Andrew Lockley

Reviewer 2 does geoengineering

Reviewer 2 quibbles with actual experts in Solar Radiation Modification and Carbon Dioxide Removal, before rejecting their work on spurious, spiteful and capricious grounds. You'd expect nothing less from R2.

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Andrew Lockley

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May 15, 2026

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Episodes

Zhen Dai returns to talk to Andrew about the ozone response to calcium carbonate geoengineering 22.01.2021

Welcome to another instalment from Zhen Dai, here to talk about her latest paper:  "Experimental reaction rates constrain estimates of ozone response to calcium carbonate geoengineering"  Zhen Dai, Debra K. Weisenstein, Frank N. Keutsch & David W. Keith  Communications Earth & Environment volume 1, Article number: 63 (2020) https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-020-00058-7?...

Wake Smith and Andrew discuss all things aviation including planes falling out of the sky and flying mortar platforms 06.01.2021

As usual please tell all your friends and colleagues about the show, and consider coming on as a guest or guest host. Comments and suggestions are most welcome!  reviewer2geo@gmail.com  @reviewer2geo  @geoengineering1  @clare_nomad_geo The cost of stratospheric aerosol injection through 2100 https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aba7e7 Stratospheric aerosol injection tactics and co...

New and improved ! Essential geoengineering news and chat in less time but still with all the reviewer2 charm. 29.11.2020

Thank you for your comments. We have shortened and edited the episode. It is packed with news and commentary, some of the articles are below, not all fit under the word count for the podcast description. Please continue with the feedback.  Possible climate transitions from breakup of stratocumulus decks under greenhouse warming Nature Geoscience volume 12, pages163–167(2019) https://t.co/L9ri...

Henning Franke enlightens us on the effect of SAM on the QBO. A great discussion on sending particles into the stratosphere and their effects. 21.11.2020

Henning Franke is at the Max-Planck Institute researching the quasi-biennial oscillation in a warming climate. His paper with additional authors Ulrike Neimeier and Dan Visioni  has been accepted for review by Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics.  Differences in the QBO response to stratospheric aerosol modification depending on injection strategy and species https://acp.copernicus.org/p...

Is Free riding a myth? Texas oilmen choose CCS over LNG, ESG reporting and carbon offset markets plus terrible jokes and lots of other geoengineering news this week 02.11.2020

Please see below links for articles mentioned this week.  Comments and suggestions are always welcome: reviewer2@gmail.com @reviewer2geo @geoengineering1 and @clare_nomad_geo Please contact us if you want to come on the show or be a host for an episode and show us how it should be done.   ------ Prisoners of the Wrong Dilemma: Why Distributive Conflict, Not Collective Action, Characteriz...

@geoengineering1 talks to Tim Cadman of Griffith about all things oceanic (especially Australian things), before making a brief detour into governance. 02.11.2020

Tim Cadman's details are:  Griffith: https://experts.griffith.edu.au/9679-timothy-cadman LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-cadman-50913917 ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Timothy_Cadman Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9531-5018 Here is the most relevant publication: Radunsky, K. and Cadman, T., 2019. Governing the Sun: The Challenges of Geoengineering. The Int...

Andrew interviews Doug MacMartin from Cornell on the engineering side of geoengineering 31.10.2020

Please see below papers relevant to this interview.  Comments and suggestions are always welcome: reviewer2@gmail.com @reviewer2geo @geoengineering1 and @clare_nomad_geo Please contact us if you want to come on the show or be a host for an episode and show us how it should be done.   Lockley, A., D.G. MacMartin, H. Hunt, “An update on engineering issues concerning stratospheric aerosol i...

Adrian Fabre on economics and geoengineering, a deep dive on his recent paper with Gernot Wagner 28.10.2020

Adrian and Andrew discuss game theory, free riding and other essential considerations in a deep dive into Adrian's recent paper entitled "Availability of risky geoengineering can make an ambitious climate mitigation agreement more likely" by Adrien Fabre & Gernot Wagner, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications volume 7, Article number: 1 (2020) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-020-...

Kyle Manley discusses modelling Olivine weathering to sequester carbon in a volcanic coastal environment. Details of his brilliant paper are in the notes below. 23.10.2020

Kyle's brilliant paper is: Kyle Manley, T. Salles and R. D. Müller (2020) ‘Modeling the Dynamic Landscape Evolution of a Volcanic Coastal Environment Under Future Climate Trajectories’, Frontiers in Earth Science , 8. doi: 10.3389/feart.2020.550312. Comments and suggestions are welcome: reviewer2@gmail.com @reviewer2geo @geoengineering1 and @clare_nomad_geo Please contact us if you want to come on...

China & SRM. Zhen Dai discusses Chinese research and policy development on Solar Radiation Management 20.10.2020

An important topic in geoengineering.  Zhen Dai is on twitter @jenswimsthemoon  This article explains some of the work she has been part of at Harvard:  http://sacredsecretuniverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Sun-Dimmer.pdf  Comments and suggestions to reviewer2geo@gmail.com or find us on twitter @reviewer2geo  or Andrew @geoengineering1  and Clare @clare_nomad_geo

Essential weekly news in the world of geoengineeering. Plenty of analysis, chat and advice on how not to science. And a big shout out for seaweed. 19.10.2020

As usual please tell all your friends and colleagues about the show, and consider coming on as a guest or guest host. Comments and suggestions are most welcome!  reviewer2geo@gmail.com  @reviewer2geo  @geoengineering1  @clare_nomad_geo The links for articles we discussed today are below:   A World Resources Institute Report: Leveraging the Ocean's Carbon Removal Potential...

Claudia Wieners on the devastation caused by an historic volcanic eruption in Iceland and the lessons we might learn for future SRM deployment 16.10.2020

A fascinating insight into the effects of the Lakagígar eruption in Iceland in 1783. Claudia discusses in detail the fallout on fauna and flora and also what we might learn in terms of readiness for SRM deployment and the broader governance of the potential downsides.  Her paper can be found at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2020.107080 and it has the best title of any paper I've seen f...

Whats new this week in the world of geoengineering with reviewer2 15.10.2020

A wide range of interesting things this week - most of the links are below. Please send any comments and ideas to reviewer2geo@gmail.com or tweet us @reviewer2geo or me Clare @clare_nomad_geo or @geoengineering1  Intervention in the Earth's systems: Geoengineering https://diplomacy21-adelphi.wilsoncenter.org/geoengineering-intervention-atmosphere A report by Delphi and the Wilson centre with...

Matthew Watson discusses SRM, reflections on the SPICE project and the perils of being a scientist in this area. An unmissable episode! 11.10.2020

Matt Watson talks about his experiences on the SPICE Project, the need for careful research into SRM given temperature rises and the slow pace of decarbonisation. He also explains how he dealt with a death threat that came during the SPICE project, an unexpected hazard for someone who is a volcanologist and also known from his blog as the reluctant geoengineer.  Any comments please send to @review...

Steve Smith dives into the new Oxford Carbon Offsetting Principles 08.10.2020

Steve Smith and reviewer2 debate the merits of carbon offsetting and discuss the new Oxford Offsetting Principles.  The principles are available at https://www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/publications/reports/Oxford-Offsetting-Principles-2020.pdf Comments and suggestions please to @reviewer2geo or @geoengineering1 or clare_nomad_geo.  Any one who would like to be on the show as interviewer or i...

Derek Lemoine on his new paper “Incentivising negative emissions through carbon shares”. 07.10.2020

Derek Lemoine and reviewer 2 have a lively discussion of market mechanisms and negative emissions, in particular discussing Derek's upcoming paper "Incentivising Negative Emissions Through Carbon Shares" available at https://www.nber.org/papers/w27880.   A free version of this and other work is available at https://www.dereklemoine.com/ We would love to hear your comments and suggestions...

A deep dive with Kevin Surprise discussing capitalism, Neo-Marxism and geoengineering with reviewer2 03.10.2020

We hope you enjoy this fascinating discussion.  Comments and suggestions to @reviewer2geo or Andrew @geoengineering1 or Clare @clare_nomad_geo

This week's essential headlines in geoengineering with reviewer 2 plus bonus entertaining chat 02.10.2020

Hello and we hope you enjoy this week's edition of the podcast. We really want your feedback and ideas for the show, and please tell your friends and colleagues how useful and entertaining the podcast is as we would like to have as wide an audience as possible ! If you have a new paper that you would like to discuss, or any comments or suggestions: Please contact us on twitter @reviewer2geo or @ge...

Marissa Saenger talks passionately about intersectional climate justice and the ethical drivers behind her research. 29.09.2020

Melissa is an early career researcher who is driven by her ethical goals to work towards climate justice, positing SRM as a controversial yet potential route to alleviate harms caused by climate change. I urge you to read her piece in Medium which can be found here https://medium.com/@msaenger_52203/the-climate-emergency-intersectional-justice-and-the-urgency-of-solar-geoengineering-research-ae262...

Diversity and inclusion in geoengineering - a deep dive with the inspirational Evvan Morton 28.09.2020

An important and enlightening discussion with Evvan Morton about diversity, inclusion and equity in the academy, with particular reference here to the field of geoengineering.  Comments and suggestions to @reviewer2geo

Weekly roundup of geoengineering news 15.09.2020

All things geoengineering that caught our eye this week. We chat about lessons from the pandemic for geoengineering, California wildfires and the dystopian futures unfurling before us, methane munching bacteria, gene editing to curb GHGs, NETs in the EU ETS, the trade off between growth and age in trees (and people), more evidence doubting BECCS and news of attempts to broaden the NETs base in IAM...

The youthful Gideon Futerman discusses his paper on the Public Trust Doctrine and geoengineering, as well as his future plans. 10.09.2020

At only 17 and already published, Gideon is an impressive and unusual guest on the show. Today he discusses his paper with Andrew on the novel idea of geoengineering and the public trust doctrine. Gideon also talks about his organisation Worldward and his plans for the future particularly in climate restoration. Find the paper here https://cclr.lexxion.eu/article/cclr/2020/2/4 and Gideon on twitte...

CDR and biodiversity with Kate Dooley 10.09.2020

A spirited and fascinating deep dive into Kate Dooley's paper on CDR and biodiversity. The paper explores a new framework for assessing the impacts (positive or negative) of various methods of CDR on biodiversity and ecosystems, with mixed results. You can find the paper here https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12828  Comments and suggestions welcome as usual @geoengineering1 and @clare_nomad_g...

Weekly round up of geoengineering news 08.09.2020

This week we chat about all the interesting articles and news items that have caught our eye...including carbfixing in Iceland, extinction rebellion at Drax, the coming of the carbon-industrial complex and the potential for DAC to be involved in making kerosene, plus much more chat and gossip than can be mentioned here. Comments and suggestions please as always to @geoengineering1 and @clare_nomad...

Reviewer 2 and Walker Lee discuss his innovative paper on stratospheric aerosol geoengineering 05.09.2020

Reviewer 2 and Walker Lee get into the guts of this paper in a lively discussion. Walker's research breaks new ground in stratospheric aerosol geoengineering, raising interesting questions about a more refined technique that potentially creates surprising socio-economic effects.  The paper is in review, full citation is: Lee, W., MacMartin, D., Visioni, D., and Kravitz, B.: Expanding the Desi...

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