Applying the concept of "energy return on investment" to desert greening of the Sahara/Sahel using a global climate model

Altering the large-scale dynamics of the Earth system through continual and deliberate human intervention now seems possible. In doing so, one should question the energetic sustainability of such interventions. Here, from the basis that a region might be <i>unnaturally</i> vegetated by e...

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Main Authors: S. P. K. Bowring, L. M. Miller, L. Ganzeveld, A. Kleidon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Earth System Dynamics
Online Access:http://www.earth-syst-dynam.net/5/43/2014/esd-5-43-2014.pdf