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The Fate of an Engineered Planet

| January 2013

The Future In 50, 100 And 150 Years

Solar engineering and other exceptionally ambitious new technologies to deal with the reality of rising global temperatures come riddled with uncertainties. To illustrate how complex the problem is and what kind of challenges lie ahead, here are three contrasting, and somewhat fantastical, scenarios.

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For Academic Citation: Keith, David W. and Andy Parker. “The Fate of an Engineered Planet.” Scientific American, vol. 308. no. 1. (January 2013):
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David Keith

David Keith

  • Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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