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posted by martyb on Saturday April 18 2015, @01:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the not-going-to-end-well dept.

Any attempts to engineer the climate are likely to result in "different" climate change, rather than its elimination, new results suggest. Prof Ken Caldeira, of Stanford University, presented research at a major conference on the climate risks and impacts of geoengineering. These techniques have been hailed by some as a quick fix for climate change.

But the impacts of geoengineering on oceans, the water cycle and land environments are hotly debated. They have been discussed at a meeting this week of 12,000 scientists in Vienna. Researchers are familiar with the global cooling effects of volcanic eruptions, seen both historically and even back into the deep past of the rock record. With this in mind, some here at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly ( http://www.egu2015.eu ) have been discussing the possible worldwide consequences of pumping sulphate aerosols into the stratosphere to attempt to reflect sunlight back into space and cool the planet.

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-32334528

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 18 2015, @08:23PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 18 2015, @08:23PM (#172571)

    is likely less now

    Ah so you have measured it? Before and after? Unless you swing more to a carb free diet (adkins, etc) then you end up with rice, potato to hold things together instead of wheat.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 18 2015, @11:22PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 18 2015, @11:22PM (#172632)

    My consumption of rice and potatoes had not changed. I was a big bread eater, so the diet change eliminated the amount of bread consumed drastically.

    Changing one starch for another does not necessarily equate to an increase in overall starch intake.

    Your "hold things together" statement indicates that one tries to replicate the exact wheat-based foods in a gluten free way. May be true for some, but I never followed a high carb diet before and after gluten.

    You still did not provide any references to studies evaluating starch intake differences between gluten and gluten-free diets, and if any differences correlate to health issues. From my observations, albeit not scientific, those going gluten free tend to have better health. My observations may be skewed since gluten allergies is the reason folks I am aware of changed diets, resulting in clear overall improvements to health.