Sentences with phrase «absorb carbon dioxide during»

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Plants absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and convert it to organic carbon during photosynthesis.

During photosynthesis, plants absorb carbon dioxide from the air and transform it into sugars and other carbon - based molecules.

Forests and other land vegetation currently remove up to 30 percent of human carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere during photosynthesis, but thanks to this latest study, experts now know that we have tropical forests to thank for a great deal of this work - absorbing a whopping 1.4 billion metric tons of CO2 out of a total total global absorption of 2.5 billion metric tons.

(Note vast areas of the high latitude oceans were covered by ice, during the coldest period and could hence no longer absorb carbon dioxide.)

This is because the amount of CO2 released from E85 during combustion is practically identical to the level of carbon dioxide the plants absorbed from the atmosphere through photosynthesis when they were growing.

During that time, the tree absorbs carbon dioxide, releases oxygen, and provides a habitat for wildlife.

(Paper abstract) Soot from ships worse than expected Produced during combustion of fossil fuels and biofuels, light - absorbing carbon (soot) creates haze and absorbs light with an efficiency nearly one third that of carbon dioxide.

During summers in the Northern Hemisphere, the Earth breathes in carbon dioxide as green plants (most of which are north of the equator) absorb the gas and turn it into carbohydrate.

Forests absorb carbon dioxide from the air during photosynthesis, releasing oxygen back into the air and storing captured carbon in trunks, branches, roots, and soil.

Here we report measurements of ecosystem carbon dioxide fluxes, remotely sensed radiation absorbed by plants, and country - level crop yields taken during the European heatwave in 2003.

To achieve the maximum climate benefits of bioenergy in terms of greenhouse gas emissions avoided, the amount of carbon dioxide released during biomass production, processing, transportation and use should be equal to or smaller than the amount that was absorbed by the harvested biomass.

As to the absorption of long - wave radiation from the earth's surface, while it may be true that carbon dioxide and water together do absorb certain frequency ranges of that radiation, I don't think that that matters a whole lot because most of the heat from the surface is transported to the top of the troposphere by conduction, convection and latent heat of vaporization of water during the day.

During the summer growing season, plants absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

The rickety carbon - neutral status of woody bioenergy has been sold to the public on a deceptively simple principle: Although a tree's carbon is released during combustion to produce energy, there are no net emissions because a new tree will absorb the resulting carbon dioxide.

During their growth life, trees absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and release oxygen.