Methods for greenhouse gas offset accounting: A case study of ocean iron fertilization

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2495-2509

  Rickels, Wilfried ^a   Rehdanz, Katrin ^a   Oschlies, Andreas ^b  

^a KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon accounting; Climate change; Ocean iron fertilization; Permanence

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPLIANCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; IRON; KYOTO PROTOCOL; LIMITING FACTOR; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WEATHERING;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 77956990647     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.07.026     Document Type: Article

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