Geoengineering Will Help Solve CO2 Crisis

The biggest problem I see with geo engineering as a solution (or even part of a solution) to climate change is the psychological affect it might have on other efforts - by that I mean if there exists a fall back measure of any kind - something that we can rely on if we fail to reduce emissions enough - then we (people of the earth) might be less inclined to really work towards emissions reduction.  That being said, some scientists believe that we've exceeded a CO2 threshold in the atmosphere already - which will lead to an unfortunate feedback loop of more and more CO2 emissions (via melting permafrost).  Considering this possiblity, we might very well need such geo engineering solutions anyway.

this does sound like it's out of a science fiction novel.

This photo was taken the day after Hurricane Floyd struck the North Eastern coast of Florida. Here, Marineland of Florida, suffered damage to many of their structures, the dolphins and other inhabitants of the oceanarium weathered the storm okay.

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The Craigbourne Reservoir built to service local irrigation farming but has been put under am much greater load than it is capable of sustaining. After three years of drought it has officially been declared empty in January 2009 - efforts to keep water supply up to farms from the River Derwent were quoted as costing approx an extra $4.5 million.
In the past this was also a popular fishing and boating location -with Tasmanian Fisheries periodically stocking the reservoir with Atlantic Salmon

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It's a very beautiful area near the Mississippi river, near the city of Grand Tower. We were on the top of a cliff near the edge of the river. These cliffs were sculpted by the glacier during one of the ice ages.
The area below is a high risk flooding area, and they're repairing one of the "retaining hills" that protects the farms, roads and towns against extreme flooding.
In the early 1990's there was severe flooding and the river water was up to the edge of that hill.

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Thanks for using my charts in conjunction with this article, Karenke4. The charts highlight the relationship between growth in worldwide carbon emissions and population growth. I hope that the environmental community will start to address population growth as a key cause of increases in total emissions. I believe that we must continue to make progress on scientific efforts to sequester carbon and reduce emissions, as well as reduce population growth in the poorest parts of the world.

Lake Wendouree in the town of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia was until about 3 years ago and large picturesque focal point of the town. It is now completely dry due to prolonged drought conditions in the region. However, diversions overtime to water sources that once fed the lake have also contributed to its current state. In better times it is home to a wide variety of bird life and provides a beautiful recreational site for the town including rowing and fishing clubs. Now the jetties of the boat sheds protrude forlornly into a sea of dried grass and reeds.

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Parque Sur (South Park), is a big park in Olavarria (Argentina).
There's a stream which go along this park.
This photo was taken in 2007, in winter. It was a very dry winter, as you can see!
I haven't visited this park during the last months, but I can imagine it'd look like this... Because this summer is extremely hot! And there's a terrible drought.
Anyway, it's a great place to go for a walk!

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The photograph showing a marine iguana feeding on algae in the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) illustrates at least two aspects of nature's delicate balance which can be affected by climate change: 1)  Marine iguanas have uniquely evolved to fill a small niche in the local ecosystem, and since they are cold-blooded animals, their metabolism is entirely controlled by the temperature of the ocean where they feed; 2) Marine iguanas feed exclusively on a certain type of algae which only grows in certain parts of the Galapagos Archapelago, and algae growth is controlled by sunlight intensity and water temperature.

Report from Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia :

Weather forecast announced that rainfall would be at its peak in end of January. Flood would be expected in many areas. Rajawali is a slum area and it is difficult for the flood water to subside as garbage has blocked out the drainage system. We would expect many diseases during this raining season. Children and old folks would fell sick easily. There is no proper sanitary system and access to this area is not going to be easy.

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Although it is a human-made lake, shrinking Lake Mead gives a very disturbing impression when one stands on dusty desert land where 90 feet of water should be.

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This picture was taken as some of the first schools started opening up. In the background you can see small children outside playing while surrouned by piles of debris.

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This flood happend in September in northwest Indiana

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This photo was taken in October 2008 during really pleasant weather conditions. Eight weeks later, we got the news about the storm surge that created so much damage. Small Micronesian countries like RMI are squarely in the path of rising sea levels. Places like Florida and cities like Shanghai and New York aren't far behind...

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Hi! First of all I want to thank you for inviting me to share my photos. Its an honor.

This spectacular sights are one of Iceland natural environment. I thing after a long time many of our beautiful natural places of interest falls in the shadow. And we who live among them starts to take them for granted.

But as I was walking down town of Reykjavík city, and photographing the protest in front of the Alþingi(parliament). I saw so many people holding a Digital Camera that it brought a smile to my face. Hopefully there will be as many Icelanders as tourist guest taking pictures this summer:)

Best regards!!

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Hello,

This photo was taken just 6 days on the beach. Me and my friends went to take pictures since the days before there had been swell.

What was our surprise? Because the sea had brought lots of seaweed. This picture is one of these macro algae attached to a stone breakwater that fell into the sea.

What I like about this picture is undoubtedly its color and depth of field that does more to highlight the foreground of the photo.

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una acequia en san marcos sierras, provincia de córdoba, argentina
a dike in san marcos sierras, cordoba province, argentina

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This is a necessity and it will help, but the problem is of such dimensions that it will not solve it only help. Better then the alternative though.

It's an honour that one of my shoots has been picked by Karen.
The picture was taken recently in the northeast of Brazil, a semi-arid region. The palm trees in the back ground are called "carnaúba".

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I was out walking with a friend and his dog' it had been raining quite heavily and this was the scene that met us when we arrived at the river Leven in the town of Dumbarton. The river Leven enters the sea just beyond the rock in the middle right of the photo. It might have been high water at that time and the reason for the river flooding the surrounding area.

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Not much to say about this. Taken from the car, so a bit of a lucky shot. Had been to Ballarat, where Lake Wendouree is now completely dry. In 1956 the Olympic rowing competition was held on the lake. Now, you would have to carry your canoe.

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UK Twickenham:
Twickenham is situated on the River Thames which is a tidal river. It experiences extreme changes of level and the recent heavy rains have resulted in more flooding than usual and the cars of local motorists regularly become trapped in the rising waters.

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