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| [[ https://heliophage.wordpress.com/ | Morton ]] is a [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Morton_(science_writer) | British science writer ]] with a [[ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/oliver-morton-31478722 | 1987 Cambridge BA in the history and philosophy of science ]] . | [[ https://heliophage.wordpress.com/ | Morton ]] is a [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Morton_(science_writer) | British science writer ]] with a [[ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/oliver-morton-31478722 | 1987 Cambridge BA in the history and philosophy of science. ]] Morton is rightly concerned with rising CO₂, and this book is about mitigations involving planetary geoengineering. He points out that (besides CO₂) we have already massively modified the biosphere with Haber-Bosch nitrogen fertilizer. This book was mostly written almost a decade ago, and molecular biotechnology was mostly off the radar then, and certainly wasn't part of the Cambridge curriculum 35 years ago, so his toolset may be out of date. Morton mentions early experiments with iron seeding of ocean plankton, and some surprises and negative consequences of t |
The Planet Remade
How Geoengineering will Change the World
Oliver Morton 2015 Beaverton Library 363.7387 MOR
I stumbled across this while looking for a different book ... another reason why indexed libraries are useful.
Morton is a British science writer with a 1987 Cambridge BA in the history and philosophy of science.
Morton is rightly concerned with rising CO₂, and this book is about mitigations involving planetary geoengineering. He points out that (besides CO₂) we have already massively modified the biosphere with Haber-Bosch nitrogen fertilizer. This book was mostly written almost a decade ago, and molecular biotechnology was mostly off the radar then, and certainly wasn't part of the Cambridge curriculum 35 years ago, so his toolset may be out of date.
Morton mentions early experiments with iron seeding of ocean plankton, and some surprises and negative consequences of t