WEEKLY SUMMARY (27 FEBRUARY - 5 MARCH 2023)
Geoengineering News
WEEKLY SUMMARY (27 FEBRUARY - 5 MARCH 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
Call for abstract submission: “Development and application of climate emulators” | 10 March 2023
Call for Abstract Submission & Financial Support (World Climate Research Programme) | 14 March 2023
UPCOMING EVENTS
Here is the link to the Google calendar including events on the geoengineering topic:
https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0cid=MzhjNGQ1OGQzMjIwZDkyYTBjZGE2YjEwMDMzODNkZTI1MTNjYjQzZTdkMTdhMjU0ODk0MDU1NTgzYTlkNTFmNkBncm91cC5jYWxlbmRhci5nb29nbGUuY29t
(NEW) What if Someone Tries to Re-Engineer the Climate? By SXSW | 13 March 2023
https://schedule.sxsw.com/2023/events/PP127337
(NEW) Solar Climate Intervention Virtual Symposia (Symposium #2) | 17 March 2023
https://sites.google.com/view/solargeo-symposium/home
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
Conspiracy spillovers and geoengineering
https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(23)00243-2
Trends in stratospheric contraction under sulfate aerosol injection
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/EGU23-9505.html
Soviet and Russian perspectives on geoengineering and climate management
https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wcc.829
How will Solar Radiation Modification affect Cropland Suitability in West Africa?
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/EGU23-703.html
Comment on “An approach to sulfate geoengineering with surface emissions of carbonyl sulfide” by Quaglia et al. (2022) (Preprint)
https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2023/egusphere-2023-268/
World in the making: On the global visual politics of climate engineering
SATAN pre print
https://groups.google.com/g/geoengineering/c/Qsm-8cAM5R8
Utilizing AI emulators to Model Stratospheric Aerosol Injections and their Effect on Climate
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/EGU23-8496.html
Towards a better understanding of the physical risks and tradeoffs of solar geoengineering
REPORTS
Report of the Americas Conference on Solar Radiation Modification: Science, Governance and Implications for the Region’.
https://www.iai.int/en/post/detail/Americas-Conference-on-Solar-Radiation-Modification
One Atmosphere: An Independent Expert Review on Solar Radiation Modification Research and Deployment
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Refreeze the Arctic Foundation funds marine cloud brightening research
DISCUSSIONS
SATAN
https://groups.google.com/g/geoengineering/c/sRS7_YyiUb8
Make Sunsets stimulates more debate over "Geoengineering"- PT Barnum further vindicated!
https://groups.google.com/g/geoengineering/c/d5uFbr8HgPc
Stratospheric Aerosols in FAIR model
https://groups.google.com/g/geoengineering/c/eTsiWGXZzvk
Impacts of nanoparticle sodium chloride particles at high altitude
https://groups.google.com/g/geoengineering/c/zOyJioW2Os8
Michael Mann - SIRIUS - geoengineering
POSTS
Researchers launched a solar geoengineering test flight in the UK last fall
Could imitating volcanos fix the climate crisis? Science is spilt (The controversial theory of solar geoengineering is at the centre of a growing body of climate research in Asia and elsewhere.)
open letter: call for balanced research on SRM
https://www.call-for-balance.com/
An open letter regarding research on reflecting sunlight to reduce the risks of climate change
https://climate-intervention-research-letter.org/
The world is on track to overshoot 1.5 degrees of warming, so it’s time to study reflecting sun away from the Earth, UN says
PODCASTS
Slippery slope meets precautionary principle - Andow | Reviewer 2 does geoengineering
"How can we merge the concepts of slippery slopes and the precautionary principle? James Andow explains how precautionary evaluation of risks can help us evaluate both the risks of ending up on a slippery slope to deployment, and the risks resulting from deployment. James argues that we need to concern ourselves with risks, not just inevitabilities, when considering slippery slopes. For additional reading discussed, see books "Innate" and "the WEIRDest people in the world". Paper: "Slippery Slope Arguments as Precautionary Arguments: A New Way of Understanding the Concern about Geoengineering Research" (https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/whp/ev/pre-prints/content-whp_ev_3729)"
Does MCB actually work? Mahfouz | Reviewer 2 does geoengineering
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-mcb-actually-work-mahfouz/id1529459393?i=1000602560752
"Mahfouz explains some big problems with MCB to @geoengineering1. Can we fill in the knowledge gaps, before it's too late to use MCB? Paper: "The Radiative and Cloud Responses to Sea Salt Aerosol Engineering in GFDL Models" (https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2022GL102340)"
Block the sun, save the earth? | Today Explained
https://www.goloudnow.com/podcasts/today-explained-468/block-the-sun-save-the-earth-400547
"Solar geoengineering — the idea of cooling the planet by deflecting the sun’s rays — is so risky that scientists and policy experts can’t even agree on whether to research it. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette and Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King."
Understanding chronic health conditions; Artificial sweetener linked to heart attacks; Re-thinking galaxies; UN geoengineering report | New Scientists
"Calls are growing for more research into solar geoengineering to stave off climate change. This week 67 researchers signed an open letter calling for more research on the potential methods. Rowan speaks to Jim Haywood, professor of atmospheric science at the University of Exeter, about ways to reduce the amount of sunlight getting to the planet, including stratospheric aerosol injection and marine cloud brightening. Jim is one of the authors of a new UN Environment Program Report called One Atmosphere: An Independent Expert Review on Solar Radiation Modification Research and Deployment."
YOUTUBE VIDEOS
Solar Geoengineering Virtual Symposium 1 (Dr Libby Barnes & Alice Wells) | Solar Climate Intervention Talks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccNIQ-CAF3E
Alice Wells (University of Exeter): Identifying Climate Impacts from Different Injection Strategies in UKESM1. Dr. Elizabeth Barnes (Colorado State University): Detecting a Stratospheric Aerosol Injection World with Explainable AI.
Geoengineering: A Horrible Idea We Might Have to Do | Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSu5sXmsur4
By the end of the 21st century, humanity is becoming desperate. Decades of heatwaves and droughts have led to unusually poor harvests, while the warming oceans yield fewer fish each year. In the tropical zones, millions suffer from famine and resource wars have made millions more flee to the north. As things quickly get worse, in an act of desperation, the world's governments decide to enact an emergency plan... It is far from certain that a grim scenario like this will play out. But the failure of world leaders to effectively address climate change, makes it far from impossible. So in the near future it might become necessary to try something radical to slow down rapid climate change: Geoengineering. Interventions so massive in scale that they might undo centuries of human behavior. Or make everything much worse. What is geoengineering, is it really an option and what if it goes wrong?
Climate Classroom Solar Radiation Management | WFLA News Channel 8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wNAvb7Iia4
Using solar geoengineering to block some sunlight and cool the Earth. The pros and cons.
Inter-American Institute (IAI) for Global Change Research Conference: Ricardo Vieira Araujo | C2G Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwhWRwS8lI4
Americas Conference on Solar Radiation Modification: Science, Governance, and Implications for the Region This interview with Ricardo Vieira Araujo Biologist Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, was recorded during the ‘Americas Conference on Solar Radiation Modification: Science, Governance, and Implications for the Region’ held on the 24th and 25th of August 2022 at the University of the West Indies’ headquarters in Kingston, Jamaica. The Inter-American Institute (IAI) for Global Change Research side event focused on the scientific and socio-political dimensions of solar radiation modification (SRM) and its implications for the Americas. Participants included policymakers, climate experts, and SRM researchers from the region. Researchers shared their findings and the event allowed for open discussions on SRM evaluation, governance, and broader engagement.