Characterizing Impacts and Implications of Proposals for Solar Radiation Management, a Form of Climate Engineering

Even under optimistic emissions scenarios, rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere will result in significant increases in global mean temperatures and associated effects for the foreseeable future (IPCC, 2007a,b). Concerns that mitigation may be too slow in coming have lead to r...

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Main Author: Ricke, Katharine L.
Format: Others
Published: Research Showcase @ CMU 2011
Online Access:http://repository.cmu.edu/dissertations/81
http://repository.cmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1082&context=dissertations