Media Reporting & Articles about Geoengineering
The climate effects of increasing ocean albedo: An idealized representation of solar geoengineering
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions 23 April 2018 Geoengineering (also called “climate intervention”) describes a set of technological approaches to reduce the effects of climate change by deliberately intervening in the climate system (e.g., Shepherd et al., … More …
THE SKIES WILL BE FALLING: FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES AND TECHNIQUES FOR THE DISRUPTION AND DIMINISHMENT OF SELF-SUSTAINMENT CYCLES IN TROPICAL CYCLONIC SYSTEMS
April 2009 by Brian D. Biggs, Major, USAFR Maxwell Air Force Base Alabama This paper will examine three possible weather modification technologies and techniques to disrupt and diminish the destructive power of tropical cyclones in the 2030 timeframe: … More …
Role of sulphuric acid, ammonia and galactic cosmic rays in atmospheric aerosol nucleation
August 2011 Atmospheric aerosols exert an important influence on climate through their effects on stratiform cloud albedo and lifetime and the invigoration of convective storms. Link To Article … More …
SPACE-BASED SOLAR POWER: A TECHNICAL, ECONOMIC, AND OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENT
STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE & UNITED STATES ARMY WAR COLLEGE PRESS APRIL 2015 “With regard to military operations, the report noted that “for the DoD [Department of Defense] specifically, beamed energy from space in quantities greater than 5-MWe has … More …
LIABILITY FOR SOLAR GEOENGINEERING
N.Y.U. ENVIRONMENTAL LAW JOURNAL [Volume 22] 2015 Tne particularly difficult challenge raised by commentators on geoengineering is the problem of liability; that is, how would international society deal with a climate engineering intervention gone wrong? Link To Full … More …
The PROJECT SKYFIRE CLOUD-SEEDING GENERATOR
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 1957 “Research completed to date indicates that cloud modification for purposes of lightning suppression requires the production of enormous quantities of silver iodide nuclei. These nuclei may be dispersed either from ground- based equipment … More …
DISPERSED SPACE BASED LASER WEAPON
United States Patent 8,757,552 B1 24 June 2014 Link To Patent “Another possible use for super laser beam is steam generation off a coastline to promote rain downwind.” … More …
SOME LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF WEATHER MODIFICATION: AN UNCERTAIN FORECAST
1979 MONASH U LAW REVIEW THE SCIENCE Intentional Modifications Weather Modification is the process of “artificially creating changes in atmospheric conditions” Link To Full Report … More …
US Attempting to Move Forward with Geoengineering
04 May 2018 Open-air experiments defy global moratorium, could help lock in ‘big bad fix’ for climate Although 196 countries have agreed to a moratorium on geoengineering activities through the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, a defiant United States is … More …
GEOENGINEERING RESEARCH UNDER U.S. LAW
MARCH 2018 PRATT’S ENERGY LAW REPORT “Many states have environmental impact review statutes analogous to NEPA, which apply to state and local agency actions and approvals. A prominent example is the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), which … More …
Who regulates cloud seeding and weather modification activities? Are there potential effects?
EPA – The United States Environmental Protection Agency “Weather modification commonly referred to as cloud seeding, is currently used to increase precipitation from clouds, reduce hail from thunderstorms, and eliminate fogs that reduce visibility, usually at busy airports,” according to … More …
DMS oxidation and sulfur aerosol formation in the marine troposphere: a focus on reactive halogen and multiphase chemistry
2 May 2018 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics In this study, we implement a series of gas-phase and multiphase sulfur oxidation mechanisms into the GEOS-Chem global chemical transport model, including two important intermediates dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and methane sulphinic acid … More …