A method for estimating the cost to sequester carbon dioxide by delivering iron to the ocean

International Journal of Global Warming

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 231-254

  Harrison, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon mitigation; Carbon sequestration; Climate change; Cost; Global warming; Greenhouse gas; Iron fertilisation; Ocean carbon storage; Ocean iron fertilisation; Southern ocean

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888337840     PISSN: 17582083     EISSN: 17582091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJGW.2013.055360     Document Type: Article

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