20 reasons why geoengineering may be a bad idea

By A. Robock, Kirsten Jerch, M. Bunzl. 2008

418 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Global and Planetary Change, Physiology

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/0999ca2eae3425ea13bdfed3e5e3e9f995244148

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In Astronomy and Astrophysics

1. Ben Kravitz
2. J. Richter
3. Douglas G. MacMartin
4. S. Watanabe
5. Christian Schröder de Witt
6. Thomas Hornigold

In Global and Planetary Change

1. Philip J. Rasch
2. J. Richter
3. Ben Kravitz
4. Klaus Keller
5. Nancy Tuana
6. Marlos Goes
7. S. Tilmes
8. John C. Moore

Citations in the corpus

• The economics (or lack thereof) of aerosol geoengineering (2009, background): “As discussed above, the aerosol geoengineering forcing is projected to change Earth system properties such as precipitation- and surface temperature-patterns, El Niño, and polar ozone concentrations, to name just a few (Robock 2008; Lunt et al. 2008).”
• Cost analysis of stratospheric albedo modification delivery systems (2012, background): “First, the basic feasibility of SRM with current technology at low cost has been disputed (Angel 2006, Robock 2008).”
• Geoengineering: The world's largest control problem (2014, background): “Solar geoengineering could quickly reduce global mean temperatures at relatively low cost [11], but with a number of risks [12,13].”
• The Regional Hydroclimate Response to Stratospheric Sulfate Geoengineering and the Role of Stratospheric Heating (2019, background): “There are, however, many concerns over the adverse effects that geoengineering schemes may have (e.g., Robock, 2008), and it is clear that any consideration of this approach should be informed by a complete understanding of all the potential benefits and adverse consequences it may invoke.”
• The impact of abrupt suspension of solar radiation management (termination effect) in experiment G2 of the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP) (2013, background): “global temperature, then nothing significant will be done to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as global warming will no longer be perceived as a problem [Schneider, 2001; Robock, 2008; Shepherd et al., 2009].”
• A multi-model assessment of regional climate disparities caused by solar geoengineering (2014, background): “Although an imperfect solution to anthropogenic climate change (Keith and Dowlatabadi 1992, Robock 2008, Shepherd et al 2009), particularly in the absence of major mitigation efforts, solar geoengineering could be used to offset some climate change, allowing additional time for mitigation efforts…”