RE: [geo] Pathways of processing of wet microalgae for liquid fuel production: A critical review

2015-09-23 Thread Peter Flynn
Years ago a student and I analyzed a concept of growing algae (batch) in shallow ponds of seawater; the idea was that as the algae grew, the salinity of the water would increase until the algae laden water would flow into the deep ocean without pumping. We never published this work other than as

[geo] The Climate Hackers - Dissent Magazine

2015-09-23 Thread Duncan Pike
http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/climate-hackers Mostly a discussion on SRM for a general/leftist audience. Excerpt: "Unlike the arguments against it, arguments for geoengineering are often presented in dispassionate, temperate, scientific language. In his 2013 book A Case for Climate Engine

[geo] ACP - Estimates of global terrestrial isoprene emissions using MEGAN (Model of Emissions of Gases and Aerosols from Nature)

2015-09-23 Thread Andrew Lockley
Poster's note: recent discussion of OIF has considered the role of DMS secondary organic aerosols on cloud formation. A terrestrial counterpart is tree VOC aerosols, which may present a similar geoengineering opportunity by varying arboriculture or tree genotype. As a minimum, the impact of this ef

[geo] The Mars GE option: Let's focus on reterraforming Earth first

2015-09-23 Thread Greg Rau
> http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/21/opinion/lets-not-move-to-mars.html? > "And getting there is the easy part. Mars is a dead, cold, barren planet on > which no living thing is known to have evolved, and which harbors no > breathable air or oxygen, no liquid water and no sources of food, nor >

[geo] Visions of Climate Control - Solar Radiation Management in Climate Simulations

2015-09-23 Thread Andrew Lockley
http://m.sth.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/09/21/0162243915606524.short Visions of Climate Control Solar Radiation Management in Climate Simulations Authors Thilo Wiertz thilo.wie...@geographie.uni-freiburg.de Abstract Various geoengineering technologies that would deliberately alter the clima