Temporary carbon sequestration cannot prevent climate change

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 11, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 1151-1164

  Kirschbaum, Miko U F ^a,b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Research School of Biological Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biosphere; Carbon accounting; Carbon cycle; Carbon sink; Impacts; Mitigation; Permanence; Tonne year accounting

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; MITIGATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 33750380847     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-006-9027-8     Document Type: Article

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