Atmospheric chemistry and climate in the anthropocene

Recarbonization of the Biosphere: Ecosystems and the Global Carbon Cycle

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 41-58

  Lorenz, Klaus ^a   Crutzen, P J ^b   Lal, Rattan ^c   Töpfer, Klaus ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; Atmospheric chemistry; Black carbon; Carbon capture and storage; Chlorofluorocarbons; Climate engineering; Energy production; Global biogeochemical cycles; Greenhouse gases; Methane; Mitigating climate change; Nitrous oxide; Nuclear energy; Ozone layer; Renewable energy; Solar radiation management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875193352     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4159-1_3     Document Type: Chapter

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