In light of continuing climate change research and reports from the IPCC, the need for a solution to climate change is becoming much more of a pressing issue. C02 levels in the atmosphere are escalating at an ever increasing rate and one which is without a doubt…unsustainable!
Geoengineering is by no means a modern concept. Humans have been engineering the earth’s climate considerably since the start of the industrial revolution and some scientists would argue that this process began many millenia ago (William Ruddiman). Geoengineering is a primary cause of climate change but it also might hold the key to reversing the recent trends that are so apparent today.
Present measures like recycling and afforestation hope to create greater carbon sinks but it is apparent from the graph above that this isn’t working.
Can afford to wait for the development and implication of renewable fuels? Will it be too late by then…?
The alternative…
Macros-scale geoengineering projects like cloud whitening, iron seeding and carbon sequestration
But do we know the risks…?
The aim of this blog is to discuss in depth some of these alternatives and try and gauge whether it is in fact both a viable and appropriate venture
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