Geo Engineering - where is the science on this?

gobion on 12th Mar 07, 14:54:20 said:

the topic of GeoEngineering is one that fascinates me (from a science fiction lover's point of view), but from a real life point of view fills me with a mix of excitement at the possibilities and dread at the potential monumental foolhardiness of some of the proposed solutions.

Anyway, my question is:  

What (if any) serious research has been carried out on the practicalilty, efficiency and potential benefits/pitfalls of Geo Engineering "solutions" to climate change?

Cheers,

Gobion 

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hannah on 13th Mar 07, 12:47:53 replied:

Hi there,

Doing some quick Googling, I've found a few pages which might help:

Real Climate discussion about geo-engineering 

and the BBC programme "Five Ways to Save the World" 

I'm sure there are other, more academic, pages, but these are interesting introductions to the discussion.

 Cheers,

 Hannah

 

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rooster on 16th May 07, 12:11:51 replied:

similar to terraforming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geo-engineering geo-engineering could provide a real solution at a smallish cost. pumping sulpahtes into the hig atmosphere, aluminium spheres to reflect light, solar shields. all have been suggested and could be a reality in 50 years. the problem will be deciding at what level to 'set the thermostat'. I imagine someone in svalbard may have a different opinion to someone in chad.

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bighairymonkey on 16th May 07, 16:43:56 replied:

Here is academic information about macro/geo engineering from a conference held in 2003 http://www.tyndall.ac.uk/events/past_events/cmi.shtml

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