Geoengineering of the climate system /

It is generally accepted within the scientific community that anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases are primarily responsible for a recent warming in global climate and that current trajectories of emissions may lead to potentially catastrophic changes in climate. While reduction in emissions...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Hester, R. E. (Ronald E.) (Editor), Harrison, Roy M., 1948- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014.
Series:Issues in environmental science and technology ; 38.
Subjects:
Climatology.
Environmental geotechnology.
Géotechnique de l'environnement.
Chemistry.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Climatology
Environmental geotechnology
Geoengineering
Kohlendioxidbelastung
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Why do we need solutions to global warming?
  • Storing carbon for geologically long timescales to engineer climate
  • The global potential for carbon dioxide removal
  • The use of artifical trees
  • Cooling the earth with crops
  • Engineering ideas for brighter clouds
  • Stratospheric aerosol geoengineering
  • Space-based geoengineering solutions
  • Solar radiation management and the governance of hubris.

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