3 stories tagged ‘Geoengineering’

A notion to cool the skies

By Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer / December 12, 2012

An international regulatory framework is needed to govern possible research and deployment of engineering approaches to counter climate change, an authority on environmental law says.

Tags: Alvin Powell/Climate Change/Edward Parson/Geoengineering/Global Warming/Harvard University Center for the Environment/Massachusetts Institute of Technology/MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Categories: Environments & Sustainability, HarvardScience

Cautious geohacking

SEAS Communications / October 22, 2012

By tailoring geoengineering efforts by region and by need, a new model promises to maximize the effectiveness of solar radiation management while mitigating its potential side effects and risks.

Tags: aerosols/atmospheric science/California Institute of Technology/Carnegie Institution for Science/Climate/Climate Change/David Keith/environmental engineering/Geoengineering/Global Warming/greenhouses gases/Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences/modeling/solar radiation management/stratosphere
Categories: Environments & Sustainability, HarvardScience

Expert: Lift taboo on Earth engineering

By Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer / September 23, 2009

University of Calgary Professor David Keith calls for investment in geoengineering research as part of the search for solutions to climate change.

Tags: Climate Change/coal/Daniel Schrag/David Keith/Future of Energy/Geoengineering/global temperatures/Harvard University Center for the Environment/University of Calgary
Categories: Environments & Sustainability, HarvardScience