Sentences with «concentration of these gases in the atmosphere»
According to John Houghton, head of the science working group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world's think - tank on the greenhouse effect, «stabilising emissions of carbon dioxide is of little help in the critical task ofstabilising concentrations of the gas in the atmosphere. (newscientist.com)
Personally, I find it quite remarkable that we were able to predict the concentration of a gas in the atmosphere measured at a particular point on the Earth's surface nearly a year in advance. (carbonbrief.org)
A recent study by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard shows broad misunderstanding, particularly of how the long - lived nature of the main heat - trapping gas, carbon dioxide, means that deep reductions in emissions would be required — not merely a slowdown — to stabilize the concentration of the gas in the atmosphere, no matter what concentration is deemed «safe.» (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)