Bio-geoengineering

Bio-geoengineering is a form of climate engineering which seeks to use or modify plants or other living things to modify the Earth's climate.[1][2]

Bio-energy with carbon storage, afforestation projects, and ocean nourishment (including iron fertilization) could be considered examples of bio-geoengineering.

Biogenic aerosols can be grown to replace those beneficial aerosols lost as the result of the death of 50% of Earth's boreal forests. Agricultural production of atmospheric aerosols called "monoterpenes" is possible if crops that are rich in monoterpenes are grown.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/science/earth/20obcrops.html?_r=1&ref=science&pagewanted=print
  2. ↑ http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(08)01680-1
  3. ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2006/apr/14/environment.climatechange
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