Tom Wigley's plan to use stratospheric aerosols and gradually phase them out is covered in the State of the Planet from Science Magazine. A more pragmatic and realistic view of how they might be used than the max it out forever one that critics and modelers take.
http://islandpress.org/bookstore/details.php?isbn=9781597264051 Science Magazine's State of the Planet 2008-2009 with a Special Section on Energy and Sustainability the Editors of Science, Donald Kennedy Published: 12/18/2008 Publisher: Island Press 216 p. 7 x 10 Tables. Figures. 67 key terms. Index. ISBN: 9781597264051 Hardcover: $40.00 Also Available: Hardcover, Paperback Biographies | Table Of Contents Taken from the pages of Science and supplemented by contributions from the magazine’s editors, State of the Planet 2008-2009 offers contemporary science writing that is sometimes provocative, frequently enlightening, and always authoritative. Published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Science is one of the most respected scientific magazines in the world. With a readership of more than one million people, it offers “hard science” from top scientists to both educated lay readers and scientists alike. The articles collected here are arranged thematically and each section is introduced by a prominent scientist or science writer. Donald Kennedy, who was Editor-in-Chief of Science when these articles appeared in the magazine, contributes a preface and several short essays. Focusing on issues of energy and sustainability, sections of the volume are devoted to the prospects of energy-sparing technologies and alternatives to fossil fuel use, including ethanol and cellulosic digestion. Other sections center on climate change, led by a comprehensive essay on the state of scientific knowledge today and followed by contributions about the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, as well as the effects of climate change that have been measured to date, including changes in migration and breeding cycles of birds and flowering in plants, changing patterns of hurricanes and extreme weather events, and alterations in forest fire frequency. Interspersed throughout the book are Science news pieces that highlight particular issues and cases relevant to the main scientific findings. A glossary of key terms and concepts helps students and nonspecialists better understand the terminology and the issues. Biographies Donald Kennedy served as editor-in-chief of Science from 2000-2007. A biologist by training, Kennedy is the Bing Professor of Environmental Science emeritus and President emeritus at Stanford University. In the late 1970s he served as commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. He is the author of many books, including Academic Duty, an overview of American higher education at the end of the twentieth century. Table Of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction ENERGY SOLUTIONS Introduction The Energy-Economy-Environment Dilemma Renewable Energy Sources and the Realities of Setting an Energy Agenda Ethanol for a Sustainable Energy Future The Billion-Ton Biofuels Vision The Biofuels Conundrum Carbon-Negative Biofuels from Low-Input High-Diversity Grassland Biomass Commentary: “Carbon-Negative Biofuels from Low-Input High-Diversity Grassland Biomass” Response to Commentary: “Carbon-Negative Biofuels from Low-Input High-Diversity Grassland Biomass” Can the Upstarts Top Silicon? WHAT”S ALREADY HAPPNENED? Introduction Warming and Earlier Spring Increase Western U.S. Forest Wildfire Activity How Much More Rain Will Global Warming Bring? Running Out of Water—and Time Rapid Advance of Spring Arrival Dates in Long-Distance Migratory Birds Perspectives on the Arctic’s Shrinking Sea-Ice Cover Recent Sea Level Contributions of the Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheets PROJECTING THE FUTURE Introduction IPCC Report Lays Out Options for Taming Greenhouse Gas The Limits of Consensus Commentary: A Closer Look at the IPCC Report Response to Commentary: A Closer Look at the IPCC Report Simulating Arctic Climate Warmth and Ice Field Retreat in the Last Interglaciation A Semi-Empirical Approach to Projecting Future Sea Level Rise Prioritizing Climate Change Adaptation Needs for Food Security in 2030 Critical Assumptions in the Stern Review on Climate Change Climate Change: Risk, Ethics, and the Stern Review DEALING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE Introduction A Combined Mitigation-Geoengineering Approach to Climate Stabilization Preparing to Capture Carbon A Guide to CO2 Sequestration Carbon Trading Carbon Trading Over Taxes Index --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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