Geoengineering (noun):
“deliberate large-scale manipulation of the
planetary environment to counteract anthropogenic climate change” -
I have
been sent on this mission by our Eazling leaders, to discover new technologies
from around the galaxy that could help to save our planet.
Figure 1. My vessel for the mission. |
Eazrah
is facing a crisis. Its climate is changing dramatically because atmospheric
levels of gases like carbon dioxide and methane have become so high they’ve
caused global temperatures to get too hot. We’ve been warned that the
higher temperatures could cause droughts so extreme that crops cannot grow.
Most of the beautiful ice-lands are melting too, and causing sea levels to
rise and swallow up entire coastal cities.
But
nobody has done anything to stop it. Not really.
Carbon dioxide and methane are still being pumped out into the atmosphere every
day and the temperature is still rising.
As a
last resort, our leaders want to look for alien “geoengineering” technologies that
will either suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, or to reduce the amount
of sunlight hitting the planet’s surface and heating it up.
My
objective is simple: find a technology that’s been developed on an alien planet
to remove atmospheric carbon dioxide or manage solar radiation to control
global temperatures.
Many of
the Eazlings are wary of using such large-scale technologies to control global temperature.
Some worry that inadvertent
damage could be done by the techniques. Others are concerned it will take too
long to implement a successful geoengineering plan on the scale needed to avoid
the disaster brought by climate change. And some Eazlings claim we need to
address the fundamental reasons why we’ve let climate change get to this point
– make changes to our system, rather than using a techno-fix
to carry on with business as usual.
But one thing is for certain: we desperately need something to be done to prevent ongoing climate change. So I'm exploring any technologies that could be part of a plan to do that.
But one thing is for certain: we desperately need something to be done to prevent ongoing climate change. So I'm exploring any technologies that could be part of a plan to do that.
Engaging first post. I'm intrigued to see how this blog pans out. Remember to use a mixture of academic and non-academic sources of information.
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