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Masters of Nature? - The physics of trying to control the climate

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The Earth's climate is changing; but what are we doing about it? The frustration felt all around the world at the inability to agree a meaningful deal on global carbon dioxide emission leaves people looking for alternatives.
Do we have the ability to manipulate our planet's climate to prevent the effects of global warming? If so how? What would be the consequences of attempting to do so? Understanding the physics of the Earth's climate is essential to answering these questions. Using the state-of-the-art computing power we are improving our knowledge of how the Earth works and of what any attempts to manipulate our climate would mean for the world we live in today...

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Richard Millar
Keywords
atmosphere
co2
nature
climate change
global warming
weather
carbon dioxide
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Date Added: 04/06/2013
Duration: 00:12:46

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