A Combined Mitigation/Geoengineering Approach to Climate Stabilization

@article{Wigley2006ACM,
  title={A Combined Mitigation/Geoengineering Approach to Climate Stabilization},
  author={Tom M. L. Wigley},
  journal={Science},
  year={2006},
  volume={314},
  pages={452 - 454}
}
  • T. Wigley
  • Published 20 October 2006
  • Environmental Science
  • Science
Projected anthropogenic warming and increases in CO2 concentration present a twofold threat, both from climate changes and from CO2 directly through increasing the acidity of the oceans. Future climate change may be reduced through mitigation (reductions in greenhouse gas emissions) or through geoengineering. Most geoengineering approaches, however, do not address the problem of increasing ocean acidity. A combined mitigation/geoengineering strategy could remove this deficiency. Here we… 
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