Sentences with phrase «effect of heat waste»

Not exact matches

In the same tone as the last post regarding atmospheric contaminants, have to wonder whether an era of widespread constant combustion across the globe, and all the waste heat from that combustion, would have any effect on the global mean temperature.

The Urban Heat Island Effect (UHI) is a phenomenon whereby the concentration of structures and waste heat from human activity (most notably air conditioners and internal combustion engines) results in a slightly warmer envelope of air over urbanised areas when compared to surrounding rural arHeat Island Effect (UHI) is a phenomenon whereby the concentration of structures and waste heat from human activity (most notably air conditioners and internal combustion engines) results in a slightly warmer envelope of air over urbanised areas when compared to surrounding rural arheat from human activity (most notably air conditioners and internal combustion engines) results in a slightly warmer envelope of air over urbanised areas when compared to surrounding rural areas.

Because our excess heat is concentrated in what amounts to point sources, and those point sources are almost invariably located near to the temperature monitoring sites, you may want be a little kinder to Phillip and his opinion that waste heat accounts for a significant amount of our «warming» unless you have convincing evidence that the heat is dissipated so rapidly that its net effect is smaller than our ability to detect.

It has long been observed that temperatures in cities are higher than in the surrounding countryside, caused, in part, by human structures that reduce albedo and evapo - transpiration, as well as by the effects of waste heat emissions, McCarthy et al 2010.

There is just the effect of CO2 on radiative absorption, the effect of land use changes on albedo, and perhaps waste heat itself if you value completeness.