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• Main Author: Robert Socolow
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Chemical strategies; Arctic
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.366.3207; http://www.princeton.edu/mae/people/faculty/socolow/Revised.-13-07-16r-Washington-DC-NAS-Geoengineering-briefing.pdf

Deliberate manipulation at a planetary scale raises profound issues. The scrimmage line is research: slippery slope vs. mandate. My principal recommendation: Geoengineering research should be embedded in normal science, not conducted separately. This will provide quality control and encourage dualpurpose research. It is essential to understand our planet more deeply. To create options to do geoengineering wisely is, for now, a subordinate reason for much stronger planetary science. CDR and SRM CDR and SRM are very different. CDR: Slow (think-1 ppm/yr), planetary only, low risk, few deep issues SRM: Fast, allows regional targets (e.g., arctic), high risk, high leverage, fundamentally new Distribute your effort 10:90? My talk is 60:40, reflecting what I have thought about. Four World Views