What Happens to Our Food Supply When We Dim the Sun? with Brendan Clark

In this Climate Chat episode, host Dan Miller interviews Cornell atmospheric climate scientist Brendan Clark about his research on how Sunlight Reflection Methods (SRM, a.k.a., solar geoengineering) will impact vegetation growth and agriculture. We will also discuss Brendan's recent paper on how global warming induced changes to vapor pressure deficit (VPD) is slowing the growth of trees and reducing an important carbon sink.

Dr. Brendan Clark is an atmospheric scientist and Postdoctoral Research Associate at Cornell University who specializes in modeling climate intervention scenarios, specifically Stratospheric Aerosol Intervention (SAI). His research focuses on evaluating the regional trade-offs and agricultural impacts of solar geoengineering, simulating how altered temperature and sunlight patterns would affect global crop production, food security, and terrestrial ecosystems. A former graduate researcher at Rutgers University, he has authored prominent papers on these climate engineering variables, including a lead-author study in Nature Food examining how optimal climate intervention strategies vary by nation.

Brendan on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/brendan-clark-800

Brendan on Google Scholar (links to research papers): https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=40c5-l0AAAAJ&hl=en

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