Hacking the Earth

What do we do if our best efforts to limit the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere fall short? According to a growing number of environmental scientists, we may be forced to try an experiment in global climate management: geoengineering. Geoengineering would be risky, likely to provoke international tension, and certain to have unexpected consequences. It may also be inevitable. Environmental futurist Jamais Cascio explores the implications of geoengineering in this collection of thought-provoking essays. Is our civilization ready to take on the task of re-engineering the planet?

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Publication Date: Sep 29, 2011
Language: English
Category: Science & Medicine
Copyright: All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors: By (author): Jamais Cascio

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Geoengineering Climate Change Climate Global Warming Environment

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About Jamais Cascio

Selected by Foreign Policy magazine as one of their Top 100 Global Thinkers, Jamais Cascio writes about the intersection of emerging technologies, environmental dilemmas, and cultural transformation, specializing in the design and creation of plausible scenarios of the future. His work appears in publications such as the Atlantic Monthly, the Wall Street Journal, and Foreign Policy, and he has been featured in a variety of television programs on emerging issues. Cascio speaks about future possibilities around the world, at venues including Amplify09 in Sydney, Guardian Activate Summit in London, the National Academy of Sciences in Washington DC, and the TED 2006 conference. In 2009, Cascio published his first non-fiction book, Hacking the Earth: Understanding the Consequences of Geoengineering, and is now at work on his second. Cascio has long worked in the field of foresight strategy, and is currently a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Future.

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