Benefits, Risks and Costs of Geoengineering
Published October 2009
Reference Documents:
S 0572 – THE GEOENGINEERING – HAZARDOUS EMISSIONS ACT
March 11, 2021 |Rhode Island Senate |Relating To Health And Safety “This act would establish regulations to reduce hazardous emissions and increase resiliency by prohibiting the intentional manipulation of the environment by various means referred to as geoengineering, and would collect … More …
Shortwave radiative forcing, rapid adjustment, and feedback to the surface by sulphate geoengineering
March 8, 2017 | Authors: Hiroki Kashimura1,a, Manabu Abe1, Shingo Watanabe1, Takashi Sekiya1, Duoying Ji2, John C. Moore2, Jason N. S. Cole3, and Ben Kravitz4 | Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Open Access | Source “Abstract. This study evaluates the forcing, rapid … More …
USSR-China: Weather Modification
December 16, 1978 | Director of Central Intelligence|State Department review |Approved For Release 2007/06/18 | Both China and the USSR began weather modification programs and experimenting in the 1950’s, under the term “meteorological” science. “//The USSR and China, the two most … More …
NAS Report Proposes $100 million-$200 million for Solar Geoengineering
March 25, 2021 | National Academies of Sciences Engineering, and Medicine | Source “…The report says the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) should lead the effort to establish and coordinate a solar geoengineering research program across federal agencies and … More …
California: Cloud Seeding Annual Report
July 2020 | County of San Luis Obispo | Weather Modification NAWC | Source “Operations for the ground seeding and aerial project were directed by North American Water Consultants Headquarters in Sandy, Utah.” Link To Full Document_San-Luis-Obispo-Annual-Cloud-Seeding-Report-2020 … More …
Stratospheric Sulfate Geoengineering
October 9, 2020 | Authors: Daniele Visioni | Douglas G MacMartin | Ben Kravitz |ESSOAr “..One such approach would be injecting SO$_2$ into the stratosphere, which would produce sulfate aerosols that would remain in the atmosphere for 1–3 years..” Link To … More …
FEDERAL RESEARCH OF SOLAR GEOENGINEERING
March 13, 2021 | Author: Charles R. Corbett |“Extraordinary” and “Highly Controversial”: Federal Research of Solar Geoengineering Under NEPA “ | Northwestern University Law Review | Source | “ABSTRACT—Congress recently instructed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to investigate stratospheric … More …
Stratospheric Aerosol Research Experiments and Aircraft for Solar Geoengineering
January 4, 2021 | Authors: Don C. Bingaman, Christian V. Rice, James L. Mace, Wake Smith and Mark K. Holly | © 2021 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | Source | Link To Full Document_Aerospace Research Central Abstract: “Extensive … More …
Nanotechnology Geoengineering
May 2, 2010 | Lucas G. Hollencamp | Source | “An Upstream Technology Assessment of Two Converging Technologies” Nanotechnology Geoengineering (NanoGeo) “This paper’s goal is to explore the convergence of nanotechnology and geoengineering, examine societal issues pertaining to … More …
How Toxic Is Artificial Rain & Man-made “Weather”?
November 24, 2018 | Research Matters | Source Cloud Seeding: Rain or No Rain? “Cloud seeding is the technology of introducing artificial nuclei or “seeds” (silver iodide, salt, dry ice), into clouds from either the air or ground to increase … More …
In 1950, the U.S. Released a Bioweapon in San Francisco
July 6, 2015 | By Helen Thompson | Smithsonian Magazine | Source | “This was one of hundreds of bioweapon simulations carried out in the 1950s and 1960s” “The bacterium Serratia marcescens lives in soil and water, and is best known … More …
GEOENGINEERING ACTIVITIES, EVALUATION OF STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOL INJECTIONS, INTERACTIVE MAP
January 12, 2021 | by Anja Chalmin | Geoengineering Monitor | Source| Map | “The interactive geoengineering map, generated by ETC Group and the Heinrich Böll Foundation, documents geoengineering projects and experiments worldwide.” “An analysis of the data shows … More …