Climate engineering
- Submission status
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- Submission deadline
Anthropogenic climate change has led to sea level rise and increasingly extreme weather events, including droughts, floods, and heatwaves. Climate change threatens oceanic and terrestrial ecosystems worldwide, disproportionately affecting those living in developing nations through food insecurity, mortality from extreme weather, and vector-borne diseases. As greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, climate engineering, including carbon dioxide removal and management of solar radiation, presents an opportunity to mitigate the disastrous effects of global warming.
This Collection welcomes research on the development, implementation, effectiveness, and potential consequences of climate engineering.
This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 13
Editors
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Caterina De Vito
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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Xueliang Guo
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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Benzhong Zhao
McMaster University, Canada
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Yuyu Zhou
Iowa State University, USA
Caterina De Vito is an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Her main research topics include: Carbon dioxide sequestration via mineral carbonation in aqueous solution; mineralogy, petrology and geochemistry of granitic pegmatites belonging to NYF- LCT; characterization of rare mineral species. Dr De Vito has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2019.
Xueliang Guo is a Professor at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. He completed his PhD at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and postdoctoral research at the University of Tokyo, Japan. His research mainly focussed on cloud physics and precipitation, and weather modification. Professor Guo has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2019.
Benzhong (Robin) Zhao is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University. His research focuses on multiphase flow in porous media with application to practical, impactful technologies for climate change mitigation, which include geological carbon sequestration and renewable hydrogen generation. Dr Zhao has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2022.
Yuyu Zhou is an Associate Professor with the Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA. His research interests include the applications of remote sensing, geographic information systems, integrated assessment modeling, and spatial analysis to understand the problems of urban environmental change and their potential solutions. Dr Zhou has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2022.
