20 reasons why geoengineering may be a bad idea

2008/05/01 by Alan Robock, Kirsten Jerch, Martin Bunzl · 3 citations
Environmental Science · Medicine · Physics and Astronomy · #Climate Change and Geoengineering #Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life #Spaceflight effects on biology

paper · doi:10.1080/00963402.2008.11461140

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Abstract

Carbon dioxide emissions are rising so fast that some scientists are seriously considering putting Earth on life support as a last resort. But is this cure worse than the disease?

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