"carbon-sucking zooplankton" - the authors have a real scoop there, unless they meant phytoplankton. Unfortunately, "The Truth..." is paywalled. Greg
________________________________ From: Andrew Lockley <andrew.lock...@gmail.com> To: geoengineering <geoengineering@googlegroups.com> Sent: Thu, March 28, 2013 1:48:04 AM Subject: [geo] The Truth About Geoengineering | Foreign Affairs http://m.foreignaffairs.com/articles/139084/david-g-victor-m-granger-morgan-jay-apt-john-steinbruner-kathari/the-truth-about-geoengineering The Truth About Geoengineering Science Fiction and Science Fact By David G. Victor, M. Granger Morgan, Jay Apt, John Steinbruner, Katharine Ricke March 27, 2013 Summary: With predictions about climate change growing direr every week, geoengineering (which includes everything from fertilizing the oceans in an attempt to cajole great blooms of carbon-sucking zooplankton to spraying particles into the upper atmosphere to make the earth more reflective) is starting to look more attractive. But the science still lags behind the ambitions. To understand how such schemes would work in practice -- and what their consequences would be -- it is time to start small-scale field tests. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
