Sentences with «doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide»
An international team examining the impact of ocean acidification on coral has found that a key reef - building coral can, over a relatively short period of time, acclimate to a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. (sciencedaily.com)
Indeed, the team estimates that this cooling effect could reduce by two - thirds the predicted increase in global temperatures initiated by a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide. (scientificamerican.com)
The second simulation overlaid that same weather data with a «pseudo global warming» technique using an accepted scenario that assumes a 2 - to 3 - degree increase in average temperature, and a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide. (sciencedaily.com)