The Planet Remade
How geoengineering could change the world
Introduction: Two Questions -- Part One: Energies. The top of the world -- A planet called weather -- Pinatubo -- Dimming the noontime sun -- Coming to think this way -- Moving the goalposts. Part Two: Substances. Nitrogen -- Carbon past, carbon present -- Carbon present, carbon future -- Sulphur and soggy mirrors. Part Three: Possibilities. The ends of the world -- The deliberate planet.
Details
- Authors
- Oliver Morton
- Publishers
- Princeton University Press
- Publish Date
- November 3, 2015
- ISBN
- 9780691148250 • 9781400874453
- Format
- EPUB • PDF • WEB
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 428
- Downloads
- 12
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