| THE PLANET REMADE How Geoengineering Could Change the World Oliver Morton Princeton University Press, November 2015 |
Rating: 5.0 High |
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| ISBN-13 978-0-691-14825-0 | ||||
| ISBN-10 0-691-14825-2 | 428pp. | HC/BWI | $29.95 | |
Morton's Bibliography features an extensive list of sources. My intent here was to list all the interesting books cited. I have left out a few that struck me as unsuitable, for example The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard and Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson. I omitted the former because it struck me as irrelevant to my interests, which on this topic tend toward the scientific and historical. I assume Silent Spring is well enough known to not need listing. I omitted L'Evenement Anthropocene: La Terre, l'Histoirie et Nous because it's not in English; I omitted Superfreakonomics by Levitt and Dubner because I regard it as a bad book. And I omitted Morton's two previous books from this list because I mention them on the main page of my review. (Both are also reviewed elsewhere on my site.)
There were also some books Morton cited for the portion provided by a specific contributor. One example of this is Unless Peace Comes, edited by Neil Calder, which Morton cited only for "How to Wreck the Environment" by Gordon J. F. MacDonald.
There is a documentary: James May at the Edge of Space, produced by the BBC and directed by Paul King.
Then there are a great many reports and technical papers, most of which are surely worth reading but would prove hard for general readers to obtain. I list a few of those below the main list.
There are quite a few books I was surprised to find Morton did not cite. Perhaps he is not aware of them — a possibility which is not at all surprising. Some that come to mind are:
| Biography | Ecology | Fiction | Geoengineering |
| History | Literature | Politics | Science |
| Abbott, Charles Greeley The Sun and the Welfare of Man Smithsonian Press, 1938 |
Agar, Jon Science in the 20th Century and Beyond Polity Press, 2013 |
| Anker, Peder From Bauhaus to Ecohouse: A History of Ecological Design Louisiana State University Press, 2010 |
Archer, David The Long Thaw: How Humans are Changing the Next 100,000 Years of Earth's Climate Princeton University Press, 2010 |
| Badash, Lawrence A Nuclear Winter's Tale: Science and Politics in the 1980s MIT Press, 2009 |
Banerjee, Bidisha Scenario Planning for Solar Radiation Management Yale Climate and Energy Institute, 2013 |
| Blackbourn, David The Conquest of Nature: Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany Jonathan Cape, 2006 |
Blackstock, Jason et al. Climate Engineering Responses to Climate Emergencies The Novim Group, 2009 |
| Brand, Stewart Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto Viking, 2009 |
Brians, Paul Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction, 1895-1984 Kent State University Press, 1987 |
| Brown, Harrison The Challenge of Man's Future Viking, 1954 |
Bryson, Bill (ed.) Seeing Further: The Story of Science and the Royal Society HarperPress, 2010 |
| Calder, Neil (ed.) Unless Peace Comes Penguin, 1968 |
Chapman, Clark & Morrison, David Cosmic Catastrophes Plenum Press, 1989 |
| Clarke, Arthur C. The Fountains of Paradise Gollancz, 1979 |
Commoner, Barry The Closing Circle: Nature, Man and Technology Knopf, 1975 |
| Cornell, Sarah E. et al. (eds.) Understanding the Earth System: Global Change Science for Application Cambridge University Press, 2012 |
Cosgrove, Dennis Apollo's Eye: A Cartographic Genealogy of the Earth in the Western Imagination Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001 |
| Cotton, William R. & Pielke, Roger A. Human Impacts on Weather and Climate Cambridge University Press, 1995 |
Crary, Jonathan Techniques of the Observer: On Vision and Modernity in the Nineteenth Century MIT Press, 1999 |
| Cullather, Nick The Hungry World: America's Cold War Battle Against Poverty in Asia Harvard University Press, 2012 |
D'Arcy Wood, Gillen Tambora: The Explosion that Changed the World Princeton University Press, 2014 |
| Davidson, Keay Carl Sagan: A Life John Wiley & Sons, 1999 |
Dyson, George Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe Allen Lane, 2012 |
| Edwards, Paul N. A Vast Machine: Computer Models, Climate Data, and the Politics of Global Warming MIT Press, 2010 |
Egan, Timothy The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl Mariner Books, 2006 |
| Ehrlich, Paul The Population Bomb Ballantine Books, 1968 |
ETC Group Ecopiracy: The Case Against Geoengineering ETC Group, 2010 |
| Etzler, John Adolphus The Paradise within the Reach of all Men, without Labor, by Powers of Nature and Machinery John Brooks, 1836 |
Fiocco, Giorgio, Fu'a, Daniele & Visconti, Guido (eds.) The Mount Pinatubo Eruption: Effects on the Atmosphere and Climate Springer, 1996 |
| Fisk, Dorothy Exploring the Upper Atmosphere Oxford University Press, 1934 |
Fleming, James Rodger Historical Perspectives on Climate Changee Oxford University Press, 1998 |
| Fleming, James Rodger Fixing the Sky: The Checkered History of Weather and Climate Control Columbia University Press, 2010 |
Fleming, James R. & Johnson, Ann (eds.) Toxic Airs: Body, Place and Planet in Historical Perspective University of Pittsburgh Press, 2014 |
| Foster, John Bellamy, Clark, Brett, & York, Richard The Ecological Rift: Capitalism's War on the Earth Monthly Review Press, 2010 |
Gaddis, John Lewis The Cold War Penguin, 2005 |
| Gardiner, Stephen M. A Perfect Moral Storm: The Ethical Tragedy of Climate Change Oxford University Press, 2011 |
Garrels, Robert M., Mackenzie, Fred T., & Hunt, Cynthia Chemical Cycles and the Global Environment: Assessing Human Influences William Kaufmann Inc, 1973 |
| Gernsback, Hugo The Scientific Adventures of Baron Munchasen (Compiled, abridged, and edited by Robert Godwin) Apogee Books, 1917 |
Glick, Thomas F. (ed.) The Writings of Henry David Thoreau: Reform Papers Princeton University Press, 1974 |
| Golinski, Jan British Weather and the Climate of Enlightenment Viking, 1954 |
Goodell, Jeff How to Cool the Planet: Geoengineering and the Audacious Quest to Fix Earth's Climate Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010 |
| Grove, Richard Green Imperialism: Colonial Expansion, Tropical Island Edens and the Origins of Environmentalism Cambridge University Press, 1995 |
Hamblin, Jacob Darwin Arming Mother Nature: The birth of Catastrophic Environmentalism Oxford University Press, 2010 |
| Hamilton, Clive Earthmasters: The Dawn of the Age of Climate Engineering Yale University Press, 2013 |
Heard, Gerald Exploring the Stratosphere T. Nelson & Sons, 1936 |
| Hecht, Gabriel The Radiance of France MIT Press, 2009 |
Helm, Dieter The Carbon Crunch: How We're Getting Climate Change Wrong — and How to Fix it Yale University Press, 2012 |
| Herzog, Arthur Heat Pan Books, 1977 |
Hess, W. N. (ed.) Weather and Climate Modification John Wiley & Sons, 1974 |
| How, Joshua P. Behind the Curve: Science and the Politics of Global Warming University of Washington Press, 2014 |
Hoyle, Fred Ice: The Ultimate Catastrophe Continuum, 1981 |
| Hulme, Mike Why We Disagree about Climate Change: Understanding Controversy, Inaction and Opportunity Cambridge University Press, 2009 |
Hulme, Mike Can Science Fix Climate Change? A Case Against Climate Engineering MIT Press, 2013 |
| Keith, David W. A Case for Climate Engineering MIT Press, 2013 |
Khan, Ehsan et al. Response Options to Limit Rapid or Severe Climate Change; Assessment of Research Needs US Department of energy, 2001 |
| Kingsland, Sharon E. Modeling Nature: Episodes in the History of Population Ecology University of Chicago Press, 1995 |
Kintisch, Eli Hack the Planet John Wiley & Sons, 2010 |
| Klein, Naomi This Change Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate Simon & Schuster, 2014 |
Kump, Lee R. et al. The Earth System (3rd edition) Pearson, 2013 |
| Kunzig, Robert & Broecker, Wallace S. Fixing Climate: The Story of Climate Science — and How to Stop Global Warming Profile, 2008 My Review (Hill & Wang edition) |
Lamb, Hubert Horace Climate: Present, Past and Future Methuen, 1972 |
| Langmuir, Charles H. & Broecker, Wally How to Build a Habitable Planet: The Story of Earth from the Big Bang to Humankind Princeton University Press, 2012 |
Leach, Gerald Energy and Food Production IPC Science and Technology Press, 1976 |
| Lem, Stanislaw One Human Minute (transl. Catherine S. Leach) Harcourt, Brace, 1976 |
Lenton, Tim & Watson, Andrew Revolutions that Made the Earth Oxford University Press, 2011 |
| Leopold, Aldo A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There Oxford University Press, 1949 |
Levenson, Thomas Ice Time: Climate, Science and Life on Earth HarperCollins, 1990 |
| Lewis, John S. et al. (eds.) Resources of Near-Earth Space University of Arizona Press, 1993 |
Long, Jane et al. California's Energy Future: The View to 2050 California Council on Science and Technology, 2011 |
| Lotka, Alfred J. Elements of Physical Biology Williams & Wilkins, 1925 |
Lovelock, James Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth Oxford University Press, 1977 |
| Lovelock, James The Ages of Gaia: A Biography of our Living Earth Oxford University Press, 1988 |
Lovelock, James Homage to Gaia: The Life of an Independent Scientist Oxford University Press, 2000 |
| Lowell, Percival Man Longmans, Green & Co., 1896 |
Lowell, Percival Man as the Abode of Life Macmillan, 1906 |
| Lunine, Jonathan Earth: Evolution of a Habitable World (2nd edition) Cambridge University Press, 2013 |
Lynas, Mark The God Species: Saving the Planet in the Age of Humans National Geographic, 2011 |
| Lynas, Mark Nuclear 2.0: Why a Green Future Needs Nuclear Power Kindle Single, 2014 My Review (the UIT Cambridge edition) |
MacKay, David J. C. Sustainable Energy — Without the Hot Air UIT, 2008 See also the associated Web site http://www.withouthotair.com/ |
| Maddox, John The Doomsday Syndrome: An Attack on Pessimism McGraw-Hill, 1972 |
Mann, Charles C. Uncovering the New World Columbus Created Knopf, 2011 |
| Markley, Robert Dying Planet: Mars in Science and the Imagination Duke University Press, 2005 |
Mazower, Mark Governing the World: The History of an Alien Idea Allen Lane, 2012 |
| McClellan, Justin et al. Geoengineering Cost Analysis (AR10-182) Aurora Flight Sciences, 2010 |
McCray, W. Patrick The Visioneers: How a Group of Elite Scientists Pursued Space Colonies, Nanotechnologies, and a Limitless Future Princeton University Press, 2013 |
| McKibbin, Bill The End of Nature: Humanity, Climate Change, and the Natural World(revised edition) Bloomsbury, 2003 |
McNeill, J. R. & Unger, Corinna R. Environmental Histories of the Cold War Cambridge University Press, 2010 |
| Medwin, Thomas Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron: Noted During a Residence with His Lordship at Pisa, in the Years 1821 and 1822 Henry Colburn, 1826 |
Merricks, Linda The World Made New: Frederick Soddy, Science, Politics, and Environment Oxford University Press, 1972 |
| Meyer, William B. Americans and their Weather Oxford University Press, 2000 |
Mirowski, Philip Natural Images in Economic Thought Cambridge University Press, 1984 |
| Mitchell, Timothy Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil Verso, 2011 |
NAS, NAE, & IoM Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming Mitigation, Adaptation and the Science Base National Academies Press, 1992 |
| National Research Council Climate Intervention: Carbon Dioxide Removal and Reliable Sequestration National Academies Press, 2015a |
National Research Council Climate Intervention: Reflecting Sunlight to Cool the Earth National Academies Press, 2015b |
| Niven, Larry & Pournelle, Jerry Lucifer's Hammer Ballantine Books, 1977 |
Nye, David E. American Technological Sublime MIT Press, 1994 |
| Oppenheimer, Clive Eruptions that Shook the World Cambridge University Press, 2011 |
Oreskes, Naomi & Conway, Erik M. Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming Bloomsbury, 2012 |
| Oreskes, Naomi & Conway, Erik M. The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future Columbia University Press, 2014 |
Osborne, Fairfield Our Plundered Planet Little, Brown, 1948 |
| Parson, Edward A. Protecting the Ozone Layer: Science and Strategy Cambridge University Press, 2003 |
Pfeffer, Richard The Dynamics of Climate: The Proceedings of a Conference on the Application of Numerical Integration Techniques to the Problem of the General Circulation Held October 26-28, 1955 Pergamon Press, 1956 |
| Pielke, Roger Jr. The Climate Fix: What Scientists and Politicians Won't Tell You About Global Warming Basic Books, 2010 |
Pocock, Chris 50 Years of the U-2: The Complete Illustrated History of the 'Dragon Lady' Schiffer Publishing, 2005 |
| Pomeranz, Kenneth The Great Divergence: China, Europe and the Making of the Modern World Princeton University Press, 2001 |
Poole, Robert Earthrise: How Man First Viewed the Earth Yale University Press, 2010 |
| Preston, Christopher J. Engineering the Climate: The Ethics of Solar Radiation Management Lexington Books, 2012 |
Robinson, Kim Stanley Red Mars Harper Voyager, 1993 |
| Robinson, Kim Stanley Green Mars Harper Voyager, 1994 |
Robinson, Kim Stanley Blue Mars Harper Voyager, 1996 |
| Robinson, Kim Stanley 2312 Orbit, 2012 |
Royal Society Geoengineering the Climate: Science, Governance and Uncertainty Royal Society, 2009 |
| Ruddiman, William F. Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate Princeton University Press, 2005 |
Sagan, Carl & Ostro, Steven J. A Path Where No Man Thought: Nuclear Winter and the End of the Arms Race Century, 1990 |
| Schneider, Stephen H. (with Lynne E. Mesirow) The Genesis Strategy: Climate and Global Survival Plenum Press, 1976 |
Schneider, Stephen H. Science as a Contact Sport National Geographic Society, 2009 |
| Scott, James C. Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed Yale University Press, 1998 |
Sherlock, Robert Lionel Man as a Geological Agent: An Account of his Action on Inanimate Nature H. F & G. Witherby, 1922 |
| Smil, Vaclav Enriching the Earth: Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch, and the Transformation of World Food Production MIT Press, 2001 |
Smil, Vaclav Energy in Nature and Society: General Energetics of Complex Systems MIT Press, 2008 |
| Smith, P. D. Doomsday Men: The Real Dr Strangelove and the Dream of the Superweapon Allen Lane, 2007 |
Soddy, Frederick The Interpretation of Radium and the Structure of the Atom John Murray, 1909 |
| Sutton, Mark A. et al. The European Nitrogen Assessment: Sources, Effects and Policy Perspectives Cambridge University Press, 2011 |
Thompson, George The Foreseeable Future Cambridge University Press, 1955 |
| Thoreau, Henry David Walden, or Life in the Woods Ticknor & Fields, 1894 |
Vernadsky, Vladimir The Biosphere (revised by Mark McMenamin; Transl. David Langmuir) Copernicus, 1989 |
| Victor, David G. Global Warming Gridlock: Creating More Effective Strategies for Protecting the Planet Cambridge University Press, 2011 |
Vince, Gaia Adventures in the Anthropocene Chatto & Windus, 2014 |
| Vogt, William Road to Survival William Sloane Associates, 1948 |
Vonnegut, Kurt Cat's Cradle Gollancz, 1963 |
| Wagner, Gernot & Weitzman, Martin L. Climate Shock: The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet Princeton University Press, 2015 |
Walker, J. Samuel Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective (rev. ed.) University of California Press, 2006 |
| Weart, Spencer R. The Rise of Nuclear Fear Harvard University Press, 1988 |
Weart, Spencer R. The Discovery of Global Warming (revised & expanded edition) Harvard University Press, 2008 further expanded at https://www.aip.org/history/climate/index.htm |
| Wells, Herbert George The War of the Worlds Heinemann, 1898 |
Wells, Herbert George The World Set Free: A Story of Mankind Macmillan, 1914 |
| Westbroek, Peter Life as a Geological Force: Dynamics of the Earth W. W. Norton & Co., 1992 |
Wilcox, Jennifer Carbon Capture Springer, 2012 |
| Williams, Rosalind The Triumph of Human Empire: Verne, Morris and Stevenson at the End of the World University of Chicago Press, 2013 |
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