25.07.2012

# Media

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down to Earth: Will geoengineering save agriculture from climate change?

"The techniques of climate manipulation are experiencing a boom, as it becomes more and more likely that we will one day have to resort to them to fight climate change. In this context, what can we foresee the future of agriculture to be?"

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23.01.2012

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NY Times: Complications of Hacking the Planet

Article on crop yield and SRM as well as other actual studies.

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23.01.2012

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Physorg.com: Researchers study potential effects of geoengineering on global food supply

A new studie from Carnegie University found that crop yield would increase with SRM use. - Several media respond to that.

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22.01.2012

# New Publications

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Pongratz, J.; Lobell, D. B.; Cao, L.; Caldeira, K. (2012): Crop yields in a geoengineered climate

Pongratz, J.; Lobell, D. B.; Cao, L.; Caldeira, K. (2012): Crop yields in a geoengineered climate. In: Nature Climate change. doi: 10.1038/NCLIMATE1373

CE technologies of SRM might increase crop yields.

"Crop models predict that recent and future climate change may have adverse effects on crop yields. Intentional deflection of sunlight away from the Earth could diminish the amount of climate change in a high-CO2 world. [...] We find that in our models solar-radiation geoengineering in a high-CO2 climate generally causes crop yields to increase, largely because temperature stresses are diminished while the benefits of CO2 fertilization are retained."

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