Focus on geoengineering
Research, ethics, opinion and more
Opinion
Testing times for geoengineering
Feb 8, 2010
Solar-radiation measurement techniques would be impossible to trial on small scale, say scientists
Engineering the climate
Sep 2, 2009
Peter Cox and Hazel Jeffery call for the taboo on geoengineering to be lifted.
AGU meeting looks for answers
Dec 14, 2007
Arctic sea ice, climate tipping points and geoengineering were just a few of the themes under scrutiny in San Francisco.
Is geoengineering the "Lesser Evil"?
Apr 18, 2007 6 comments
We should offer future generations more options than geoengineering, and perhaps even compensation, says Steve Gardiner.
News
Carbon scrubbing: in it for the long haul?
Jul 5, 2010
Removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide leads to increased emissions from ocean and land
EGU: will geoengineering research be stifled?
May 4, 2010
Field could suffer constraints similar to those imposed by medical ethics
Geoengineering divides scientists
Feb 24, 2010 2 comments
Testing, domoic acid poisoning and public response prove problematic issues
Saving Greenland's ice by geoengineering
Dec 15, 2009
Ice-sheet model reveals need for injection of fewer sulphate particles into the stratosphere than temperature projections alone imply
Of mongooses and men: why aerosol geoengineering could prove risky
Oct 30, 2009 1 comment
Comparison of climate engineering schemes to introductions of alien predators to keep pest levels down highlights the danger of unforeseen consequences
Could geoengineering affect the global water cycle?
Oct 5, 2009
Strategies that cut solar radiation could also reduce rainfall, say researchers.
UK’s Royal Society: geoengineering could be necessary
Sep 2, 2009
Carbon-dioxide capture from air is preferred solution but cost-effective methods not yet demonstrated, says report
Environmental Research Letters
ERL Focus Issue contents
Modification of cirrus clouds to reduce global warming
David L Mitchell and William Finnegan
Climate engineering and the risk of rapid climate change
Andrew Ross and H Damon Matthews
Researching geoengineering: should not or could not?
Martin Bunzl
Of mongooses and mitigation: ecological analogues to geoengineering
H Damon Matthews and Sarah E Turner
Toward ethical norms and institutions for climate engineering research
David R Morrow, Robert E Kopp, and Michael Oppenheimer
On the possible use of geoengineering to moderate specific climate change impacts
Michael C MacCracken
Blog
Geoengineering – a last-minute response to climate change?
Sep 19, 2009
Geoengineering is a pretty inelegant “end of pipe” approach that is best seen as an ancillary option, says Dave Elliott.
The dangerous vagary in ‘geoengineering’
Sep 3, 2009
The term is too broad and could confuse, argues James Dacey.
AGU meeting: to geoengineer or not to geoengineer?
Dec 19, 2008
From sulphate aerosols to cloud modification, submissions to this AGU session were double those the year before.