But these 139 nations account for perhaps 99 % of all the carbon dioxide emitted by human combustion of fossil fuels. (climatenewsnetwork.net)
The implication is that even though other teams have repeatedly warned that the world's reefs are in peril as the world warms because of ever - greater ratios of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, as a consequence of human combustion of fossil fuels at a profligate rate, the world's great reefs may survive for perhaps another century, rather than perish within the next 50 years. (environmentalresearchweb.org)
In fact, it clears up a long - standing uncertainty: just how much global warming − driven by prodigal human combustion of fossil fuels − is changing the rhythms of life in one zone of the planet. (climatenewsnetwork.net)