The potential for land-based biological CO2 removal to lower future atmospheric CO2 concentration

Carbon Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 145-160

  Lenton, Timothy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; BIO-ENERGY; BIOCHAR; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; LAND-USE CHANGE; NATURAL SINKS; STORAGE CAPACITY;

LAND USE; REFORESTATION;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

EID: 79954986875     PISSN: 17583004     EISSN: 17583012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/cmt.10.12     Document Type: Review

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