Why NH3 is not a candidate reagent for ambient CO2 fixation: A response to "alternative solution to global warming arising from CO2 Emissions - Partial neutralization of tropospheric H 2CO3 with NH3"

Environmental Progress

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 412-417

  Johnson, Martin T ^a   Vaughan, Naomi E ^a   Goodwin, Philip ^a   Goldblatt, Colin ^a   Roudesli, Sonia ^a   Lenton, Timothy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambient CO2 fixation; Ammonia; GEO engineering

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; METHANE; OCEAN CURRENTS; ORGANIC ACIDS; UREA;

AMBIENT CO2 FIXATION; AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS; AMMONIUM BICARBONATES; AMMONIUM SULFATES; CARBONIC ACIDS; CURRENT ENERGIES; ENERGY COSTS; GEO ENGINEERING; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; INDIRECT EFFECTS; NONAGRICULTURAL LANDS; PARTIAL NEUTRALIZATIONS; RADIATIVE FORCING; SURFACE OCEANS;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 55349107827     PISSN: 02784491     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.10298     Document Type: Article

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