You can’t fix the Earth with these geoengineering proposals, but you can sure make it worse. by Raymond T. Pierrehumbert (Slate) Some years ago, in the question-and-answer session after a lecture at the American Geophysical Union, I described certain geoengineering...
Why we shouldn’t fund geoengineering experimentation, and what we still need to learn about the climate by Pat Mooney (ETC Group) The US National Academy of Sciences has released two reports on geoengineering that recommend investments in solar radiation management...
by Blaž Gasparini and Prof. Ulrike Lohmann Geoengineering research has so far been confined to modelling and laboratory studies. Serious research outside of these limits has been a taboo because of the serious risks this may pose for ecosystems and society. However,...
by Erik van Sebille and Katelijn Van Hende Some people might argue that the greatest moral challenge of our time is serious enough to justify deliberately tampering with our climate to stave off the damaging effects of global warming. Geoengineering, or “climate...
But ‘geoengineers’ say urgent nature of climate change means research must continue into controversial technology to combat rising temperatures This was originally published by the Guardian by Damian Carrington Fighting global warming by reflecting sunlight back into...
What’s missing from David Keith’s climate change charm offensive by Jim Thomas This article was originally published by the Media Co-op. Last Sunday, CBC listeners across Canada enjoyed their morning coffee and took care of a few chores around the house while the...
by Duncan E.J. Currie LL.B. (Hons) LL.M. This briefing outlines the principal decisions and resolutions of the Convention on Biological Diversity and London Convention/Protocol relating to ocean fertilization in the context of the Haida Salmon Restoration...
Balloon-based ‘test bed’ for climate-change mitigation abandoned. by Daniel Cressey (Nature) A field trial for a novel UK geoengineering experiment has been cancelled amid questions about a pre-existing patent application for some of the technology involved. The...
by Sarah Fecht (Scientific American) Controversial tests of geoengineering hardware, initially set to start in October, have been delayed. The British government agency that provides funding to the project issued the delay on September 29, in order “to allow time for...
by Geoffrey Brumfiel (Nature) A British experiment to test technologies that could one day be used to manage the climate has been put on hold, in part due to the objections of environmental groups. The Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering (SPICE)...
No SPICE in our skies, say environmental justice groups (ETC Group/Econexus) Over 50 concerned groups from around the world are calling on people to sign an open letter (here) asking the UK Government and Research Councils to scrap the controversial SPICE experiment...
by John Vidal The alert on the Climate Ark website in January 2009 was marked urgent: "Take action: A rogue science ship is poised to carry out risky experimental fertilisation of the Southern Ocean. This is likely [to be] the first of many coming attempts to begin...