The use of global-scale technological fixes to counter climate change by either removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere or by changing the amount of sunlight that reaches Earth is called ____.
A)the Kyoto Protocol
B)geoengineering
C)radiative forcing
D)radiative equilibrium
E)plate tectonics

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Geoengineering refers to large-scale interventions in the Earth's climate system with the aim of counteracting climate change, including methods for removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere or altering the amount of sunlight that reaches the Earth's surface.

The Use of Global-Scale Technological Fixes to Counter Climate Change