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Addressing climate change with geoengineering in the 21st century

Author(s): Hauser R

Published: September, 2011

Publisher: IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

Tags: Politics

URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=06017270

Abstract: Presents reviews of the following books: "Climate Wars: the Fight for Survival as the World Overheats" (Gwyer, G.L.;2010); "How to Cool the Planet: Geoengineering and the Audacious Quest to Fix Earth??s Climate" (Goodell, J.;2010); "Hack the Planet: Science??s Best Hope ?? or Worst Nightmare ?? for Averting Climate" (Kintisch, E.; 2010) and "The Climate Fix: What Scientists and Politicians Won??t Tell you about Global Warming" (Pielke, R.; 2010.


The Earth is not yet an artifact

Author(s): Keith DW

Published: January, 2000

Publisher: IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

DOI: 10.1109/44.890079

Tags: Earth System Management

URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?tp=&arnumber=890079&contentType=Journals+%26+Magazines&queryText%3DThe+Earth+is+not+yet+an+artifact

Abstract: Responds to B. Allenby (see ibid., p.10-24) who argues the case for Earth systems engineering and management (ESEM). In advocating ESEM, Allenby stresses the extent of human transformation of the environment, arguing that the Earth has become a human artifact. He implies that, if the world is an artifact, then it is naive to try to maintain a landscape in its natural state, and naive to practice stewardship. I argue that while one may accept that artificiality demands active management, one ought to reject the claim that the world is now artificial. We should learn to control our environmental imprint before embarking on active planetary management.


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