Re: [geo] RE: Having to decide

2018-03-13 Thread Prof. cush ngonzo Luwesi
Dear Andy and Irvine, Wil and Doug, I shall admit that your discussion on the risks associated to termination of SRM was very healthy and thanks to Parker and Irvine (2018). Here is my take-home message, but I may also be wrong: (1) SRM research is necessary for climate policy and planning but

[geo] Snowing in the Sahara Desert's Dunes: Is that an opportunity or a threat to Geoengineering Deployment?

2018-01-10 Thread Prof. cush ngonzo Luwesi
Dear colleagues, I would first and foremost like to wish a happy and successful year 2018 to all. I have just read on Gentside website that there was some significant but rare snowing in the Ain region of Algeria, in the Sahara desert in december 2016 and early 2017. This phenomenon has only

Re: [geo] The Tricky Future of Capturing the World’s Carbon Emissions

2017-09-01 Thread Prof. cush ngonzo
Dear Franz l can only agree with your short and deep explanation of the complex interactions between the earth's biosphere, the lithosphere and the atmosphere. In a nutshel we cannot reinvent the wheel but can only emulate mother gaia to some extent. Such scientific soundness is lacking in most

Re: [geo] A GE View from Down Under

2017-03-19 Thread Prof. cush ngonzo
Greg l still repeat that all those models are wrong. You don't need Keith's model to understand that local and regional climatologies are by nature diverse both in terms of mean values and dispersions as well as mitigating factors (e.g. land use and land cover). When some areas are warm and