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In putting together this issue's Focus on options for rapid global C[O.sub.2] drawdown (page 14), it became obvious that what would once have seemed an outlandish topic was now pertinent.
Given the support the topic received, it struck me as surreal that the international community now has to examine an unprecedented scenario, and plan for it: under rising greenhouse gas emissions, where are the potential solutions for an 'emergency stop'--ways of rapidly withdrawing C[O.sub.2] (and probably other potent greenhouse gases) from the atmosphere?
The fact that thinking is already concertedly being applied to this scenario is a measure of the high risk margin against which international agreements must now be working.
There are many independent developments occurring along this new frontier, but in providing an overview that examines both man-made and natural solutions for C[O.sub.2] drawdown, the picture emerges ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Fast forwarding solutions.(Editorial)(Editorial)(Brief article)