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The Resource The planet remade : how geoengineering could change the world, Oliver Morton

The planet remade : how geoengineering could change the world, Oliver Morton

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In an effort to rethink our responses to the crisis of global warming, a small but increasingly influential group of scientists is exploring proposals for planned human intervention in the climate system: a stratospheric veil against the sun, the cultivation of photosynthetic plankton, fleets of unmanned ships seeding the clouds -- all technologies of the new field of "geoengineering." In this book, journalist Oliver Morton explores the history, politics, and cutting-edge science of this new field, weighing both the promises and perils of its controversial strategies and examining its scale and ambition relative to the profound changes in the planet's clouds, soils, winds, and seas during the last century
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
428 pages
Note
Originally published in Great Britain by Granta Books, 2015
Contents
  • Introduction: Two questions
  • Part 1. Energies. The top of the world ; A planet called weather ; Pinatubo ; Dimming the noontime sun ; Coming to think this way ; Moving the goalposts
  • Part 2. Substances. Nitrogen ; Carbon past, carbon present ; Carbon present, carbon future ; Sulphur and soggy mirrors
  • Part 3. Possibilities. The ends of the world ; The deliberate planet
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9780691175904
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The planet remade : how geoengineering could change the world
Title
The planet remade
Title remainder
how geoengineering could change the world
Statement of responsibility
Oliver Morton
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
In an effort to rethink our responses to the crisis of global warming, a small but increasingly influential group of scientists is exploring proposals for planned human intervention in the climate system: a stratospheric veil against the sun, the cultivation of photosynthetic plankton, fleets of unmanned ships seeding the clouds -- all technologies of the new field of "geoengineering." In this book, journalist Oliver Morton explores the history, politics, and cutting-edge science of this new field, weighing both the promises and perils of its controversial strategies and examining its scale and ambition relative to the profound changes in the planet's clouds, soils, winds, and seas during the last century
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Morton, Oliver
Dewey number
  • 363.73874
  • 628
Index
index present
LC call number
QC903
LC item number
.M678 2016
Literary form
non fiction
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  • Environmental engineering
  • Climate change mitigation
  • Climate change mitigation
  • Environmental engineering
  • Miljöteknik
  • Humanekologi
  • Miljöfrågor
  • Klimatförändringar
  • Växthuseffekten
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The planet remade : how geoengineering could change the world, Oliver Morton
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Publication
Copyright
Note
Originally published in Great Britain by Granta Books, 2015
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-414) and index
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: Two questions -- Part 1. Energies. The top of the world ; A planet called weather ; Pinatubo ; Dimming the noontime sun ; Coming to think this way ; Moving the goalposts -- Part 2. Substances. Nitrogen ; Carbon past, carbon present ; Carbon present, carbon future ; Sulphur and soggy mirrors -- Part 3. Possibilities. The ends of the world ; The deliberate planet
Control code
ocn914219612
Dimensions
25 cm
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unknown
Extent
428 pages
Isbn
9780691175904
Lccn
2015946728
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unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
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unknown
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unknown
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unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780691148250
  • (OCoLC)914219612
Label
The planet remade : how geoengineering could change the world, Oliver Morton
Link
Publication
Copyright
Note
Originally published in Great Britain by Granta Books, 2015
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-414) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: Two questions -- Part 1. Energies. The top of the world ; A planet called weather ; Pinatubo ; Dimming the noontime sun ; Coming to think this way ; Moving the goalposts -- Part 2. Substances. Nitrogen ; Carbon past, carbon present ; Carbon present, carbon future ; Sulphur and soggy mirrors -- Part 3. Possibilities. The ends of the world ; The deliberate planet
Control code
ocn914219612
Dimensions
25 cm
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
428 pages
Isbn
9780691175904
Lccn
2015946728
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Quality assurance targets
unknown
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780691148250
  • (OCoLC)914219612

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