Sentences with phrase «higher carbon dioxide levels change»

Higher carbon dioxide levels change the concentration of ions (electrically charged atoms and molecules) in the fishes» blood, altering the way that the neuroreceptors work.

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«The stability of the rate of change justifies using higher carbon dioxide enrichment levels to interpret soil water responses to currently observed carbon dioxide enrichment,» Wang said.

The research focused on a time that marked a change between a period of high carbon - dioxide levels in the atmosphere similar to modern day and much lower levels similar to the period before the industrial revolution, Pullen said.

WMO will issue its full Statement on the State of the Climate in 2017 in March which will provide a comprehensive overview of temperature variability and trends, high - impact events, and long - term indicators of climate change such as increasing carbon dioxide concentrations, Arctic and Antarctic sea ice, sea level rise and ocean acidification.

With carbon dioxide levels shooting up to unprecedented levels, it is high time we group together for a concerted action against the huge amounts of climate - change - inducing emissions from fires in Hell.

Currently, the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere — a common measure of climate change — sits at 400 parts per million, the highest level in at least 3 million years.

Climate scientists know that the planet is warming, and dangerously, as a consequence of ever higher carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere thanks to changes humans have made to the planet's atmospheric chemistry — and they know it can get worse.

In reality, carbon dioxide is of course a factor in climate change, and higher temperatures can lead to higher ozone pollution and pollen levels that trigger more asthma attacks.

These changes to the ocean are directly linked to anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, with current atmospheric CO2 levels approximately 30 % higher than over the last 2 Myr [6].

Dr Solanki said that the brighter Sun and higher levels of «greenhouse gases», such as carbon dioxide, both contributed to the change in the Earth's temperature but it was impossible to say which had the greater impact.

While the Earth's atmosphere has seen higher levels of carbon dioxide than it does now, as well as higher temperatures and far greater sea levels, those instances were due to natural drivers of climate change, such as periodic variations in the planet's orbit and in solar energy output.