Climate Engineering (CE) is the intentional manipulation of the Earth's climate as an attempt to counteract the effects of impending, unintended global change or potential “climate emergencies” due to greenhouse gases and other climate forcing agents, such as reflecting and absorbing aerosol particles. Though often discussed as being highly promising and cost-effective, each proposed CE measure of course harbors large uncertainties and significant potential side effects. The CE measures can mostly be divided into two categories: accelerated removal of carbon dioxide (CO2, the primary greenhouse gas) from the atmosphere, and “solar radiation management” (SRM), i.e., increasing the amount of solar radiation reflected back to space. This talk gives an overview of the latter, focusing particularly on the current state of knowledge of proposed SRM measures through injection of aerosol particles, which either directly reflect solar radiation, or enhance the reflectivity of clouds.

Diese Veranstaltung ist Teil der Reihe Karlsruher Meteorologisches Kolloquium

Referent/in
Dr. Mark G. Lawrence

Max Planck Institut für Chemie in Mainz
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry

Veranstalter
Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung - Atmosphärische Umweltforschung (IMK-IFU)
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Kreuzeckbahnstraße 19
82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
E-Mail: hape schmid ∂does-not-exist.imk kit edu

Zielgruppe
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeitende