Bio-geoengineering
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Bio-geoengineering is a form of geoengineering
which seeks to use or modify plants or other living things to modify the Earth's climate.
Bio-energy with carbon storage
, afforestation
projects, and ocean nourishment
(including iron fertilization
) could be considered examples of bio-geoengineering.
Geoengineering
The concept of Geoengineering refers to the deliberate large-scale engineering and manipulation of the planetary environment to combat or counteract anthropogenic changes in atmospheric chemistry The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded in 2007 that geoengineering options, such...
which seeks to use or modify plants or other living things to modify the Earth's climate.
Bio-energy with carbon storage
Bio-energy with carbon storage
BECS or Bio-Energy with Carbon Storage may refer to:*Bio-energy with carbon capture and storage *The burial or storage of biochar created by partial burning of biomass...
, afforestation
Afforestation
Afforestation is the establishment of a forest or stand of trees in an area where there was no forest. Reforestation is the reestablishment of forest cover, either naturally or artificially...
projects, and ocean nourishment
Ocean Nourishment
Ocean Nourishment is a type of geoengineering based on the purposeful introduction of nutrients to the upper ocean to increase marine food production and to sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Fertilization can also potentially create sulfur aerosols which reduce the rate of global warming...
(including iron fertilization
Iron fertilization
Iron fertilization is the intentional introduction of iron to the upper ocean to stimulate a phytoplankton bloom. This is intended to enhance biological productivity, which can benefit the marine food chain and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Iron is a trace element necessary for...
) could be considered examples of bio-geoengineering.