Sentences with phrase «absorb significant amounts of carbon»

But during the longer - lasting ones like the Mongol invasion there was enough time for the forests to re-grow and absorb significant amounts of carbon.

The oceans absorb a significant amount of the carbon that enters the atmosphere, creating carbonic acid that makes it hard for marine life to survive and threatens the entire oceanic food chain.

Not exact matches

However, overlapping bands in the lower troposphere where water vapor dominates will keep carbon dioxide from absorbing any significant amount of radiation — in the lower troposphere itself.

Plants naturally absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen, but certain plants also eliminate significant amounts of benzene, formaldehyde and / or trichloroethylene.

The fact that organic agriculture systems also absorb and retain significant amounts of carbon in the soil has implications for global warming, Pimentel said, pointing out that soil carbon in the organic systems increased by 15 to 28 percent, the equivalent of taking about 3,500 pounds of carbon dioxide per hectare out of the air.

However, the data also showed that significant amounts of carbon dioxide were being absorbed by the waters near the ocean surface.

According to a new study of 28,000 measurements collected between 2000 and 2006 and analyzed by NOAA's CarbonTracker system, only about a third of the carbon dioxide is absorbed by carbon sinks such as the soil and forests; a large portion of it ends up in the atmosphere - but that still leaves a significant amount unaccounted for.Interestingly, the CarbonTracker found carbon emissions to be highest in the Midwest; that single region released more carbon dioxide than any other country - except Russia, China, India and, of course, the U.S. Carbon dioxide was found to be most readily absorbed east of the Rocky Mountains and in northern Canada.