Engineering Earth's Climate Could Be Dangerous (broadcast Friday, August 7th, 2009)

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / MODIS

Presidential science advisor John Holdren said this year he wouldn't rule out engineering the Earth's climate as an option to slow global warming. Rob Jackson, director of Duke University's Center on Global Change, discusses the dangers of modifying the Earth’s climate.

Guests

Rob Jackson
Professor, Environmental Sciences and Biology
Director, Center on Global Change
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

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Segment produced by:Christopher Intagliata

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