Cantiere Terra
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Cantiere Terra

Come l'ingegneria climatica può salvare il pianeta

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Cantiere Terra

Come l'ingegneria climatica può salvare il pianeta

About this book

Entro il 2050 un miliardo di persone potrebbero diventare rifugiati climatici. Secondo Thomas Kostigen, però, iltempo dei movimenti, dell’attivismo e della sensibilizzazione è arrivato in drammatico ritardo, con un riscaldamento globale che dopo i picchi del settembre 2016 è giunto al punto di non ritorno. Cantiere Terra dimostra come l’unicasperanza per invertire la tendenza sia da ricercare nell’innovazione tecnologica, in particolare nelle forme più avanzate di ingegneria climatica. Kostigen va alla ricerca di chi oggi nel mondo propone soluzioni innovative: sono investitori, scienziati, ingegneri e visionari che, tra foreste artificiali che assorbono anidride carbonica dall’atmosfera, terreni smart che programmano le condizioni ideali per lo sviluppo delle coltivazioni e innovativi sistemi di riutilizzo delle acque di scarico, stanno provando concretamente a cambiare le sorti del pianeta.

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introduzione
è raddoppiata rispetto al 1980: European Academies’ Science Advisory Council, Leopoldina, “New Data Confirm Increased Frequency of Extreme Weather Events”, ScienceDaily, https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180321130859.htm.
ha subìto un incremento del 50 per cento in soli venti anni: L. Cormack, “Rate of Global Sea Level Rise Jumps 50 Per Cent in Two Decades”, Sydney Morning Herald, 27 giugno 2017, www.smh.com.au/environment/rate-of-global-sea-level-rise-jumps-50-per-cent-in-two-decades-20170626-gwyu52.html.
è quadruplicata rispetto alla media di quarant’anni fa: European Academies’ Science Advisory Council, Leopoldina, “New Data Confirm Increased Frequency of Extreme Weather Events”, cit.
gli incendi più devastanti della storia moderna: T. Sumner, “California Drought Worst in at Least 1200 Years”, Science News, 6 dicembre 2014, www.sciencenews.org/article/california-drought-worst-least-1200-years; J. Nicas, T. Fuller, “Wildfire Becomes Deadliest in California History”, New York Times, 12 novembre 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/us/california-fires-camp-fire.html.
Entro il 2050 i rifugiati del clima: B. Kamal, “Climate Migrants Might Reach One Billion by 2050”, Relief Web International, 21 agosto 2017, https://reliefweb.int/report/world/climate-migrants-might-reach-one-billion-2050.
questo gas doveva avere la sua minima concentrazione: B. Kahn, “The World Passes 400 ppm Carbon Dioxide Threshold. Permanently”, The Guardian, 28 settembre 2016, www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/28/the-world-passes-400ppm-carbon-dioxide-threshold-permanently.
noi abbiamo decisamente sforato: N. Jones, “How the World Passed a Carbon Threshold and Why It Matters”, Yale Environment 360, 26 gennaio 2017, https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-the-world-passed-a-carbon-threshold-400ppm-and-why-it-matters.
la temperatura globale aumenterà di 1,5°C entro la metà del secolo: Gruppo intergovernativo sul cambiamento climatico, Special Report: Global Warming of 1.5°C, IPCC, www.ipcc.ch/sr15/.
contrastare gli effetti del riscaldamento globale: Oxford English Dictionary, alla voce “Geoengineering”, https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/geoengineering.
è necessario studiare e finanziare progetti di ricerca nel campo dell’ingegneria climatica: National Research Council, Climate Intervention: Carbon Dioxide Removal and Reliable Sequestration, The National Academies Press, Washington, DC 2015.
prima che si verifichino cambiamenti senza precedenti in tutti i settori della società: Gruppo intergovernativo sul cambiamento climatico, “Summary for Policymakers of IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C Approved by Governments”, IPCC, 8 ottobre 2018, www.ipcc.ch/2018/10/08/summary-for-policymakers-of-ipcc-special-report-on-global-warming-of-1-5c-approved-by-governments/.
capitolo 1
dall’Atlantico, dalla costa del Golfo e dal Pacifico nordoccidentale: Osservatorio sul monte Washington, www.mountwashington.org/.
eventi atmosferici più distruttivi mai registrati: “Extremely Active 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season Finally Ends”, NOAA, 30 novembre 2017, www.noaa.gov/media-release/extremely-active-2017-atlantic-hurricane-season-finally-ends; “A Look at Hurricane Irma by the Numbers”, Los Angeles Times, 12 settembre 2017, www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-hurricane-irma-numbers-20170912-htmlstory.html.
più neve che mai: P. Reevell, “Moscow Buried Under Record Snowfall”, video di ABC News, 5 febbraio 2018, https://abcnews.go.com/International/moscow-buried-record-snowfall/story?id=52845934.
La lista di curiosi nomignoli è lunga: D. Mersereau, “The Weather Channel’s Winter Storm Names Are a Cheap Advertising Ploy”, The Vane, 14 gennaio 2010, http://thevane.gawker.com/the-weather-channels-winter-storm-names-are-a-cheap-adv-1641241166.
Ogni anno si verificano inondazioni tanto eccezionali da eguagliare la portata di quelle degli ultimi cinquecento anni: “‘500- year’ Rain Events Are Happening More Often Than You Think”, CBS News, 8 settembre 2017, www.cbsnews.com/news/what-does-500-year-flood-really-mean/.
In una sola settimana del luglio 2018: E. Rose, “All-Time Hottest Temperature Records Set All Over the World This Week”, Evening Standard, 6 luglio 2018, www.standard.co.uk/news/world/alltime-hottest-temperature-records-set-all-over-the-world-this-week-a3881061.html.
a Miami e a Key West è stata diramata l’allerta per il gelo: D. Pearl, “The Craziest Weather Records This Seemingly Endless Cold Spell Is Breaking”, People.com, 3 gennaio 2018, https://people.com/human-interest/2018-winter-weather-records-low-temperatures/; “South Florida Rises to Record- Low Temperatures”, Local10.com, 20 febbraio 2015, www.local10.com/news/2015/02/20/south-florida-rises-to-re...

Table of contents

  1. Cantiere Terra
  2. Indice
  3. Introduzione
  4. Uomo contro cielo e spazio
  5. Uomo contro terra e oceani
  6. Uomo contro risorse naturali
  7. Uomo contro futuro
  8. Epilogo
  9. Ringraziamenti
  10. Note