ClimateCovid P4.2: Project MEER: Closing Biogeochemical through Solar Thermal Valorization of Discarded Resources
CONFRONTING THE CLIMATE CRISIS WITH SYSTEMIC ALTERNATIVES IN THE AGE OF CORONAVIRUS
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Panel 4.2: Project MEER: Closing Biogeochemical through Solar Thermal Valorization of Discarded Resources
“Urban Built Environment Team Presentation”
Romy Pein, Andrew Scacchi, Gregory Pan, Sebastian Barquin Sanchez, and Ye Tao
Members of Project MEER: ReflEction
“Ocean Deacidification Team Presentation”
Brittany Jones, Drew Lira, Wrishija Roy, and Ye Tao
Members of Project MEER: ReflEction
“Mechanical Engineering Team Presentation”
Mohan Hathi, Chris Stokes, and Ye Tao
Members of Project MEER: ReflEction
“Material Science Team Presentation”
Xiaohui Han, Asian Zhang, and Ye Tao
Members of Project MEER: ReflEction
“NOx Valorization Team Presentation”
Youngyoon Choi, Priyansh Sharma, Sophia Yue, Zoe Zwecker, and Ye Tao
Members of Project MEER: ReflEction
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This comment is re: the Ocean Deacidification Team Presentation. It was really interesting hearing about your geoengineering project to deacidify the oceans. I was wondering if you could go a little more into how the shells from the aquaculture part of your project would be used. They be crushed up and then released into the ocean, correct? Also can you go a little more into depth about the kind of fuel you would be creating? Thanks
My comment addresses the the ways in which the media all over the world (print and online) report scientific issues, especially those raised by the idea of the Anthropocene. While the Anthropocene is widely discussed by environmental humanities scholars (it is often referred to by the metonym ‘climate change, raising more ideological and substantive questions), the importance of communication of science to the general public is rarely given much attention. The subtitle of our book about how the media report the Anthropocene is “Neutralizing the Risk” and we argue that this is exactly the reason why environmental humanities has had so little impact on the political and cultural debates around ecological crisis.