Sentences with phrase «further global warming of»

Further global warming of 1.8 degree Fahrenheit (1 degree Celsius) defines a critical level, Hanson said.

«That means that further global warming of 1 degree Celsius defines a critical level.

Further global warming of 1.8 degree Fahrenheit (1 degree Celsius) defines a critical level, Hanson said.

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In the particularly difficult question of global warming, thus far most economists have argued that it will be more efficient to respond to the problems caused by global warming as they occur than to make serious efforts to reduce it, since these efforts would slow economic growth.

If in the 1970s we had begun a program of efficient use and switching gradually to other sources of energy, «peak oil» would remain quite far in the future and there might still be some chance to reduce global warming.

The 75 - minute session filled most of the 80 seats in the far hallway of the Baltimore convention center as the panel shared their idea: to feed the craving for coordinated industry action to address global warming.

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However, the recent period of cooling does suggest that either manmade global warming may be smaller or that the impact of other factors may be greater than climate models have so far assumed.

The people remain far ahead of our political and economic leaders in wanting action to protect us from the increasing threat presented by global warming.

Even though the actual rate of global warming far exceeds that of any previous episodes in the past 14,000 years, large changes in global climate have occurred periodically throughout Earth's history.

One aerosol, black carbon, is of increasing concern for Arctic nations worried about the pace of climate change in the far north, which is warming twice as fast as the global average.

The finding suggests that an increase in hurricanes and tropical storms induced by global warming could turn forests into overall emitters of carbon dioxide, fuelling further climate change.

This change leads to a higher percentage of emitted carbon dioxide remaining in the atmosphere, which then further accelerates global warming.

«Global warming boosts the probability of really extreme events, like the recent US heat wave, far more than it boosts more moderate events,» point out climate scientists Stefan Rahmstorf and Dim Coumou in a blogpost on RealClimate.org.

If trees die because of those droughts, the carbon they store will be released into the atmosphere, where it will further exacerbate global warming.

MADISON, WISCONSIN — Some scientists and policy - makers claim forests can absorb enough carbon dioxide to cut the risk of further global warming.

Even if those and other nations» promises under the Paris agreement are kept, global temperatures may yet soar well above 2 °C (3.6 °F) compared with pre-industrial times — roughly twice the amount of warming recorded so far.

«So far, I believe the benefits (of Arctic warming) outweigh the potential problems,» said Oleg Anisimov, a Russian scientist who co-authored a chapter about the impacts of climate change in polar regions for a U.N. report on global warming this year.

Congress is still far from passing any bill since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California said in January 2007 that global - warming legislation would be a top priority.

Interestingly, some scientists argue that without the cooling effect of major volcanic eruptions such as El Chichn and Mount Pinatubo, global warming effects caused by human activities would have been far more substantial.

An ECS of three degrees C means that if we are to limit global warming to below two degrees C forever, we need to keep CO2 concentrations far below twice preindustrial levels, closer to 450 ppm.

Warmer, wetter conditions in the Arctic are accelerating the loss of carbon stored in tundra and permafrost soils, creating a potential positive feedback that further boosts global temperatures, a Dartmouth College study finds.

A warm bias in sea surface temperature in most global climate models is due to a misrepresentation of the coastal separation position of the Gulf Stream, which extends too far north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.

That is far in excess of the 44 billion tonnes that the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) says is needed for a cost - effective route to staying below 2 °C of global warming.

Of course, the key question --- what's causing the shift, including the possibility of effects from global warming — remains unanswered, but ripe for further studOf course, the key question --- what's causing the shift, including the possibility of effects from global warming — remains unanswered, but ripe for further studof effects from global warming — remains unanswered, but ripe for further study.

New measurements by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies indicate that 2012 was the ninth warmest year since 1880, and that the past decade or so has seen some of the warmest years in the last 132 years.One way to illustrate changes in global atmospheric temperatures is by looking at how far temperatures stray from «normal», or a baseline.

In the San Francisco Bay area, sea level rise alone could inundate an area of between 50 and 410 square kilometres by 2100, depending both on how much action is taken to limit further global warming and how fast the polar ice sheets melt.

The results of this study contribute to our understanding of how plants and animals will respond to global climate change and highlight the need to slow and prevent further warming.

In so far as some sceptics and deniers are proclaiming that carbon dioxide - induced anthropogenic global warming may be «the scientific fraud of the century» then surely the issues surrounding it must be the scientific debate of the century.

If carbon dioxide in the atmosphere doubled from its pre-industrial level, the graph suggested, global warming would rise far above the widely accepted prediction of between 1.5 and 4.5 °C.

But the models also suggest that the scheme could go too far: Adding excess sulfur could increase ice in Antarctica, «overcompensating» for warming, says Rasch, which could affect ecosystems and the global ocean - atmosphere system in a myriad of ways that scientists haven't studied.

The results of Schaller, Fung and his team will prompt further investigations into the possible influence of an impact event on the global environmental change that characterized this notable warming period in Earth's ancient history.

Professor Chen remarked, «Among the extensive and far - reaching impacts of global warming, human health and labour productivity are most directly affected by thermal discomfort and heat - related morbidity and mortality.

Most studies so far have focused on how aviation may affect global warming (aircraft comprise about 2 percent of global greenhouse - gas emissions), not vice versa.

A further factor is the rising sea level due to global warming, an effect that now also totals more than three millimeters per year and is responsible for another 15 centimeters of submerged land.

(Reuters)- The U.S. electric industry knew as far back as 1968 that burning fossil fuels might cause global warming, but cast doubt on the science of climate change and ramped up coal use for decades afterward, an environmental watchdog group said on Tuesday.

Now, with regional climates shifting as a result of global warming, it is unclear just how far — and how fast — organisms will need to travel to keep up with moving climates.

The 8 inches of sea level rise produced by global warming so far has worsened the tolls of storm surges, including those caused by Hurricane Sandy, and subjected coastal cities to high tide flooding of unprecedented frequency.

Previously, scientists understood that global warming would further «green» the Arctic but had less understanding of the degree and how these shifts would interact with the climate itself.

It may sound far - fetched, but enough global warming is likely to change the distribution of wildlife on Earth.

But even with such policies in place — not only in the U.S. but across the globe — climate change is a foregone conclusion; global average temperatures have already risen by at least 1.1 degrees Fahrenheit (0.6 degree C) and further warming of at least 0.7 degree F (0.4 degree C) is virtually certain, according to the IPCC.

On its own, sea level rise could inundate between 50 and 410 square kilometres of this area by 2100, depending on how much is done to limit further global warming and how fast the polar ice sheets melt.

Efforts such as these to slow deforestation have delivered some of humanity's few gains in its otherwise lackadaisical battle so far against global warming.

That's because methane (or CH4) has more than 30 times the global warming impact of carbon dioxide (CO2) over 100 years (and its more than 80 times more powerful over 20 years, since methane disappears from the atmosphere far more quickly than CO2).

Leaving politics aside, for the people around the world who inhabit as much as 71 % of the world's coastlines and are surrounded by oceans, this is not just a statement on a piece of paper, but a commitment of world leaders to take the wellbeing of our further generations to heart, to tackle the burning of fossil fuels and global warming collectively.

Realistic large - scale solar panel coverage could cause less than half a degree of local warming, far less than the several degrees in global temperature rise predicted over the next century if we keep burning fossil fuels.

-- If however, the (almost inconceivable) abrupt global total cessation of (fossil) C emissions were to occur, then we could expect warming to stop without further need for mitigation.

«The results imply that reforestation projects and efforts to avoid further deforestation are of the utmost importance in our pursuit to limit global warming to below 2oC, as stated in the Paris climate agreement.»

For further study of public sector projects (like the human - caused global warming project), I highly recommend reading Nevil Shute's first - hand account in the 1930's of the competition between private enterprise and government to build a rigid airship (blimp).

Far from just inverting the burden of proof, with IPCC's statements, Trenberth has to show far beyond just «statistical evidence» of «anthropogenic global warming» AFar from just inverting the burden of proof, with IPCC's statements, Trenberth has to show far beyond just «statistical evidence» of «anthropogenic global warming» Afar beyond just «statistical evidence» of «anthropogenic global warming» AGW.