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Daniel Schrag: Geoengineering
October 30, 2008
Daniel Schrag professor, Earth and planetary sciences, Harvard

Geochemist Daniel Schrag argues that climate change is actually far worse than people are led to believe. Locally, he suggests a feasible project to raise the height of the Charles River Dam, providing Boston with additional protection in the event of future storm flooding and sea-level rise. On the global level, he has cautiously endorsed the study of “geoengineering”: schemes to mitigate or reverse global warming.

This lecture is part of the 2008 IDEAS Boston conference.

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