WEEKLY SUMMARY (20 FEBRUARY - 26 FEBRUARY 2023)
Geoengineering News
WEEKLY SUMMARY (20 FEBRUARY - 26 FEBRUARY 2023)
CONTENTS OF SUMMARY
1) Deadlines
2) Upcoming Events
3) Scientific Papers
4) Reports
5) Research Projects
6) Discussions
7) Posts
8) Podcasts
9) YouTube Videos
DEADLINES
Paper Invitation with Discount: [Atmosphere, IF 3.110] Special Issue “Aerosol Cloud Radiation Interactions | Due Date: 28 February 2023
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/atmosphere/special_issues/651Y057413
Call for abstract submission: “Development and application of climate emulators” | 10 March 2023
UPCOMING EVENTS
Here is the link to the Google calendar including events on the geoengineering topic:
The 21st International Conference on Nucleation & Atmospheric Aerosols by QUT School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Centre for the Environment | 26-30 June 2023
The Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP) 2023 meeting | 3-7 July 2023
https://sites.google.com/view/geomip-2023/home?pli=1
Climate Engineering (GRS) | 17-18 February 2024
https://www.grc.org/climate-engineering-grs-conference/2024/
GRC Climate Engineering
2024 | February 18-23, 2024
https://www.grc.org/climate-engineering-conference/2024/
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS
An Optical Flow Approach to Tracking Ship Track Behavior Using GOES-R Satellite Imagery
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9837429
Climate Intervention Analysis using AI Model Guided by Statistical Physics Principles
https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.03258
The Radiative and Cloud Responses to Sea Salt Aerosol Engineering in GFDL Models
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2022GL102340
Toward data assimilation of ship-induced aerosol–cloud interactions
REPORTS
One Atmosphere: An Independent Expert Review on Solar Radiation Modification Research and Deployment by UNEP
https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/41903
How to think about solar radiation management
RESEARCH PROJECTS
SRM related projects initiated in Chile, Malaysia, South Africa and Indonesia by Degrees Modeling Fund (DMF)
https://www.degrees.ngo/dmf/the-projects/chile-2023/
Field Trial to Preserve our Glaciers
https://donorbox.org/save-our-glaciers-concert
DISCUSSIONS
Make Sunsets stimulates more debate over "Geoengineering"- PT Barnum further vindicated!
POSTS
Solar geoengineering research should get real
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00413-6
This Climate Debate is a lot of Hot Air
https://legal-planet.org/2023/02/16/this-climate-debate-is-a-lot-of-hot-air/
George Soros wants to block Arctic sunlight. Will he fund it?
https://www.eenews.net/articles/george-soros-wants-to-block-arctic-sunlight-will-he-fund-it/
Opinion | Can geoengineering slow climate change? We need research to find out | By Gernot Wagner | Washington Post
Hearts and Minds - Why did the Saami Council oppose Harvard’s SCoPEx experiment?
https://www.c2g2.net/asa-larsson-blind/
China Doesn’t Want a Geoengineering Disaster
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/21/china-geoengineering-rules-climate-change/
Controversial Startup Trying to Cool Climate From U.S. Soil | Time
https://time.com/6257102/geoengineering-make-sunsets-us-balloon-launch-exclusive/
Studying ship tracks to inform climate intervention decision-makers
PODCASTS
Goodbye to blue skies? The trouble with engineered solutions | Mongabay
· Humanity has created a lot of ecological problems, and many of the proposed solutions come with giant price tags — or the things lost can even be priceless, like the sight of a blue sky — with no guarantee of solving the situation in the long term.
· Many such solutions — like Australia’s deliberate introduction of the toxic cane toad, which has wreaked havoc on the country’s wildlife — create new problems.
· Solar geoengineering to slow climate change would have the most visible effect to all, likely making the sky appear white: No more blue skies—but how would this affect the global plant community’s ability to photosynthesize, would it harm agriculture?
· Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Kolbert joins the Mongabay Newscast to talk about her latest book, “Under a White Sky,” which examines these interventions, the problems they come with and humanity’s seeming inability to stop turning to them.
Mosquitoes, sun dimming, and the lives at stake | Eco-Business podcast
https://www.eco-business.com/podcasts/mosquitoes-sun-dimming-and-the-lives-at-stake/
Solar geo-engineering, the process of spraying aerosols in the sky to block the sun’s light and heat, may seem far-flung, but some scientists believe we could need the technology sooner than expected. And sooner than we are prepared for it. Recently, non-profits The Degrees Initiative and The World Academy of Sciences awarded US$900,000 in grants to 15 research projects in developing countries that look into how artificial sun-dimming would affect their communities. Studies include modelling the sea level in Benin, water deficit risks in Cameroon, and hydroclimatic extremes in Malaysia. The idea is that the Global South, where climate risks strike the hardest, must know what the risky technology means for them, and be able to make informed decisions on its use. In this podcast, Eco-Business speaks to Prof Athar Hussain, head of the Centre for Climate Research and Development at COMSATS University in Islamabad, Pakistan. He is leading a study on how solar geoengineering would affect the spread of malaria in South Asia. The mosquito-borne disease has been receding from the region in recent years, but still affects millions and kills over 10,000 people annually across Asia. Tune in as we discuss: - Details of Prof Hussain’s research. - How the results could help South Asian policymakers better understand the effects of solar geoengineering. - Whether sun-dimming is a technology we should take seriously today.
How to think about solar radiation management | Volts
https://www.volts.wtf/p/how-to-think-about-solar-radiation#details
My guest today, Kelly Wanser, is the head of a non-profit organization called SilverLining that advocates for research and policy around near-term climate risks and direct climate interventions like SRM that can address them. In this episode, we covered SRM, what we know and don't know about it, and what we need to research.
Solar Geoengineering with Stratospheric Clouds, the World's Thermostat to Master Climate and Why Science Needs A Bias to Action w/ Make Sunsets CEO Luke Iseman & Eli Dourado | Stranded Technologies Podcast
https://rss.com/podcasts/stranded-technologies-podcast/834335/
Does this sound straight out of a science-fiction novel? That's because it is.
In "Termination Shock", Neil Stephenson described a near-future earth where climate change has significantly altered human society and follows the attempts of a businessman using solar geoengineering to cool the planet. Luke Iseman, a hardware entrepreneur and solarpunk, read the book and dug into Stephenson's research on solar geoengineering.To his amazement, he found that it was possible and nobody is trying it out! Luke founded make sunsets to experiment with balloons sending sulfur dioxide particles that reflect sunlight into the stratosphere, effectively replicating the process that volcanoes have done for millions of years to cool the planet. In this episode, we're joined by regulatory hacker Eli Dourado to better understand this powerful technology that could help humanity achieve climate mastery. Major innovations often start with hobbyists, tinkerers, and true believers, as Clayton Christenson's "The Innovator's Dilemma" found out. They are not taken seriously by the mainstream for a long time. While starting on a small scale, Luke's experiments have nevertheless engendered controversy in the scientific community. We talk about why science is disconnected from promoting real-world innovation by focusing too much on analysis instead of action and real-world experimentation. The episode is a fascinating journey that helps us better understand the challenges faced by entrepreneurs on the frontiers of science and technology. They are not hailed while they are doing the work, they instead face skepticism often from powerful groups - partly for good reasons as new technology never comes in a mature form, but also partly because incumbents fear for their status. As a result, we learn that entrepreneurs need to build a community of true believers around them on a mission against a hostile mainstream culture.
Zero pressure space sunshades - Hein | Reviewer 2 does geoengineering
Andreas Hein entertains @geoengineering1 with more barmy space-based geoengineering nonsense. Expect moon dust, rail guns, space junk, cube sats and all sorts of other semi-relevant distractions. Paper: Transparent occulters: A nearly zero-radiation pressure sunshade to support climate change mitigation https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.12.006
Iron salt aerosols - Fiekowsky | Reviewer 2 does geoengineering
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/iron-salt-aerosols-fiekowsky/id1529459393?i=1000601354538
Peter Fiekowsky and @geoengineering1 discuss Iron Salt Aerosols. Do they work (in 14 different ways)? How can we know? Is Peter's new voluntary regulation body bona fide, or hopelessly compromised? Reviewer 2 asks all the important questions, but doesn't necessarily get definitive answers.
YOUTUBE VIDEOS
There's a playlist with more videos on the topic, you can check it out here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF8369A27273314D8
Shinichiro Asayama: What is the role of the Asia-Pacific region in global climate governance |C2G Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prOQbgg_cFk
What is the role of the Asia-Pacific region in global climate governance, and how should it engage in Solar Radiation Modification discussions? Shinichiro Asayama, Senior Researcher National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan, provided an intervention at The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI) and the Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative (C2G) hybrid event for the 7th session of the Committee on Environment and Development of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). Learn more about the event 'Managing the risk of climate change overshoot in the Asia-Pacific: Governance of carbon dioxide removal and solar radiation modification and speakers here https://www.c2g2.net/teri/
Geoengineering Oceans to Slow Global Warming | Bloomberg Originals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkUC_gmBb0g
Oceans naturally absorb huge amounts of carbon dioxide, and efforts to harness that power are gaining in popularity. In Norway, we meet a group of scientists trying to change ocean alkalinity in order to supercharge its CO2 appetite, though the impact on ecosystems remains unknown. In Morocco, the company Brilliant Planet has opted instead to grow CO2-absorbing algae. But with previous experiments yielding mixed-results, can they deliver on their promises?
Cooling Earth with reflective clouds using weather balloons|Make Sunsets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXjJCtGM6m8
On February 12, 2022, Make Sunsets deployed a balloon filled with reflective clouds in the United States of America for the first time in history. Be part of our next deployment to help cool Earth: makesunsets.com/products/cooling-credit
Here is the playlist to watch all steps taken by make sunsets to launch balloon with reflective clouds to the stratosphere to cool Earth “How to cool Earth” | Make Sunsets
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLq-5ma2PoY7uIeU3TyVsSjkU_usddJAxt
Paulo Artaxo: Could research on solar radiation modification cause a delay in emissions cuts?| C2G Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA7TQIuMugc
This video is an excerpt taken from the C2GTalk interview with Paulo Artaxo. He is a professor at the Institute of Physics at the University of São Paulo, Brazil.