Double catastrophe: intermittent stratospheric geoengineering induced by societal collapse

Baum, Seth D.; Maher, Timothy M.; Haqq-Misra, Jacob

doi:10.1007/s10669-012-9429-y

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Double catastrophe: intermittent stratospheric geoengineering induced by societal collapse

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A pandemic that reaches the level of a GCR could be enough of an economic or population shock to sever an SAI system.
“A pandemic that reaches the level of a GCR could be enough of an economic or population shock to sever an SAI system (Baum et al., 2013).”
From A Fate Worse Than Warming? Stratospheric Aerosol Injection and Global Catastrophic Risk (2021) · cites this paper as Baum et al., 2013
The impacts of SAI, or any other catastrophic risk, should not be assessed in isolation.
“The impacts of SAI, or any other catastrophic risk, should not be assessed in isolation (Baum et al., 2013).”
From A Fate Worse Than Warming? Stratospheric Aerosol Injection and Global Catastrophic Risk (2021) · cites this paper as Baum et al., 2013
The combination of SAI's existing cooling and additional nuclear winter would lead to short-term overcooling, followed by medium- or long-term overheating due to termination shock.
“The combination of SAI's existing cooling and additional nuclear winter would lead to short term overcooling, followed by medium- or long-term overheating due to termination shock (Baum et al., 2013).”
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Authors: Baum, S. D., Maher, T. M., & Haqq-Misra, J.
Affiliations: Pennsylvania State University (US)
Bard College (US)
Blue Marble Space Institute of Science (US)
Corresponding author: Baum, Seth D.
ORCID: Baum, Seth D.
Haqq-Misra, Jacob
Venue: Environment Systems & Decisions
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2013-01-08
Volume: 33
Issue: 1
Pages: 168-180
ISSN: 0251-1088 (ISSN-L)
2194-5403
2194-5411
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-012-9429-y
OpenAlex: W2040474489
Cited by: 94
References: 94
Citations by year: 2026: 5 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 4
FWCI: 4.56
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
doi.org
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Environment Systems & Decisions (publishedVersion)
SSRN Electronic Journal (publishedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders: Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate Change and Geoengineering
Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Climate Change Policy and Economics
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
Keywords: stratospheric aerosol injection, solar geoengineering, societal collapse, global catastrophic risk, climate change mitigation, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, pandemic, nuclear war, human extinction, solar radiation management, self-sufficient communities

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