Sentences with phrase «abrupt release»

This mass extinction has long been linked to a large and abrupt release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, but the exact source of this emission has been unknown.

Since the area of geological disjunctives (fault zones, tectonically and seismically active areas) within the Siberian Arctic shelf composes not less than 1 - 2 % of the total area and area of open taliks (area of melt through permafrost), acting as a pathway for methane escape within the Siberian Arctic shelf reaches up to 5 - 10 % of the total area, we consider release of up to 50 Gt of predicted amount of hydrate storage as highly possible for abrupt release at any time.

The worry is not so much that there is already an abprupt release (though methane concentrations are on the rise) but that there are pathways for such abrupt release.

In the 2008 U.S. government (Climate Change Science Program) assessment on abrupt climate change, the authors stress the uncertainty of the size of the methane «hydrate reservoir» but say a dramatic abrupt release appears «very unlikely».

Instead of abrupt release of methane which is evident in other parts of the Arctic, the hydrate melt in ocean floor off Western Svalbard caused slow and steady seeps that are ongoing.

Its strength resulted from the abrupt release of plate tectonic forces, a process known as subduction, centered on an area beneath Honshu where it slides over the top of oceanic crust.

At Lake Nyos, an abrupt release of the CO2 allowed dangerous concentrations to pool in low - lying surrounding areas.

An abrupt release of 50 billion tonnes is «highly possible at any time», Shakhova says.

A few hours» head start turns out to be the perfect amount of anticipation: just enough to get over the initial shock of its abrupt release, but not so long that you might start to wonder how a much - anticipated theatrical release ended up on a streaming service with virtually no advance warning.

In retrospect, its abrupt release is looking less like an innovative marketing move and more like an obvious attempt to cover up the film's numerous shortcomings from critics, who were unable to lay into it before millions of subscribers hit play.

Viral marketing is all the rage right now, especially after The Cloverfield Paradox «s clever viral campaign and abrupt release.

Any abrupt release of concentrated CO2 could have serious impacts on those exposed, as well as contributing a sudden spike of CO2 to climate.