Jump to content

David Keith (physicist)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 99.181.141.251 (talk) at 09:26, 19 June 2011 (Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy = ISEEE). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

David W. Keith is a Canadian environmental scientist. He is director of the Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy (ISEEE) Energy and Environmental Systems Group at the University of Calgary. He is a geoengineer and published research scientist. He is noted for his work in carbon dioxide air capture, and has been featured on Five ways to save the world on the Discovery channel.[1] In 2006 Keith was selected by Canadian Geographic as Environmental Scientist of the Year and Time's Heroes of the Environment (2009).[2]

Keith speaking about climate change and global warming, "Being silent is unethical and arrogant" per Eli Kintisch's 2010 book "Hack the Planet: Science's Best Hope, or Worst Nightmare, for Averting Climate Catastrophe" ISBN 978-0470524268.

References

  1. ^ http://www.ucalgary.ca/~keith/AirCapture.html
  2. ^ Brian, Bergman (May/June 2006). "Climate Contrarian". Canadian Geographic. pp. 74–82. Retrieved June 10, 2009. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)