Climate intervention : reflecting sunlight to cool Earth / National Research Council of the National Academies, Committee on Geoengineering Climate: Technical Evaluation and Discussion of Impacts ; Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate ; Ocean Studies Board ; Division on Earth and Life Studies.

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"The growing problem of changing environmental conditions caused by climate destabilization is well recognized as one of the defining issues of our time. The root problem is greenhouse gas emissions, and the fundamental solution is curbing those emissions. Climate geoengineering has often been consi...

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Corporate Authors: National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Earth and Life Studies (Sponsor)
National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (Sponsor)
National Research Council (U.S.). Ocean Studies Board (Sponsor)
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Environmental geotechnology.
Environmental engineering.
Global warming > Prevention.
Climate change mitigation.
Physical Description:xv, 244 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm
Also issued online.
Variant Title:
Reflecting sunlight to cool Earth.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Climate intervention by modifying Earth's Albedo
  • Technical analysis of possible Albedo modification techniques
  • Governance of research and other sociopolitical considerations
  • Way forward
  • Appendixes: A. Statement of task for the committee
  • B. Committee biographies
  • C. Planned weather modification
  • D. Volcanic eruptions as analogues for Albedo modification
  • E. Discussion of feasibility of Albedo modification technologies
  • F. Acronyms and abbreviations.