Benefits, Risks and Costs of Geoengineering
Published October 2009
Reference Documents:
UAE – Scientists are zapping clouds with electricity to make rain
May 27, 2021 | By Stephanie Bailey, CNN | Source (CNN)“With a harsh, desert climate and an average rainfall of just four inches (10 cm) a year, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) needs more freshwater. In search of a … More …
Cornell University Academics Promote Contaminating Earth’s Atmosphere With Stratospheric Aerosols
March 11, 2021 | Douglas MacMartin | Cornell University | Link To Full Document | Source Solar Radiation Modification Reflecting sunlight would cool the climate Two questions: – High-latitude impacts of SRM applied globally? – Can one specifically target high latitudes? … More …
Atmospheric System Research / Aerosols
List of Awards |DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF SCIENCE BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH | Funding Opportunity Number: DE-FOA-0002198 | Source Link To Source_Atmospheric_System_Research_List_of_Awards_DE-FOA-0002198-2 31 Research Projects Selected for 2020 ASR Funding Awards Published: 21 July 2020 | Source “The … More …
Weather Modification Project Locations
April 14, 2021 | Weather Modification Association | Source Below is a map of weather modification programs around the United States and the world. Link To Source_WeatherModificationAssociation
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Weather Modification By Cloud Seeding
1980 | Author: Arne S. Dennis | Utah Water Research Laboratory | Source “It is an understatement to say that people are confused about cloud seeding. While it has been called “the crime of the century” and outlawed in Pennsylvania, the … 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 …