03955nam 2200781 450 991045284890332120200520144314.00-262-31778-8(CKB)2550000001123441(SSID)ssj0001003298(PQKBManifestationID)11554140(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001003298(PQKBWorkID)11036972(PQKB)10556292(MiAaPQ)EBC3339686(CaBNVSL)mat06642235(IDAMS)0b00006481f1a634(IEEE)6642235(OCoLC)861692482(MdBmJHUP)muse29031(OCoLC)861692482(OCoLC)859381977(OCoLC)899212061(OCoLC)1059002426(OCoLC)1077896518(OCoLC-P)861692482(MaCbMITP)9920(Au-PeEL)EBL3339686(CaPaEBR)ebr10768092(CaONFJC)MIL525158(EXLCZ)99255000000112344120151223d2013 uy engurcnu||||||||txtccrA case for climate engineering /David KeithCambridge,Massachusetts :MIT Press,[2013][Piscataqay, New Jersey] :IEEE Xplore,[2013]1 online resource (224 pages)Boston review booksBoston review bookBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-262-01982-5 1-299-93907-4 Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-194).Engineering the world's sunshine -- Climate risk -- Science -- Technology and design -- Ethics and politics -- Prospect.Climate engineering -- which could slow the pace of global warming by injecting reflective particles into the upper atmosphere -- has emerged in recent years as an extremely controversial technology. And for good reason: it carries unknown risks and it may undermine commitments to conserving energy. Some critics also view it as an immoral human breach of the natural world. The latter objection, David Keith argues in A Scientist's Case for Climate Engineering, is groundless; we have been using technology to alter our environment for years. But he agrees that there are large issues at stake. A leading scientist long concerned about climate change, Keith offers no naive proposal for an easy fix to what is perhaps the most challenging question of our time; climate engineering is no silver bullet. But he argues that after decades during which very little progress has been made in reducing carbon emissions we must put this technology on the table and consider it responsibly. That doesn't mean we will deploy it, and it doesn't mean that we can abandon efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But we must understand fully what research needs to be done and how the technology might be designed and used. This book provides a clear and accessible overview of what the costs and risks might be, and how climate engineering might fit into a larger program for managing climate change.Boston review book.Climate change mitigationGlobal warmingPreventionEnvironmental engineeringSulfuric acidEnvironmental aspectsEnvironmental geotechnologyEnvironmental policyElectronic books.Climate change mitigation.Global warmingPrevention.Environmental engineering.Sulfuric acidEnvironmental aspects.Environmental geotechnology.Environmental policy.551.68Keith David W1056374CaBNVSLCaBNVSLCaBNVSLBOOK9910452848903321A case for climate engineering2490688UNINA