hi
I am very supportive of efforts to actively reduce global warming, but
have some concerns about storing heat in the deep ocean (over and above
the existing added heat going into the ocean) as it would likely return
to the surface so delay rather than avert problems. Heat in the ocean
does many strange things, and these should be really carefully
considered before further thought is given.
I have tried to make the case that dumping heat in the ocean contravenes
the London Convention, in an attempt to bolster efforts to reduce
climate change - efforts to actively use the sea as a heat dump would
undermine the London Convention I suspect. Additionally, heat can alter
the flow of ocean currents and the saturation of gases and nutrients in
the water - it'd be a huge gamble and I am unclear this is a low risk
way forward.
sorry if this is not helpful. I anticipate any project would go through
a risk and EIA process which would identify the lower risk options.
best wishes,
Emily.
On 01/09/2011 11:31, Veli Albert Kallio wrote:
*I have recenly been occupied many non-geoengineering aspects of
climate change, but today I received email from UK Met Office which is
good news for SRM geoengineers.*
**
*There are clear geoengineering potential arising from the latest
research that the surface ocean warming has been halted by heat
transport into the deep ocean: **An artificial heat pumps or
deflecting sea currents to dive deeper by some barrier would help to
cool the climate temporarily and buy time to address the emissions.
**This suggests good SRM methods could be devised to hide the sun's
heat under the carpet of surface waters:*
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/releases/archive/2011/ocean-warming
Kind regards,
Albert
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