Is atmospheric carbon dioxide removal a game changer for climate change mitigation?

Climatic Change

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-57

  Kriegler, Elmar ^a   Edenhofer, Ottmar ^a   Reuster, Lena ^a   Luderer, Gunnar ^a   Klein, David ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOCK AND DATA RECOVERY CIRCUITS (CDR CIRCUITS); ECONOMICS; FOSSIL FUELS; RHENIUM COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; BIOMASS AVAILABILITY; CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; CLIMATE MITIGATIONS; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; FUTURE GENERATIONS; MITIGATION MEASURES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; LIMITING FACTOR;

EID: 84876680390     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0681-4     Document Type: Article

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