It is a year from now, but add it to your calendars.
http://www.iugg2011.com/program-iamas.asp
J-M01, Geoengineering: Can it limit climate change and its impacts?
Organisers: IAMAS (ICCL), IAVCEI
Lead Convenors: Michael MacCracken ( United States of America), Alan
Robock (United States of America)
Scope: With the pace of climate change increasing and the array and
magnitude of climate impacts intensifying, increasing attention is being
paid to the potential for limiting the effects of anthropogenic climate
change through large-scale technical means, often called geoengineering.
Possible approaches include deliberately altering the Earth's radiation
balance, and intervening in the carbon cycle or other biogeochemical
cycles, for example via carbon scrubbing and sequestration. Although
specific approaches have been proposed, relatively little is known about
their potential effectiveness for moderating climate change and possible
unintended consequences. Issues of technological feasibility are also
largely unexplored. Papers are invited that describe and address the
potential effectiveness and scientific and technical problems associated
with deliberate climate modification, including enhancement of terrestrial
and oceanic carbon sinks. Possible examples include modeling studies of
the climatic impacts of proposed schemes for altering the absorption of
solar radiation; studies of unintended environmental consequences; and
evaluations of technological feasibility issues. Papers on historical,
ethical, and governance issues are also welcome.
Keywords: geoengineering, global warming, climate intervention, carbon
scrubbing, solar radiation management
Review: All contributed abstracts will be reviewed by the convenors
Options: Accepted abstracts will be presented as either oral or posters as
determined by the convenors. This joint symposium is closely linked to the
Union symposium U-06, which consists of solicited presentations only.
Alan
Alan Robock, Professor II (Distinguished Professor)
Editor, Reviews of Geophysics
Director, Meteorology Undergraduate Program
Department of Environmental Sciences Phone: +1-732-932-9800 x6222
Rutgers University Fax: +1-732-932-8644
14 College Farm Road E-mail: rob...@envsci.rutgers.edu
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8551 USA http://envsci.rutgers.edu/~robock
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