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