Hot Planet, Cool Minds: Science's Genial Solutions to the Climate Challenge

What opportunities do we have to avoid the most catastrophic consequences of climate change?

Time is running out to reach the goal of keeping global warming below two degrees. That is why it is more important than ever that we make the right choices. The biggest problemts hat face us today require big solutions, all of which will demand a lot from us. Now it’s time to keep a cool head and weigh the consequences against each other. Brage award-winning physicist, Anja Røyne, tells how we can clean up our climate mess by removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, or even by creating a global sun screen for the entire planet. Opportunities that until recently only existed as thought experiments and science fiction are becoming realities. How realistic are these solutions, and what will they demand of us?

• Air – where the solution is sucking CO2 out of the atmosphere.
• Mountains – the Earth’s thermostat, where gas turns to stone.
• Forest – green lungs and solar carbon sucker
• Soil – where microscopic life hides away carbon and coal is good for the climate.
• Oceans – carbon storage with plenty of space in the deep.
• Sun – shade out the sun while we clean up.

In 2018 the author was the Winner of the prestigious Brage Prize for best popular science book in Norway, with the title The Elements We Live By.