{"product_id":"geoengineering-and-climate-change-methods-risks-and-governance-hardback-9781394204380","title":"Geoengineering and Climate Change; Methods, Risks, and Governance (Hardback) 9781394204380","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGeoengineering and Climate Change\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMethods, Risks, and Governance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMartin Beech (Edited by), M Beech (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781394204380, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 9 January 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e480 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 2.6 cm, 1.191 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis important and timely book assembles expert scientists from both sides of the debate to discuss Earth-based and space-based climate intervention technologies including the scale, deployment, risk management, and moral philosophy behind these technologies.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe role that geoengineering might play, within the context of global warming amelioration, has long been contentious. For all this, geoengineering is about getting down and dirty with respect to the issue of climate intervention. Often dismissed as an option of last resort, geoengineering is now emerging as a key component in humanity’s drive to bring the impacts of global warming under some form of mitigation and control. While geoengineering does not solve the fundamental problem of continued anthropomorphic carbon dioxide emissions, the root cause of global warming, it is an option that can effectively buy humanity some much-needed time. Time, that is, to act positively, and time to introduce meaningful emission reductions, and deploy large-scale sequestration technologies. Indeed, the failure to meaningfully corral greenhouse gas emission levels, and the slow development of large-scale carbon capture technologies, will, by the close of the 21st century, likely see global temperatures increase by at least 2 or 3 degrees above pre-industrial levels. What geoengineering can potentially do for us is to offset the more extreme climate change scenarios that are presently projected to come about. An integrated geoengineering program to cool Earth’s atmosphere, running in parallel with the development of sequestration technologies, and substantial emission reductions, can work to limit the worst effects of climate change that will, without geoengineering, surely come about. Geoengineering is not a neutral or benign action, however, and if it is to be deployed, then much more research, and field testing of ideas and technologies is urgently needed. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe authors in this book present a cross-section of philosophies, engineering approaches, and reactions to the idea of geoengineering. Through their words, the reader is introduced to the historical and contemporary debate concerning the potential deployment of geoengineering actions. Indeed, there are many ways in which geoengineering, as a grand worldwide initiative, or as a combined set of independent actions, might proceed in both the near, and the deep future, and here the reader is introduced to these topics by experts in their field. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book will be of interest to engineers, chemists, geologists, physicists, biologists, environmentalists, meteorologists, philosophers, mathematicians, computer modelers, and policy managers. General readers interested in geoengineering will find the book very readable and scientifically reliable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Prolegomenon: A Geoengineering Primer 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMartin Beech\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Two Generations of Ethical Debate on Geoengineering 31\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAugustine Pamplany\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Risky Business: Complex Risks of Solar Geoengineering 51\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAaron Tang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Climate Justice and the Dangers of Solar Geoengineering 65\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJennie C. Stephens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Solar Geoengineering: An Insoluble Problem? 73\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePatrick Moriarty and Damon Honnery\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Potential Mental Health Risks Associated with Stratospheric Aerosol Injection Methods Using Aluminum Oxide 91\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGiovanni Ghirga\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 What to Consider When Considering Solar Geoengineering 97\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBurgess Langshaw Power\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Moral Hazard of Geoengineering to Decarbonization 117\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSoheil Shayegh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Preeminent Question of Environmental Philosophy: Where Should We Set the Envirostat? 125\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark Walker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Climate Hegemony and Control Over the Global Thermostat 141\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Hickman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Designing A Priori Scenarios for Stratospheric Aerosol Injections to Mitigate Climate Change: An Optimal Control Technique Application 151\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSergei Soldatenko\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Testing the Limits of the World’s Largest Control Task: Solar Geoengineering as a Deep Reinforcement Learning Problem 171\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEshaan Agrawal and Christian Schroeder de Witt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Geochemical Drivers of Enhanced Rock Weathering in Soils 207\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eXavier Dupla, Susan L. Brantley, Carlos Paulo, Benjamin Möller, Ian M. Power and Stéphanie Grand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Geoengineering Cities with Reflective and Pervious Surfaces 231\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSushobhan Sen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Urban Geoengineering 247\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGiles Thomson, Jonathan Fink and Peter Newman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Cooling Down the World Oceans and the Earth 265\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJulian David Hunt, Andreas Nascimento, Fabio A. Diuana, Natália de Assis Brasil Weber, Gabriel Malta Castro, Ana Carolina Chaves, André Luiz Amarante Mesquita, Angéli Viviani Colling and Paulo Smith Schneider\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Ice Preservation: A Research Priority for Climate Resilience and Sustainability – Experience in the Field 287\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLeslie Field\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Cirrus Cloud Thinning 297\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid L. Mitchell and Ehsan Erfani\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Can the COVID-19 Decrease in Aircraft Flights Inform us of Whether the Addition of Efficient INP to Cirrus Altitudes Cools the Climate? 307\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoyce E. Penner, Jialei Zhu and Anne Garnier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Biogenic Iron Oxides as a Source of Iron for Ocean Iron Fertilization 331\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Emerson, Sarabeth George, Amy Doiron and Benjamin S. Twining\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Space Bubbles: The Deflection of Solar Radiation Using Thin-Film Inflatable Bubble Rafts 349\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNikita Klimenko, Umberto Fugiglando and Carlo Ratti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Optimal Sunshield Positioning 357\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChrister Fuglesang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Could the Well of an Orbital Lift Be Used to Deposit Greenhouse Gases into Space? 367\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOrfeu Bertolami\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Ionospheric Perturbations from Satellite Dust 377\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSierra Solter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Geoengineering and Beyond – Planetary Defense, Space Debris, and SETI 387\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMartin Beech\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Future Imperative and the Inevitable Technofix 415\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMartin Beech\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 445\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: The environment [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on The environment\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22The%20environment%20%5BRN%5D%22\"\u003eRN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Scrivener","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52475097514264,"sku":"9781394204380","price":144.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781394204380.jpg?v=1785805109","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/geoengineering-and-climate-change-methods-risks-and-governance-hardback-9781394204380","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}