66 Ways to Absorb carbon and Improve the Earth's Reflectivity

Takakansi

! It is no longer possible to stop global warming just by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The melting of Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets, arctic sea ice and Siberian permafrost has caused a rapid shift in the international climate debate. A growing number of leading scientists and governments are now seriously discussing and planning various emergency measures, or geoengineering solutions. Many of the proposed schemes are almost as dangerous as the warming itself, and might actually lead to the end of the world as we know it. Safer and cheaper methods exist, but they have not received as much attention as the Mad Scientist solutions. '66 Ways to Absorb Carbon and Improve the Earth's Reflectivity' is the first book that presents the whole range of existing geoengineering proposals and analyzes the dangers and benefits of each scheme. It also covers a wide range of less known ways to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.

Risto Isomäki is a science fiction and science writer and an environmental activist. Isomäki has written four novels and eight non-fiction books about climate change, including two about trees and global warming. His books have been published in fourteen South Asian and European languages.

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The melting of Greenland, West Antarctic ice sheets, Arctic sea ice and Siberian permafrost has caused a rapid shift in international climate debate. A growing number of leading scientists and governments are now seriously planning various emergency measures.

Many of the proposed schemes are almost as dangerous as the warming itself, and might actually lead to the end of the world as we know it. Safer and cheaper methods exist, but they have not received as much attention as the "mad scientist" solutions.

This volume is an updated and expanded edition of 34 Ways to Prevent the Overheating of the Planet (2007).

Risto Isomäki is a science and science fiction writer and an environmental activist. Biologist Esko Pettay is an environmental specialist with keen interest in climate science.

"When people start to think outside a closed mindset, many new ideas tend to emerge." Risto Isomäki