So whatever nations decide to
do about greenhouse gas emissions, there is an urgent need to «climate proof» human endeavors.
Take a ride through the atmosphere to
learn about greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, the main driver of climate change, and the greenhouse effect.
If all of these people are so concerned
about greenhouse gases then why not stop the emissions related to their long CO2 generating journey.
Much of what one often
hears about greenhouse gas emissions from dams being minimal is based on the world's existing dams with measurements of emissions.
But we are not going to solve this problem if we just
talk about greenhouse gases and don't talk about how we use the land and what we are doing to the land.
By Johnathan Serrie AUBURN, AL — As the scientific community
worries about greenhouse gas emissions contributing to global warming, a new Auburn University study suggests the Southeastern U.S. absorbs more carbon than it produces.
ABM: The whole point
about the greenhouse gases in a planetary atmosphere is that they absorb the infrared radiation emitted by the surface, and so Kirchhoff's law does not apply.
For example on April 16, 2018, renowned German weekly Spiegelreported on how «a confidential Shell study» showed the oil company «kept knowledge over climate change secret» and how «Shell knew already in detail 30 years ago
about the greenhouse gas effect — and decided to keep silent.»
«We compared many different coastal ecosystems and have made a clear case for including coastal wetlands in discussions
about greenhouse gas mitigation,» said Ariana Sutton - Grier, an assistant research scientist at UMD's Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center and a co-lead author of the research paper.
The half - day event was a tremendous success and brought together businesspeople, members of the Chinese and California governments, academics, journalists and members of the public to engage in a stimulating
discussion about greenhouse gas reporting in China.
The whole
point about the greenhouse gases in a planetary atmosphere is that they absorb the infrared radiation emitted by the surface, and so Kirchhoff's law does not apply.
While I am still comfortable with my argument that «human inertia» is the prime explanation for a long response time for doing
anything about greenhouse gas emissions, I am very wary of efforts by California and the U.K. to stick their necks out on carbon reductions.
Now, being green is
all about greenhouse gases: Neighborhood moms are more apt to fret over food miles than felled forests; organic cattle farmers are more interested in offsetting the methane coming from cow burps than pondering squished tadpoles in hoof prints.
For example on April 16, 2018, renowned German weekly Spiegel reported on how «a confidential Shell study» showed the oil company «kept knowledge over climate change secret» and how «Shell knew already in detail 30 years
ago about the greenhouse gas effect — and decided to keep silent.»
Using facts gleaned from the MFM website, the Planet Savers explained in their letter to the
authorities about greenhouse gases, waster wastage and biodiversity and species loss, and stressed that: «reducing your meat intake is one of the single most significant things you can do to help the environment.»
To engage a farmer: Don't mention «climate change» In order to get farmers to use adaptive farming practices like low tillage or crop rotations, Arbuckle recommended that extension workers avoid talking
specifically about greenhouse gas mitigation or even use the phrase «climate change» at all.
To summarize, I think that for the skeptics to gain credibility in the realm of science, they need to either describe why Tyndall was
wrong about greenhouse gases or else describe mechanisms that prevent anthropogenic global warming.
The primacy of energy access in most of the places in the world trumps long - term concerns about what we are going to do
about greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere.
There's much to catch up on so I'll start small, with this photo, noticed via Twitter, of a clever sculpture in Berlin illustrating how rising seas — the most basic outcome in a warming climate — will ignore politicians» endless yammering on global warming,
whether about greenhouse gas curbs or the need to integrate retreating coastlines into urban planning and policies.
Could these reports be similar to the national communications required for Annex - I (e.g. developed countries) by the UNFCCC, which include
information about all greenhouse gas sources, calculation methodology, and sectors?
The panel was convened by the United Nations in 1988 — a year of record heat, burning forests and the first big
headlines about greenhouse gases and global warming — to provide regular reviews of climate science to governments to inform policy choices.
The environment Heated but hollow Congress embarks on a rhetorical debate about greenhouse gases
Mr. Mercer was hardly the first to sound an
alarm about greenhouse gases: Scientists were well on their way by the late 1950s toward connecting mankind's burning of fossil fuels to Earth's changing climate.
Dr. Stanton's testimony, mentioned in a July 13 article by AP reporter Dave Gram about the region's love - hate relationship with natural gas, has helped to shift the
dialogue about greenhouse gas emissions to include the full, lifecycle impacts of long - lived energy infrastructure.
This working paper provides
details about greenhouse gas scope accounting and reporting per the World Resources Institute's Greenhouse Gas Protocol, explains the implications of scope double - counting for zero - carbon reporting when a renewable energy purchase is made, and proposes recommendations for consideration by key stakeholders.
«Especially in light of the fact that our governor and our Legislature are in many ways trying to take us in the other direction — to be more energy conscious, to be more
careful about greenhouse gases.»