Sentences with phrase «absorb more carbon»

«CO2 concentrations would start to fall immediately since the ocean and terrestrial biosphere would continue to absorb more carbon than they release as long as the CO2 level in the atmosphere is higher than pre-industrial levels (approximately).

On a global scale, forests that serve as invaluable carbon «sinks» — lands that absorb more carbon than they emit — are under siege.

Fertilizing the oceans with iron to help them absorb more carbon dioxide.

Oceans are becoming more acidic as they absorb more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Forests help reduce global warming when they grow and absorb more carbon than they emit.

And such corals are likely to suffer before their tropical counterparts as cold waters absorb more carbon dioxide.

The UK could reduce its emissions by converting farmland to absorb more carbon dioxide − but risks increasing climate change effects abroad.

Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have found to their surprise that despite the increased human emissions of greenhouse gases, between 2002 and 2014, plants were somehow able to absorb more carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere than in previous decades.

Others suggest dumping iron filings into the ocean to increase the growth of algae which, in turn, would absorb more carbon dioxide.

Such a trend would actually feed back into global warming: ideally, more vigorous plant growth would absorb more carbon dioxide.

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John Everett, a former scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who's now a consultant on ocean issues, told the subcommittee that the oceans will remain alkaline even as they absorb more carbon dioxide.

For example, using chemicals to make the planet more reflective might cool things a bit, but it would do nothing to reduce other greenhouse - gas impacts, like rising acidity in the oceans as they absorb more carbon dioxide.

CO2 concentrations would start to fall immediately since the ocean and terrestrial biosphere would continue to absorb more carbon than they release as long as the CO2 level in the atmosphere is higher than pre-industrial levels (approximately).

This is a blow to some supporters of geo - engineering, who have suggested that one way to tackle climate change is large - scale seeding of the oceans with iron to stimulate plankton to absorb more carbon dioxide.

If it is replaced by other farmers boosting their yields more than they otherwise would, spurred by higher prices, you may get a benefit because higher yields absorb more carbon (but it comes at some greenhouse gas costs from fertilizer use and the like).

Researchers estimate that if all human - related deforestation of the tropics were to stop, the forests could absorb more carbon than at present, equivalent to one - fifth of global emissions.

A healthy soil also has the ability to absorb more carbon from the air.

Eating less meat will free up a lot of agricultural land which can revert to growing trees and other vegetation, which, in turn, will absorb more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Biodynamic soils absorb more carbon than any other farming method.

Cross says that as the oceans absorb more carbon dioxide, the more acidic the water becomes, which hurts marine life and makes it harder for organisms to grow skeletons and build shells.

«Our bottle is revolutionary in that it will decrease — and why not eventually see disappear — glass packaging in favour of containers of plant origin with a negative carbon footprint (the plant absorbs more carbon that is needed to produce the bottle),» says the company.

Frankenforests Engineered trees that grow more quickly, absorbing more carbon dioxide and providing more wood and pulp without the need for toxic chemicals.

Researchers from the United Kingdom and Brazil also said the pair of droughts have raised concerns that the forest could be approaching a point where it ceases to be a carbon «sink,» absorbing more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than it produces, and flips to a carbon source.

The trees that are able to cope in a warmer world by absorbing more carbon dioxide are at higher risk of death in multiple ways.

Here, the ocean - carbon sink has increased, absorbing more carbon dioxide.

With the ocean absorbing more carbon dioxide (CO2) over the past decade, less of the greenhouse gas is reaching the Earth's atmosphere.

«Why the ocean has absorbed more carbon over the past decade.»

As ammonium levels in the heated soil increased, trees grew faster and absorbed more carbon.

Over recent decades the remaining Amazon forest has acted as a vast «carbon sink» — absorbing more carbon from the atmosphere than it releases — helping to put a brake on the rate of climate change.

New NASA - funded research shows that when the atmosphere gets hazy, like it did after the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines in June 1991, plants photosynthesize more efficiently, thereby absorbing more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Using the NDVI, one team this year reported that «over the last few decades of the 20th century, terrestrial ecosystems acted as net carbon sinks,» i.e., they absorbed more carbon than they were emitting, and «net greening was reported in all biomes,» though the effect had slowed down in recent years.

As harmful greenhouse gases are pumped into the Earth's atmosphere, the oceans are absorbing more carbon dioxide (CO2).

Previous studies have shown the undisturbed tropical Amazon and African forests are also absorbing more carbon than they are releasing.

Forests that are legally protected can provide a positive «carbon sink,» which absorbs more carbon than it emits into the atmosphere.

The term «net carbon sink» needs to be clarified — all this means is that the North American forests are absorbing more carbon through photosynthesised growth than they are releasing through decay and night - time respiration.

Ocean acidity is rising as sea water absorbs more carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere from power plants and automobiles.

And again, scientists have directly measured that the ocean is absorbing more carbon dioxide than it is releasing, measurable as a slightly reduction the the pH of the ocean, as shown below:

Not exact matches

Hemp could help address climate change, since it absorbs four times more carbon dioxide than trees while growing in just a fraction of the time.

Some of the nitrogen the crops do not absorb is converted into nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas 310 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.

The world's largest ocean is absorbing carbon dioxide, and turning more acidic as a result, faster than expected

Because these black particles absorb more heat than white snow, the study of black carbon concentrations in glaciers is important for predicting future melt rates.

What is even more worrying is the possibility that regions that were absorbing carbon may emerge as sources of carbon emissions as the permafrost melts.

As humans emit more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, more of the gas is absorbed by the oceans, gradually making the water more acidic.

As the climate changes, Southern Ocean upwelling may increase, which could accelerate ice shelf melting, release more carbon into the atmosphere and limit the ocean's ability to absorb heat and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Its two faces differ strikingly in color, likely the result of thermal segregation: Over time, darker materials (like carbon) have absorbed more heat from the sun, warming up and sending lighter, more volatile materials (like ice) to the colder hemisphere.

As atmospheric carbon dioxide increases, the greenhouse gas is absorbed into ocean water, making it more acidic.

HOW much more carbon dioxide can the atmosphere absorb before it triggers catastrophic climate change?

It all seemed so convenient: As our smokestacks and automobile tailpipes spewed ever more carbon dioxide into the air, the oceans absorbed the excess.

Still, the authors identified «hot spots» in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area where the carbon imbalance is high, meaning that far more carbon is being released than there are trees to absorb it.