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Ungineering, not geoengineering

By Agriculture, Arctic Sea Ice, climate emergency, climate restoration, Earth systems, Emissions, engineered solutions, Engineering, evolutionary boundaries, Forest Mortality, geoengineering, Gigs and Presentations, ice sheet, IMO, Impacts, in-depth and Popular Press, International Maritime Organization, Negative emissions, ocean processes, Permafrost melt, pine beetle, Podcasts, Point of No Return, Presentations, Solutions, Strategy, The Unexpected, Tipping

Ungineering, not geoengineering by Bruce Melton, first published at the GRag Blog on May 27, 2026 Podcast from Rag Radio, 97.1 FM, Coop Austin (Cover image: Ship trails in the North Pacific cool our climate through the oldest climate pollution treatment (geoengineering) strategy humans have been practicing for 150 years. Credit: NASA.) Summary: Geonegineering is…

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Geoengineering: We have been for centuries

By Abrupt changes, aerosols, Agriculture, Arctic Sea Ice, climate emergency, climate restoration, Earth systems, Emissions, engineered solutions, Engineering, evolutionary boundaries, forest health, Forest Mortality, geoengineering, Gigs and Presentations, ice sheets, IMO, Impacts, International Maritime Organization, ocean processes, Permafrost melt, Point of No Return, sea ice, Solutions, Tipping, West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Geoengineering: We have been for centuries Powerpoint Presentation, June 2, 2026 This presentation covers the concepts of geoengineering and pollution treatment that our advanced culture has been practicing for centuries and millennia. It started when we terraformed Earth by cutting down more than a third of its trees before the Industrial Revolution. Geoengineering is evident…

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Telltale for IMO Ship’s Fuel Regulations Causing Significant Nitrogen Oxide Emissions

By aerosols, Climate Policy, climate solutions, engineered solutions, Engineering, geoengineering, IMO, International Maritime Organization, Nitrogen oxide N20

Telltale for the New IMO Ship’s Fuel Regulations Causing Significant Warming Since 2023: Atmospheric Nitrogen Oxide Emissions  There has been a 67% reduction in ships’ cloud-altering abilities after the International Maritime Organization’s ship’s fuel regulations limiting sulfur went into effect. Sulfur is a natural component of fossil fuels that when burned creates air pollution responsible…

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What’s next for carbon removal? Undue Widespread Pessimism

By carbon removal, CDR, Climate Policy, climate restoration, climate solutions, CO2 Removal and Sequestration, engineered solutions, IMO, International Maritime Organization, IRS 45Q, Myths, Negative emissions, Solutions

Stratos, 500 million ton per year air capture unit by Occidental Petroleum in the Permian Basin, Texas What’s next for carbon removal? Undue false and widespread pessimism in the popular press. Companies have still drawn down only enough CO2 to cancel out a few hours of US emissions. Here’s what it will take to really…

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