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Geoengineering of the climate system / edited by R. E. Hester and R. M. Harrison.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hester, R. E. (Ronald E.), editor.
- Series:
- Issues in environmental science and technology ; 38.
- Issues in Environmental Science and Technology, 1350-7583 ; 38
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Climatology.
- Environmental geotechnology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (271 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, England : Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume examines the potential for geoengineering in detail, discussing the possible risks and side-effects of various approaches to this "third-way" to tackle climate change.
- Contents:
- Why do we need solutions to global warming?
- Storing carbon for geologically long timescales to engineer climate
- The global potential for carbon dioxide removal
- The use of artificial trees
- Cooling the earth with crops
- Engineering ideas for brighter clouds
- Stratospheric aerosol geoengineering
- Space-based geoengineering solutions
- Solar radiation management and the governance of hubris.
- Notes:
- "The Queens Awards for Enterprise : International Trade 2013."
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 17, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9781782621522
- 1782621520
- 9781782621225
- 1782621229
- OCLC:
- 908035821
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