Pick one of the Geoengineering ideas described in the figure above. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the method you chose? Do you think we should try it?

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Pick one of the Geoengineering ideas described in the figure above.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the method you chose? Do you think we should try it?

GEOENGINEERING SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Iron fertilization
of sea
Pump
liquid CO₂
to deep sea
Shoot aerosols
to stratosphere
Grow
trees.
Place giant
reflectors
in orbit
Pump liquid
CO, into rocks
Genetically
engineer crops
Greening.
of deserts
Figure 11.1: Various geoengineering schemes that have been proposed by scientists.
Credit: Mann & Kump, Dire Predictions: Understanding Climate Change, 2nd Edition
© 2015 Pearson Education, Inc.
Transcribed Image Text:GEOENGINEERING SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE Iron fertilization of sea Pump liquid CO₂ to deep sea Shoot aerosols to stratosphere Grow trees. Place giant reflectors in orbit Pump liquid CO, into rocks Genetically engineer crops Greening. of deserts Figure 11.1: Various geoengineering schemes that have been proposed by scientists. Credit: Mann & Kump, Dire Predictions: Understanding Climate Change, 2nd Edition © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc.
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