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geoengineering [‚jē·ō‚en·jə′nir·iŋ]

(science and technology)

Artificial modification of earth systems to counteract anthropogenic effects, such as increasing carbon dioxide uptake by fertilizing ocean surface waters or screening out sunlight with orbiting mirrors.

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No references found			It would cost more than a billion dollars to launch a fleet of a few hundred of these ships, according to the new study, a relatively small sum, as geoengineering costs go. 5 last-ditch schemes to prevent global warming disaster (Re-Issue) by Asian News International They envisaged starting off an international geoengineering research programme with an investment of pounds 100m a year. 'Risky technologies may be only hope' by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) The Royal Society, in London, is considering a range of geoengineering initiatives. Warming schemes warning by Birmingham Mail (England)			Geodetic Lines geodetic longitude Geodetic Marks geodetic meridian Geodetic Network geodetic parallel Geodetic Point geodetic position geodetic precession Geodetic Problem Geodetic Projections Geodetic Refraction Geodetic Rod geodetic satellite Geodetic Satellites geodetic survey Geodetic Triangle Geodeziia i Kartografiia Geodimeter geoduck geodynamic height geodynamics geodynamo geoeconomy geoelectricity geoengineering Geoffrey Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Ingram Taylor Geoffrey IV Geoffrey of Monmouth Geoffrey Plantagenet Geoffrey Wilkinson Geoffroy De Villehardouin Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Eitienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Éitienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isidore Geoffroy the Elder Geoffroy's Dolphin Geoffroy, Étienne François geoflex geognosy Geographe Bay Geographic Aspect Geographic Atlas geographic boundary data Geographic Coordinates Geographic Cycle Geographic Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences Geographic Determinism			Geodome Geodome Geodon Geodosy Geodosy GEODS GEODSS geoduck geoduck geoducks geoducks Geodynamic Experimental Ocean Satellite geodynamic height Geodynamic Network of the Academy of Sciences Geodynamics Geodynamics Geodynamics (field) Geodynamics (field) Geodynamics and Ore Deposit Evolution Geodynamics Experimental Ocean Satellite Geodynamics Laser Sensing System Geodynamo GEOE GEOEC geoeconomic geoeconomically geoeconomics geoeconomist geoeconomy geoelectricity geoengineering Geoenvironmental Research Centre GeoExchange Heat Pump GEOF Geofacilities Management System GEOFEST Geoff Geoff Geoff Howe Business Machines Geoffery Chaucer Geoffery Chaucer Geoffrey Geoffrey Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Dahmer Geoffrey de Bouillon Geoffrey de Bouillon Geoffrey de Havilland Geoffrey de Monmouth Geoffrey de Monmouth Geoffrey Ingram Taylor Geoffrey IV Geoffrey IV of Anjou Geoffrey Monmouth Geoffrey Monmouth Geoffrey of Monmouth Geoffrey of Monmouth Geoffrey of Villehardouin Geoffrey of Viterbo Geoffrey Plantagenet

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