Beyond Mitigation : Potential Options for Counter-Balancing the Climatic and Environmental Consequences of the Rising Concentrations of Greenhouse Gases

Global climate change is occurring at an accelerating pace, and the global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are forcing climate change continue to increase. Given the present pace of international actions, it seems unlikely that atmospheric comp...

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Main Author:	MacCracken, Mike
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ABSORBED RADIATION ABSORPTION ACID ACID DEPOSITION ACID RAIN ACIDIFICATION ADVERSE IMPACT AEROSOL AEROSOLS AFFORESTATION AIR AIR MASS AIR POLLUTANTS AIR POLLUTION ALBEDO ALTERNATIVE APPROACH ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ALTERNATIVE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES ALTITUDE ANTARCTICA ANTHROPOGENIC INTERFERENCE ARCTIC OCEAN ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC BURDEN ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS BIOMASS BIOSPHERE CANCER CARBON CARBON CONTENT CARBON CREDITS CARBON CYCLE CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON UPTAKE CARBONATE CARBONYL SULFIDE CFCS CH4 CHANGES IN CLIMATE CHANGES IN THE EARTH CHANGING LAND USE CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM CHEMICAL REACTION CHEMISTRY CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE FEEDBACK CLIMATE FEEDBACK MECHANISMS CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE MODELS CLIMATE SENSITIVITY CLIMATE SYSTEM CLIMATIC CHANGES CLIMATIC IMPACTS CLOUD CLOUDS CO2 CO2 EMISSIONS COAL COAL COMBUSTION COASTAL AREAS COASTAL REGIONS COLD CLIMATE COMBUSTION COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGIES CONSERVATION COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE DEFORESTATION DEMAND FOR ENERGY DESERT ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS ECOSYSTEMS EFFICIENCY OF ENERGY PRODUCTION EMISSION EMISSION LEVELS EMISSIONS EMISSIVITY ENERGY BALANCE ENERGY GENERATION ENERGY POLICY ENERGY SOURCES ENHANCED GREENHOUSE EFFECT ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES ENVIRONMENTAL MODIFICATION ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH EVAPORATION FERTILIZATION FORESTS FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS FOSSIL FUELS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FUEL FUELS GENERATION GHGS GLACIER GLACIERS GLOBAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS GLOBAL WARMING GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE EFFECT GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATION GREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATIONS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES GWP HALOCARBON HALOCARBONS HAZE HEAT HEAT CAPACITY HEAT TRANSPORT HEAT TRAPPING HIGH ALTITUDES HIGH SULFUR COAL HURRICANE HURRICANES HYDROELECTRIC POWER ICE SHEET ICE SHEETS IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES IPCC IRON KYOTO PROTOCOL LAND COVER LAND USE LIVING STANDARDS MESOSPHERE METALS METHANE METHANOL MIST MITIGATION POTENTIAL MONSOONS MONTREAL MONTREAL PROTOCOL MOUNTAIN GLACIERS N2O NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS NATURAL EMISSIONS NATURAL GAS NEGOTIATIONS NITROUS OXIDE NUTRIENTS OCEAN FLOOR OCEANS OIL FIELD OPTICAL DEPTH OSCILLATIONS OXIDES OZONE DEPLETION PARTICLE PARTICLES PELLETS PERFLUOROCARBONS PETROLEUM PHYSICS PIPELINE POWER POWER PLANT POWER PLANTS POWER PRODUCTION PRECIPITATION PROGRAMS RADIATIVE FORCING REFLECTIVITY REFORESTATION RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES RENEWABLE SOURCES RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY RESERVOIRS RIVERS ROCKS SALINITY SATELLITES SCATTERING SEA ICE SEA LEVEL RISE SEDIMENTS SHIPS SNOW SO2 SOIL SOILS SOLAR ENERGY SOLAR IRRADIANCE SOLAR LOAD SOLAR POWER SOLAR RADIATION SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES STABILIZATION STORMS STRATOSPHERE STRATOSPHERE. STRATOSPHERIC OZONE STRATOSPHERIC OZONE LAYER STRATUS SULFATE SULFATE PARTICLES SULFATES SULFUR SUNLIGHT SURFACE ALBEDO SURFACE TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE CHANGE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY THERMAL EXPANSION TONS OF CARBON TREE GROWTH TROPICAL CYCLONES TROPICAL STORMS TROPOPAUSE TROPOSPHERE TROPOSPHERIC OZONE TYPHOONS VEGETATION VEHICLES VESSELS VOLCANIC AEROSOLS WASTE WATER USE WATER VAPOR WEATHER PATTERNS WIND
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