Geoengineering: Can it help our planet keep its cool?
Further reading
August 2010
The Science of Climate Change: Question and Answers
A document summarising the current understanding of climate change science for non-specialist readers.
October-December 2008, pages 15-16
Scientists taking a stand against ocean fertilisation with urea (Patricia M. Glibert)
An interview covering proposed ocean fertilisation using urea and scientific concerns about the technology.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
May/June 2008, pages 14-18
20 reasons why geoengineering may be a bad idea (by Alan Robock)
Describes 20 possible negative consequences of geoengineering schemes.
10 December 2009
Plan B: Geo-engineering for a warming world (Agence France-Presse)
Summarises the pros and cons of nine geoengineering schemes.
2 September 2009
Risky schemes: Last hope for cooling planet (Agence France-Presse)
Highlights the findings of The Royal Society report on geoengineering.
29 January 2009
Ocean fertilisation no good for storing carbon (Agence France-Presse)
Highlights the findings of The Royal Society report on geoengineering.
8 December 2008
Seven wacky ways to battle global warming (by Liz Williams)
Briefly describes seven proposed geoengineering techniques.
6 August 2008
Cleaning up CO2 with a twist of lime (by Brooke Borel)
Examines a proposal to add lime to seawater to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide and ocean acidification.
25 April 2008
Climate quick fix could destroy ozone layer (by Brooke Borel)
Suggests that injection of sulfates into the atmosphere could thin the ozone layer.
19 September 2006
Fake volcanoes could combat global warming (by Erica Harrison)
Describes a proposal to inject sulfates into the atmosphere to offset global warming.
No. 147, 2009, pages 14-17
Our options for global CO2 drawdow(by Rachel Sullivan)
Evaluates ways to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere from an Australian perspective.
No. 155, 2010, pages 22-24.
In case of an emergency: Climate Intervention Technology?(by Pearman, G.I, Lenton, A. and Cook, G.)
Summarises the purpose and outcomes of the Asilomar Conference on geoengineering.
23 August 2010, (online news)
Geoengineering won’t curb sea-level rise (by Richard Lovett)
Reports on a study that suggests geoengineering won’t stop sea-level rise.
23 August 2010, pages 426-427
Research on global sun block needed now (by David W. Keith, Edward Parson and M. Granger Morgan)
Suggests that research is needed to understand the risks of geoengineering schemes and to enable their control at an international level.
18 July 2010, (online news)
Geoengineering can’t please everyone (by Richard Lovett)
Reports on a modelling study that suggests geoengineering success would vary by region.
3 September 2009, page 19
Climate-control plans scrutinise (by Geoff Brumfiel)
Summarises The Royal Society report on geoengineering, with a brief overview of geoengineering schemes and their potential side effects.
23 August 2009, pages 1097-1100
Great white hope
Focuses on cloud whitening as way to prevent further global warming.
10 May 2007, pages 132-136
Climate change: Is this what it takes to save the world? (by Oliver Morton)
Covers changing attitudes to geoengineering, with a focus on solar radiation management.
November 2008, pages 722-724
Ranking geo-engineering schemes (by Philip W. Boyd)
Calls for evaluation of geoengineering schemes and provides a comparison of five technologies in terms of efficacy, risk, rapidity and cost.
August 2007, pages 34-35
Risky business: Altering the atmosphere (by Hannah Hoag)
Covers some of the risks associated with geoengineering.
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5 September 2009, page 10
Top science body calls for geoengineering 'plan B' (by Catherine Brahic)
Announces The Royal Society report on geoengineering and the changing attitudes towards geoengineering research.
25 April 2009, page 17
Geoengineering could dim lights on solar power (by Oliver Morton)
Highlights potential losses to solar power systems as a result of solar radiation management.
14 June 2008, page 7
Ocean seeding fails the acid test (by Michael Reilly)
Reports that ocean fertilisation could increase levels of a toxic acid.
21 July 2007, pages 42-45
A sunshade for the planet (by David L. Chandler)
Explains different proposals to block incoming radiation from the sun.
25 June 2007
Company plans 'eco' iron dump off Galapagos (by Catherine Brahic)
Reports on a company’s plan to fertilise the ocean with iron to trigger a plankton bloom.
This magazine from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA features a six part series on iron fertilization.
13 November, 2007
Fertilizing the Ocean with Iron(by Hugh Powell)
Discusses some of the legal, ethical and practical issues associated with proposals to add iron to the sea.
7 January, 2008
Will Ocean Iron Fertilization work?(by Hugh Powell)
Getting carbon into the ocean is one thing. Keeping it there is another.
8 January, 2008
What Are the Possible Side Effects?(by Hugh Powell)
The uncertainties and unintended consequences of manipulating ecosystems.
9 January, 2008
Lessons from Nature, Models, and the Past?(by Hugh Powell)
Other lines of evidence inform the debate on ocean iron fertilization
10 January, 2008
Dumping Iron and Trading Carbon(by Hugh Powell)
Considers how profits, pollution, and politics will all play roles in ocean iron fertilization.
11 January, 2008
Proposals Emerge to Transfer Excess Carbon into the Ocean(by Kate Madin and Amy E. Nevala)
Describes some of the schemes that have been spurred by the increasing urgency about climate change.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (subscription required)
13 November 2008
Geoscale engineering to avert dangerous climate change
A special issue which includes twelve detailed – and sometimes technical – articles on geoengineering.
12 November 2009
Engineering the planet to dodge global warming (by Douglas Fischer)
Explores attitudes toward geoengineering as a way to buy time while emissions are cut.
21 October 2009
Albedo yachts and marine clouds: A cure for climate change? (by Christopher Mims)
Explains proposed technology for cloud brightening as a way to cool the Earth.
November 2008, pages 24-33
A sunshade for planet Earth(byRobert Kunzig)
Examines different ways of shading the Earth from the Sun to limit global warming.
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