Geo-engineering

Geo-engineering is the study and implementation of technical ways to change (and arguably improve) things like weather patterns, river paths, soils, climates and sea currents on Earth. Recently, geo-engineering has received special attention for efforts to combat global warming.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Crop yields in a geoengineered climate

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A research team at Stanford University, led by Dr. Julia Pongratz, finds that solar-radiation geoengineering in a high-CO2 climate generally...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012

The potential for methane releases in the Arctic to cause runaway global warming

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What are the chances of abrupt releases of, say, 1 Gt of methane in the Arctic? What would be the impact of such a release? By Sam Ca...
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Saturday, December 24, 2011

Can we capture methane from the Arctic seabed?

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Can we capture methane from the Arctic seabed? Stephen H. Salter, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.  Prepar...
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Arctic Methane Alert

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Professor Peter Wadhams (Professor of Ocean Physics, Cambridge University) and Arctic Methane Emergency Group Chairman, John Nissen, will d...
Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Creating extra ice in winter for extra cooling in summer

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Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, is considering creating extra ice in winter. A Mongolian engineering firm ECOS & EMI aims to dril...
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Monday, November 14, 2011

Combining Policy and Technology

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Technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere The  Virgin Earth Challenge  is  a prize of $25m for whoever can demonstrate to...
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