Sentences with «rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide»
Information gathered may help project how reefs will stand up to rising sea temperatures and increasing acidification, both caused by rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide. (news.gatech.edu)
Contrary to predictions by the world's leading climate models and despite rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, global surface temperatures have been flat for 16 years. (stevegoreham.com)
After analyzing 45 studies from eight countries, Lixin Wang, assistant professor of earth sciences in the School of Science at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, and a Ph.D. student in Wang's group, Xuefei Lu, concluded the greening likely stems from the impact of rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide on plant water savings and consequent increases in available soil water. (sciencedaily.com)