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Geoengineering - The Gamble (Paperback)
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Geoengineering - The Gamble (Paperback)
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Loot Price R356
Discovery Miles 3 560
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Stabilizing the world's climates means cutting carbon dioxide
pollution. There's no way around it. But what if that's not enough?
What if it's too difficult to accomplish in the time allotted or,
worse, what if it's so late in the game that even cutting carbon
emissions to zero, tomorrow, wouldn't do? Enter solar
geoengineering. The principle is simple: attempt to cool Earth by
reflecting more sunlight back into space. The primary mechanism,
shooting particles into the upper atmosphere, implies more
pollution, not less. If that doesn't sound scary, it should. There
are lots of risks, unknowns, and unknowables. In Geoengineering:
The Gamble, climate economist Gernot Wagner provides a balanced
take on the possible benefits and all-too-real risks, especially
the so-called "moral hazard" that researching or even just
discussing (solar) geoengineering would undermine the push to cut
carbon emissions in the first place. Despite those risks, he
argues, solar geoengineering may only be a matter of time. Not if,
but when. As the founding executive director of Harvard's Solar
Geoengineering Research Program, Wagner explores scenarios of a
geoengineered future, offering an inside-view of the research
already under way and the actions the world must take to guide it
in a productive direction.
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