About the book

The Calibrated Earth book cover

By Manoj Kumar Nalanagula

A remembered eclipse becomes a sustained scientific inquiry: could an engineered change in sunlight influence the atmosphere, and what would be needed to test that possibility?

The book follows the physics, engineering demands, modelling questions and responsibilities of the proposal. Established principles are distinguished from hypotheses requiring independent validation.

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Paperback details from the supplied Amazon listing
Publication date12 October 2026
LanguageEnglish
Print length459 pages
Paperback ISBN978-9334508116
Publisher listed on AmazonManoj Kumar Nalanagula

Six parts, 29 chapters

The chapter guide follows the supplied website edition. Application titles describe research questions, and programme or charter titles refer to proposals.

Part 01 · The missing climate control scale
  1. A Planet Without a Fine-Tuning Dial
  2. Six Minutes That Changed the Atmosphere
  3. The Missing Middle
  4. ASES and the Birth of Atmosfrustology
Part 02 · Physics of an artificial eclipse
  1. The Geometry of a Man-Made Eclipse
  2. The ASES Radiative Dose
  3. The Cold-Pool Paradox
  4. The Moisture Ledger
  5. The Shadow-Shape Atlas
Part 03 · AI-controlled shadow technology
  1. The Shadow Foundry
  2. Holding Noon Still
  3. The Atmospheric Digital Twin
  4. The AI Shadow Conductor
  5. The Algorithm Must Be Allowed to Say “No”
Part 04 · Missions for humanity
  1. The Heat-Dome Shield
  2. The Rain Ring
  3. The Cyclone Gate
  4. The Pacific Thermostat
  5. The Ocean Conveyor
  6. The Ice Line
  7. Water into Watts
Part 05 · Proof before power
  1. Twelve Ways ASES Could Be Wrong
  2. The Numbers That Must Survive
  3. ASES-MIP: A Global Model Intercomparison Project
  4. From Tabletop to Sky
  5. Red-Team the Shadow
Part 06 · Governance and humanity’s future
  1. Who Owns Sunlight?
  2. The ASES Global Charter
  3. From Hypothesis to Global Institution: 2026–2050

Where to begin

New to the idea? Begin with the ASES overview and eclipse science, then read the evidence page.

Interested in the calculations? Follow radiation, shadow geometry and the interactive energy explorer.

Interested in public decisions? Read responsible research, the conditional roadmap and the limits of proposed AI systems.

Scope of this website

ASES remains a research proposal. Atmosfrustology is the author’s proposed framework. No operational climate-control capability is established by this website.