geoengineering
Chinese meaning
地球工程
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Example
Geoengineering proposals such as injecting aerosols into the stratosphere to cool the planet remain controversial.
向平流层注入气溶胶以给地球降温的地球工程方案仍存在极大争议。
Background ✎
Roots · etymology
希腊 gē(大地)+ 拉丁 ingenium(才智);1977年首见于科学文献
- geo-(地球,希腊 gē) + engineering(工程学,源自拉丁 ingenium 才智/设计)
Collocations
- solar geoengineering / geoengineering governance / geoengineering research

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