Re: [geo] Testing brightwater

2012-08-23 Thread Russell Seitz
Michael, hull drag reduction is not based on microbubbles, but mechanically generated macrobubbles of milimeter dimensions. Though individually a billion times larger in volume, for a given amount of air they collectively present less than a thousanth of the optical backscattering cross section

[geo] FNI Climate Policy Perspectives - Climate Engineering: Avoiding Pandora’s Box through Research and Governance

2012-08-23 Thread Andrew Lockley
http://www.fni.no/doc&pdf/FNI-Climate-Policy-Perspectives-5.pdf FNI Climate Policy Perspectives - Climate Engineering: Avoiding Pandora’s Box through Research and Governance The gap between the emissions reductions required by the 2°C target and those actually undertaken is growing. Thus, clim

[geo] Potential warming feedback from low latitude SRM

2012-08-23 Thread Andrew Lockley
Driscoll describes the inability of CMIP5 models to reproduce low latitude volcanic changes to the northern hemisphere polar vortex, and the resulting impact on the North Atlantic Oscillation. Link here (abstract below). http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/pip/2012JD017607.shtml The described system