Benefits, Risks and Costs of Geoengineering
Published October 2009
Reference Articles:
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 …
Impacts of Stratospheric Sulfate Geoengineering on Global Solar Photovoltaic and Concentrating Solar Power Resource
18 January 2017 “It is shown that geoengineering using stratospheric sulfate injection at a rate of 10 Tg yr21 SO2 into the stratosphere is likely to result in negative changes in concentrating solar power output in most regions of the … 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 …
Cloud Seeding Experiments in Australia
Weather Modification 1967 COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION Link To Report … More …
Microphysical and radiative changes in cirrus clouds by geoengineering the stratosphere
06 April 2013 The idea to increase the Earth’s albedo by injecting SO2 into the lower stratosphere was first proposed by Budyko in the early 1970s Link To Report … 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 …
The New Weather Modification Law for Illinois
Vol. 55, No. 7, July 1974 Illinois State Water Survey Urbana, Illinois 61801 “Since 1966, the Survey has performed extensive investigations of the cloud physics aspects, design and evaluation aspects, radar and surface data requirements, and economic aspects of … More …