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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.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Saturday April 18 2015, @01:54PM
It's likely about the thinking culture and peer trust in different societies.
Darwinian competition among societies perhaps.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 18 2015, @01:56PM
Are you saying that North African societies are inferior to Peruvian society, at least when it comes to intellect and performing work?
(Score: 1) by t-3 on Saturday April 18 2015, @02:44PM
You could probably make a good argument that north african countries are less socially minded, after all, aren't they all totalitarian dictatorships for the most part? Not sure about Peru, but I'm pretty sure they're reasonably democratic and they have some prominent communist groups.