Towards Integrated Ethical and Scientific Analysis of Geoengineering: A Research Agenda

Ethics, Policy and Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 136-157

  Tuana, Nancy ^a   Sriver, Ryan L ^a   Svoboda, Toby ^c   Olson, Roman ^a   Irvine, Peter J ^b   Haqq Misra, Jacob ^a   Keller, Klaus ^a,d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Earth and Environmental Systems Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENGINEERING; ETHICS; GREENHOUSE GAS; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84864698197     PISSN: 21550085     EISSN: 21550093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21550085.2012.685557     Document Type: Article

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