Earthmasters : the dawn of the age of climate engineering / Clive Hamilton.
By: Hamilton, Clive
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TextPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-237) and index.Description: xii, 247 p. : il. ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780300186673 (hardbound : alk. paper); 0300186673 (hardbound : alk. paper).Subject(s): Weather control | Climate change mitigation | Environmental geotechnologyDDC classification: 551.68 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 551.68 H180 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003489689 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-237) and index.
Why geoengineering? -- Sucking carbon -- Regulating sunlight -- The players and the public -- Promethean dreams -- Atmospheric geopolitics -- Ethical anxieties -- This goodly frame.
Explores the range of technologies being developed in the field of geoengineering - the intentional, large-scale manipulation of Earth's climate system. Lays out arguments for and against climate engineering, and reveals the extent of vested interests linking researchers, venture capitalists and corporations.
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