Efficacy of geoengineering to limit 21st century sea-level rise

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 36, 2010, Pages 15699-15703

  Moore, J C ^a,b,c   Jevrejevad, S ^d   Grinstede, A ^e  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Carbon capture; Climate change; Cost benefit

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AEROSOL; AFFORESTATION; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOENGINEERING; GEOLOGY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INJECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; SEA LEVEL RISE; SOLAR RADIATION; STRATOSPHERE; VOLCANO;

PINATUBO;

EID: 77957986732     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1008153107     Document Type: Article

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