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Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT > GEOENGINEERING

PREFERRED TERM

GEOENGINEERING  

DEFINITION

  • Geoengineering refers to a broad set of methods and technologies that aim to deliberately alter the climate system in order to alleviate the impacts of climate change. Most, but not all, methods seek to either (a) reduce the amount of absorbed solar energy in the climate system (Solar Radiation Management) or (b) increase net carbon sinks from the atmosphere at a scale sufficiently large to alter climate (Carbon Dioxide Removal). Scale and intent are of central importance. Two key characteristics of geoengineering methods of particular concern are that they use or affect the climate system (e.g., atmosphere, land, or ocean) globally or regionally and/or could have substantive unintended effects that cross national boundaries. Geoengineering is different from weather modification and ecological engineering, but the boundary can be fuzzy.

BROADER CONCEPT

NARROWER CONCEPTS

ENTRY TERMS

  • Climate Engineering
  • Climate Intervention

CHANGE NOTE

  • 2019-03-13 07:43:01.0 [tstevens] Insert Concept add broader relation (GEOENGINEERING [262e3568-c57b-4e28-a142-ad5e7b51dfb7,368561] - ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT [d81b77be-0177-4e26-942c-aa911239482d,365083]);
  • 2019-03-13 07:45:51.0 [tstevens] insert AltLabel (id: null category: null text: Climate Engineering language code: en); insert AltLabel (id: null category: null text: Climate Intervention language code: en); insert Definition (id: null text: Geoengineering refers to a broad set of methods and technologies that aim to deliberately alter the climate system in order to alleviate the impacts of climate change. Most, but not all, methods seek to either (a) reduce the amount of absorbed solar energy in the climate system (Solar Radiation Management) or (b) increase net carbon sinks from the atmosphere at a scale sufficiently large to alter climate (Carbon Dioxide Removal). Scale and intent are of central importance. Two key characteristics of geoengineering methods of particular concern are that they use or affect the climate system (e.g., atmosphere, land, or ocean) globally or regionally and/or could have substantive unintended effects that cross national boundaries. Geoengineering is different from weather modification and ecological engineering, but the boundary can be fuzzy. language code: en);
  • 2019-03-13 07:47:11.0 [tstevens] Insert Concept add narrower relation (GEOENGINEERING [262e3568-c57b-4e28-a142-ad5e7b51dfb7,368561] - SOLAR RADIATION MANAGEMENT [0f583845-c39e-471d-a590-8212a4358e1e,368565]);
  • 2019-03-13 07:51:34.0 [tstevens] Insert Concept add narrower relation (GEOENGINEERING [262e3568-c57b-4e28-a142-ad5e7b51dfb7,368561] - CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL [1595c0a9-63a8-433c-8515-044a977d73a7,368569]);
  • 2019-09-11 08:44:00.0 [tstevens] insert WeightedRelation (id: null related concept uuid: c4a6c571-406e-4023-b479-6a1fc30f184c relationship type: null relationship value: null generated by: null);

URI

https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/262e3568-c57b-4e28-a142-ad5e7b51dfb7

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