Published 2024
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Glacial Climate Intervention: A Research Vision
- 1. University of Chicago
- 2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- 3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 4. University of Lapland
- 5. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung
Description
From the executive summary:
Earth's two large ice sheets, in Antarctica and Greenland, are currently deteriorating and will continue to deteriorate even under the most optimistic greenhouse-gas emissions scenarios. They are a major contributor to sea-level rise and the subsequent damage to natural and human systems. We cannot stop sea-level rise, but we may be able to slow it while humanity does the necessary shift away from carbon-based energy systems.
Earth's two large ice sheets, in Antarctica and Greenland, are currently deteriorating and will continue to deteriorate even under the most optimistic greenhouse-gas emissions scenarios. They are a major contributor to sea-level rise and the subsequent damage to natural and human systems. We cannot stop sea-level rise, but we may be able to slow it while humanity does the necessary shift away from carbon-based energy systems.
Notes
This document represents a white paper that articulates a perspective on future research directions based on discussions of glacial climate intervention held at workshops at the University of Chicago (2–3 October 2023) and Stanford University (9–10 December 2023), at an American Geophysical Union town hall (12 December 2023), and at a European Geosciences Union town hall (15 April 2024). Opinions expressed here are those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect opinions held by all attendees of the workshops and town hall.
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Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.15784/601797
- Other
- oai:uchicago.tind.io:12802
Funding
- U.S. National Science Foundation
- Standard Grant ZUE9HKT2CLC9