissions;
Proposed Intervention Techniques Not Ready for Wide-Scale Deployment"
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=02102015

"Climate Intervention: Carbon Dioxide Removal and Reliable Sequestration"
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/18805/climate-intervention-carbon-dioxide-removal-and-reliable-sequestration

"Climate Intervention: Reflecting Sunlight to Cool the Earth"
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/18988/climate-intervention-reflecting-sunlight-to-cool-earth

After a quick look a those two reports and some analyses
of the reports, it appears they are mixed about CCS
(carbon capture and sequestration) and generally negative
about SRM (solar radiation management).

"In Geoengineering Study, Science Academy Sees Merit in CO2 Removal,
Risk in Reflecting Sunlight"
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/10/in-geoengineering-study-science-academy-sees-merit-in-co2-removal-risk-in-reflecting-sunlight/

"Panel Urges Research on Geoengineering as a Tool Against Climate Change"
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/11/science/panel-urges-more-research-on-geoengineering-as-a-tool-against-climate-change.html

"Geoengineering and the folly of playing God with the planet"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/02/10/geoengineering-and-the-folly-of-playing-god-with-the-planet/

"Geoengineering: The Bad Idea We Need to Stop Climate Change"
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-10/geoengineering-the-bad-idea-we-need-to-stop-climate-change

"Climate geoengineering schemes come under fire"
http://www.nature.com/news/climate-geoengineering-schemes-come-under-fire-1.16887

"Is geoengineering a bad idea?"
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/11/is-geoengineering-a-bad-idea-climate-change

"Anti-‘Geoengineering’ National Academy Report Opposes ‘Climate-Altering 
Deployment’"
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/02/10/3621142/national-academy-rejects-geoengineering/

"Geoengineering Could Worsen Climate Change"
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/geoengineering_could_worsen_climate_change_20141129

[and many more by searching for news items about geoengineering]

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This article is dated a few days ago (2/6) and does
not refer to the NAS reports:
"Why Geoengineering Is ‘Untested and Untestable’"
by Naomi Klein
http://www.thenation.com/article/197353/why-geoengineering-untested-and-untestable

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This report coincidentally came out today, but
apparently is unrelated to the NAS reports:
"Learning About Geoengineering Spurs More Agreement
on Climate, Study Says"
(Apparently some people are more open minded about climate
change after hearing about some geoengineering possibilities.)

Gerry