Sentences with phrase «absorptive capacity of»

If the global average infrared absorptive capacity of the atmosphere is not a useful measure of the greenhouse effect, then what is?

My reply: — Global average atmospheric greenhouse - gas optical thickness is the measure of the infrared absorptive capacity of the atmosphere — that is, of the greenhouse effect.

The EF carbon footprint measure is also highly susceptible to assumptions about the carbon absorptive capacity of forests.

Therefore, urban areas place a huge burden not only on the absorptive capacity of the local environment; they also influence wide patterns of energy and land use in the surrounding and more distant areas, in the livelihoods and quality of life of people living... Read more

It concludes that, while there are governance constraints at the global level, African countries need to work, with the support of developed countries, towards stimulating effective domestic demand for climate adaptation and mitigation funds and improving the absorptive capacity of African countries to effectively deploy climate funds.

Glassless windows, sinkless bathrooms, towels with the absorptive capacity of a plastic bag, fans that run only when a generator is sputtering outside your window (usually from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.) and laissez - faire housekeeping are, alas, the norm in Sra Em's guesthouses.

Regularly incorporating probiotics is an active step towards improving the absorptive capacity of the gut.

«Japan is already undergoing rapid population aging, which will likely limit the market's future absorptive capacity of public debt,» wrote IMF economist Kiichi Tokuoka in a paper this year.

Not exact matches

The «temporary - worker model» the United States uses to staff its labs «is completely out of equilibrium, [because] the country doesn't have the absorptive capacity» to provide career employment — rather than just temporary jobs — to all of the young scientists that the system produces, Gerbi continues.

Instead of building up that absorptive capacity, we've built up supply to meet the demand of senior investigators and other employers who need inexpensive skilled labor.

Coburn's second paper, School Districts and Their External Partners: A Conceptual Framework for Productive Partnering (written with Caitlin Farrell), used absorptive capacity in a conceptual framework for understanding the range of ways districts work with external partners and the district conditions that shape this work.