Sentences with phrase «absorbs co2»

All rain is acid rain with a PH less than seven (7) because it absorbs CO2 from the atmosphere.

Photosynthesis absorbs CO2, respiration and decay create it.

It readily absorbs CO2.

Ocean acidification is the process by which the sea absorbs CO2 from greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

On land, vegetation absorbs CO2 by photosynthesis and converts it into organic matter.

Q, If a warmer ocean releases CO2 and a cooler ocean absorbs CO2 and if the oceans are warming ergo releasing CO2 then how could they also be absorbing CO2?

Turning some of the biomass into charcoal prevents new emissions, but the new generation of biomass that grows also absorbs CO2 from the atmosphere.

New research examining how the Southern Ocean absorbs CO2 reveals that winds and currents create pathways for carbon to be stored in the deep ocean regions.

Second, the ocean absorbs CO2 on average all across the lower density surface as the waters cool by radiation to space on their return to the poles.

Don't even mention CAM plants (pineapples, Aloe's and probably the majority of weed species)-- yet the CAM pathway plant absorbs CO2 at night without sunlight.

Furthermore, the Golfstrom that brings warm water to upper Europe absorbs CO2 while cooling and sinking to return South in continuous manner.

Okay: http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-scientific-consensus-intermediate.htm http://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/ — Also if you want to argue that it says «catastrophic» — that also says that scientists believe in global warming and the word «catastrophic» is relative — that means this point is completely subjective to whatever — it just says that 3 % believes in catastrophic change — and i said above that «catastrophic» is relative 8) https://www.skepticalscience.com/human-co2-smaller-than-natural-emissions.htm — you can say it produces more but it absorbs the co2 back through photosynthesis — our industrial system doesn't reclaim the co2 it produces so it results in a buildup in co2 9) http://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/global-temperature/ — look at the graph 10) I mean kind of but how do they profit?

Cold water in clouds is the nearest sink that absorbs the CO2 that is outgassed from the surface of the ocean.

Instead, ocean life absorbs CO2 during photosynthesis and, while most of the gas escapes within about a year, some of it is transported down into the deep ocean via dead plants, body parts, faeces, and other sinking materials.

When the ocean absorbs CO2 from the air, not only does that CO2 increase the temperature of the water, and cause more ice melt, but it also causes ocean acidification.

The ocean becomes more acidic as it absorbs CO2 from the atmosphere.

For only the human CO2 to accumulate, there would need to be a MAGIC world where every natural process that absorbs CO2 from the atmosphere would have to magically be sentient and be able to discriminate between a human CO2 molecule and a natural CO2 molecule.

But also, it absorbs CO2 from the atmosphere, via its leaves, and by the process of photosynthesis converts that to organic (carbon based) compounds.

French scientist has invented a light powered by algae that absorbs CO2 from the air — 1 ton per year!

AB: The planet absorbs CO2 based on concentration, not emissions (other than near point sources).

But wood absorbs CO2 as it grows.

The complexity of these biochemical processes makes it difficult to accurately simulate how the ocean absorbs CO2 from the atmosphere and how it stores this carbon as global conditions change.

Photosynthesis, the process that creates plant matter, absorbs CO2 from the air.

To start the process, the molten lithium carbonate absorbs CO2 from the air.

Trees absorb CO2 from the atmosphere as they grow, then release it again when they die and decay.

As these winds enhance ocean circulation, they may be encouraging carbon - rich waters to rise from the deep, say the team, meaning that surface water is less able to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere.

The primary way freshwater ecosystems absorb CO2 created by humans burning fossil fuels is likely different than what happens in oceans.

Although some lakes can also absorb CO2 at their surfaces similar to the way oceans do, the increases in these other sources of organic and inorganic carbon are likely the dominant factor, says Scott Higgins, a research scientist at the International Institute for Sustainable Development's Experimental Lakes Area, a natural laboratory of 58 small lakes in Ontario.

Oceans become acidic when they absorb CO2 from the atmosphere.

But a lack of water in drought years kills some trees that normally absorb CO2, sends additional CO2 into the atmosphere as those trees rot, and temporarily lessens surviving trees» CO2 uptake.

Oceans absorb CO2 from the atmosphere.

In any case, if they are exempted, why not also exempt efforts to seed the oceans with iron to encourage algae to grow, which will also absorb CO2 from the air above?

Each year the oceans absorb CO2 from the atmosphere and become more acidic, a process called ocean acidification.

The reason goes back to the tiny pores, called stomata, which exist on leaves and needles and are the channels through which trees absorb CO2 and cool off through evaporation.

But ironically, the higher temperatures choke off trees» ability to absorb CO2, in addition to intensifying their loss of water.

As plants spread over the planet, they absorbed CO2 from the atmosphere and released oxygen (PDF).

Halifax, Nova Scotia — based Carbon Sense Solutions plans to accelerate the natural process of cement absorbing CO2 by exposing a fresh batch to flue gas.

Lead author of the study, Sabrina Wenzel of DLR explains: «the carbon dioxide concentrations measured for many decades on Hawaii and in Alaska show characteristic cycles, with lower values in the summer when strong photosynthesis causes plants to absorb CO2, and higher - values in the winter when photosynthesis stops.

That instead, going cold turkey to net zero emissions, the surface would continue to absorb CO2 and the temperature would in fact fall or at least stay the same?

They include relatively simple options like planting more trees to lock up CO2 as they grow, or crushing rocks that naturally absorb CO2 and spreading them on soils so that they remove CO2 more rapidly.

Other higher - tech options include using chemicals to absorb CO2 from the air, or burning plants for energy and capturing the CO2 that would otherwise be released, then storing it permanently deep below the ground, called bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS).

However, atmospheric CO2 is observed to be increasing while the ocean is becoming more acidic (i.e. still absorbing CO2).

This means that an increase in temperature and the associated reorganization in ocean circulation, for instance, had less of an effect on the marine ecosystem's ability to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere and store it in the subsurface layers of the ocean.

«How phytoplankton communities absorb CO2 and export it into the ocean interior, and therefore how atmospheric CO2 will evolve over the coming millennia, will depend on these sensitivities, Buchanan added.

I could go on for hours about this but am too busy exchanging opinions with the» Slayers» so if you're interested you can get more at Professor Judith Curry's «Letter to the dragon salyers» thread (http://judithcurry.com/2011/10/15/letter-to-the-dragon-slayers) and at Lucia Liljegrens «Do Industrial Countries Absorb CO2?»

I suggested to Tom Harris that he also took a look at Professor Judith Curry's «Letter to the dragon slayers» thread (http://judithcurry.com/2011/10/15/letter-to-the-dragon-slayers/) and at Lucia Liljegrens» «Do Industrial Countries Absorb CO2?»

When trees die, they not only stop absorbing CO2, but they also decompose, gradually releasing the carbon stockpiled in their wood.

Cold, polar waters constantly absorb CO2, sink as it becomes more dense, and is transported to the equatorial waters via the ThermoHaline and outgases in the warmer waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Dan H.: «Cold, polar waters constantly absorb CO2, sink as it becomes more dense, and is transported to the equatorial waters via the ThermoHaline and outgases in the warmer waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.»

Scientists knew the oceans had some ability to absorb CO2 and potentially neutralize climate change.