EESC 1174 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Thermostat, Tourniquet, Chemotherapy
20 Jun 2016
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Geoengineering: only 3 ways to effect climate, humans impact the climate (mitigation) - climate system is impacted (geoengineering) - climate impact on human welfare (adaptation, being talking about geoengineering since 1960s. 2015 report by us nation research council recommended abandoned geoengineering and use the term climate intervention . C. 2. focus on climate not geo and we really do not have the level of control that the term engineering suggests. A. 1. solar radiation management srm - cause cooling to counteract greenhouse warming. A. 2. one problem this approach cant solve ocean acidification as co2 level keeps ris- ing. A. 3. b) cool cities locally by 1 degree celsius, maybe . 1 degree globally will not stop global warming and changing rainfall sea level rise etc. A. 4. a) spray sea salt into air provides particles for water to condense onto mak- ing clouds brighter and reflecting more sunlight. A. 4. c) not sure but could fully cancel global average warming still mess with local climates.
