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| Title | Active Climate Stabilization: Practical Physics-Based Approaches to Prevention of Climate Change | |
| Author(s) | Teller, E.; Hyde, T.; Wood, L. | |
| Publication Date | April 18, 2002 | |
| Report Number | UCRL-JC-148012 | |
| Unique Identifier | ACC0233 | |
| Other Numbers | OSTI ID: 15005941 | |
| Research Org | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), CA (USA) | |
| Contract No | W-7405-ENG-48 | |
| Sponsoring Org | US Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA) | |
| Other Information | National Academy of Engineering Symposium, Washington, DC (US), 04/23/2002--04/24/2002 | |
| Subject | 29 Energy Planning, Policy And Economy; 54 Environmental Sciences; Climates; Environmental Impacts; Greenhouse Gases; Management; Stabilization | |
| Keywords | Climate Change | |
| Related Web Pages | Edward Teller | |
| Abstract | We offer a case for active technical management of the radiative forcing of the temperatures of the Earth's fluid envelopes, rather than administrative management of atmospheric greenhouse gas inputs, in order to stabilize both the global- and time-averaged climate and its mesoscale features. We suggest that active management of radiative forcing entails negligible--indeed, likely strongly negative--economic costs and environmental impacts, and thus best complies with the pertinent mandate of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. We propose that such approaches be swiftly evaluated in sub-scale in the course of an intensive international program. | |
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