'Geoengineering' - Taking control of our planet's climate

Science Progress

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-162

  Irvine, Peter ^a   Ridgwell, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albedo; Bio geoengineering; Carbon sequestration; Climate; CO2; Geoengineering; Global warming; Mitigation; Terraforming

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149103093     PISSN: 00368504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3184/003685009X461495     Document Type: Article

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