As alarm over global warming spreads, a radical idea is gaining momentum. Forget cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, some scientists argue. Instead, bounce sunlight back into space by pumping reflective nanoparticles into the atmosphere. Launch mirrors into orbit around the Earth. Make clouds thicker and brighter to create a "planetary thermostat." These ideas might sound like science fiction, but in fact they are part of a very old story. For more than a century, scientists, soldiers, and charlatans have tried to manipulate weather and climate, and like them, today's climate engineers wildly exaggerate what is possible. Scarcely considering the political, military, and ethical implications of managing the world's climate, these individuals hatch schemes with potential consequences that far outweigh anything their predecessors might have faced. Showing what can happen when fixing the sky becomes a dangerous experiment in pseudoscience, James Rodger Fleming traces the tragicomic history of the rainmakers, rain fakers, weather warriors, and climate engineers who have been both full of ideas and full of themselves. Weaving together stories from elite science, cutting-edge technology, and popular culture, Fleming examines issues of health and navigation in the 1830s, drought in the 1890s, aircraft safety in the 1930s, and world conflict since the 1940s. Killer hurricanes, ozone depletion, and global warming fuel the fantasies of today. Based on archival and primary research, Fleming's original story speaks to anyone who has a stake in sustaining the planet.
0 有用 FoundObject 2019-02-20 02:51:28
虽然史料都很详实,但是作者实在太缺乏人文素养了。首先选的图片都丑哭,而且非常没有重点。其次,可以深刻的地方,都一笔带过,最后变成了史料的堆砌。结论变成了政治呼吁,对于天气控制的评价也非常扁平——我们不能meddle with nature。Flemin其实是最早写天气史的,结果写成这样,也太可惜了吧。怪不得最后还是paul edwards占领了天气数据模型的阵地。。。
0 有用 FoundObject 2019-02-20 02:51:28
虽然史料都很详实,但是作者实在太缺乏人文素养了。首先选的图片都丑哭,而且非常没有重点。其次,可以深刻的地方,都一笔带过,最后变成了史料的堆砌。结论变成了政治呼吁,对于天气控制的评价也非常扁平——我们不能meddle with nature。Flemin其实是最早写天气史的,结果写成这样,也太可惜了吧。怪不得最后还是paul edwards占领了天气数据模型的阵地。。。