Times Review: ‘Global Weirdness’ is a Winner
“That is, it’s a book, written in the kind of plain English of which Strunk and White would approve, that lays out what we know about climate change while hewing to the facts and taking great care to avoid bias and hysteria,… Read More
Dumping Iron at Sea Can Bury Carbon for Centuries
Dumping iron into the sea can bury carbon dioxide for centuries, potentially helping reduce the impact of climate change, according to a major new study. The work shows for the first time that much of the algae that blooms when iron filings are added dies and falls into the deep ocean. Geoengineering “ technologies aimed at alleviating global warmi… Read More
The Earth-Shaking Consequences of Burying Carbon
Because of this constant stress, any significant extra underground pressure could push a fault that was on the verge of rupturing. “Obviously, Zoback explained in an interview, “any faults of significant scale would be avoided in choosing a location for CCS.… Read More
Geoengineered Sky: Bye-Bye Blue, Hello White
According to new paper in Geophysical Research Letters, one side effect of a new geoengineering study would mean the deep blue sky could be a thing of the past. Instead, Ben Kravitz, of the Carnegie Institution for Science at Stanford and his colleagues say, the sky will become a washed-out white… Read More
The Week That Was: Bring on the Madness
As the calendar turns to March, it can mean only one thing: March Madness. Get ready for the NCAA Tournament mayhem, which isn't actually about basketball as much as it is the millions of office pools and pick ˜em brackets that are spawned by the tournament. We won’t mention that they may be illegal. Your secret is safe with us. … Read More
Geoengineering: You Want Crazy, We’ve Got Crazy!
Since nobody’s taking serious steps to prevent global warming in the first place — let’s just face it — techno-geeks are giddy with the thought that they’ll be the ones to solve it when it happens. That’s the idea behind geoengineering, a set of grand and crazy-sounding ideas for cooling off a hot planet. … Read More
Bill Gates Backs Scientists Lobbying for Geoengineering
Concern is growing that a small but influential group of scientists, and their backers, may have a disproportionate effect on major geoengineering decisions. Read More
Scientists Consider Whether to Cause Global Cooling
Researchers are unsure how far they should push "geoengineering" experiments.… Read More
