Sentences with phrase «act as a sink»

In a similar way, green walls and roofs act as a sink to effectively reduce pollution.

«Tropical forests act as a sink that reduces global greenhouse gases.

Persistent in food webs, people Living in a region that acts as a sink for global pollutants and relying on wildlife for their diet, Arctic people have long been exposed to some of the highest levels of mercury.

For example, they may help researchers understand the full — and perhaps changing — potential for the plankton ecosystem to act as a sink to absorb carbon dioxide from the air.

One possibility is that as beta - amyloid accumulates, it acts as a sink for more of the protein, trapping it within the brain.

In addition, they act as sinks for terrestrial runoff, supplying abundant nutrients to habitats for many species.

However, as you note below, it is the arctic and antarctic regions which are principally responsible for the ocean acting as a sink due to absorbtion by colder water.

They certainly don't suggest, as Dan H does, that modest changes in agricultural methodologies can lead to vegetation acting as a sink for 100 % of emissions.

I never said that modest changes in vegetation would act as a sink for all the carbon emissions.

It acts as a sink where the drainage pipes widen as soon as you open the tap.

On the other hand, an increase caused by humans, where oceans and vegetation together act as sinks for about halve the emissions, complies with all known observations.

But you assert: «as long as the increase in the atmosphere is only halve the emissions, there can't be any other (net) source, as nature as a whole acts as a sink «And it is important to note that in this assertion, when you say «the emissions» you mean «only the anthropogenic emissions».

«That human emissions are the main cause of the increase in the atmosphere is simply a matter of mass balance: as long as the increase in the atmosphere is only halve the emissions, there can't be any other (net) source, as nature as a whole acts as a sink.»

The region acts as a sink, not a source of CO2.

Have a side that is blacked out and with some sort of absorbing surface on it to act as the sink Get solar simulator lamps, the kind used to test satellites and place them so that they shine onto the surface from the outside of the tank.

We know that the terrestrial biosphere and ocean are acting as sinks, however.

There are a multitude number of pieces of evidence for this, stemming from mass balance arguments, changes in isotopes, O2 / N2 ratios, observed changes in carbon in other sources (acting as a sink), paleo - sensitivity studies showing that CO2 is a relatively slow and weak feedback (~ 10 ppm / C), etc..

1) Oceans act as a sink for warmth, it takes them a long time to warm or cool through their sheer volume.

It is still possible that, even though warming is increasing, it could have increased more had the ocean not acted as a sink for heat.»

Your second question has a simple answer: the oceans (according to empirical studies) are currently acting as sinks of CO2, taking it up much faster than they are releasing it due to warming.

Trouble with considering biomass as an energy sink, however, is that if biomass remains constant then it does not act as a sink at all — only if it is increasing.

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The sites, which often act as launching pads for smear campaigns against entertainment properties that users don't like for one reason or another, are being credited for sinking films before they even see the light of day.

You can deduct an amount for a reserve, contingent account, or a sinking fund as long as the Income Tax Act allows it and the amount is reasonable,» says the Canada Revenue Agency's Business and Professional Income Guide.

The first is that our planet's oceans act as a massive watery heat - sink, and currently absorb more than 90 percent of increased atmospheric heat that are associated with human activity.

Taylor creates sculptures out of environmental friendly materials and then sinks them in shallow, empty areas off tropical coastlines where they can act as artificial reefs.

And although the favor of the God, as forfeited or gained, is still an essential feature of the story, and theology plays a vital part therein, yet the acts to which this sort of religion prompts are personal not ritual acts, the individual transacts the business by himself alone, and the ecclesiastical organization, with its priests and sacraments and other go - betweens, sinks to an altogether secondary place.

This acts as insurance for your cheesecake to reduce the chance of cracks and the chance of your cheesecake sinking.

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You can encourage small acts, such as saying please and thank you, giving a card to a grandparent, sharing toys with friends, or helping carrying one's plate to the sink.

Massachusetts ocean waters are biologically diverse, support the Bay State's traditional fishing industry, and act as natural carbon sinks.

In as much as I had a soft spot for Comrade Mugabe as he exited office, I SALUTED the ZANU PF, for assuming its SUPREMACIST role and not allowing the whims and caprices of a single individual and his «stranger» wife, to act in ways that were ominously deeply sinking the ZANU PF, ship.

In the summer, the process is reversed and the yard acts as a heat sink to cool the house.»

«Managing the carbon cycle is hard now, but it would be a lot harder without the land plants acting as a big sink.»

Finally, all the climate models assume different amounts of energy stored on Earth that is transferred to the ocean depths, which act as an enormous heat sink.

Forests act as carbon sinks because plants take in carbon dioxide — and some scientists think they can even boost that ability.

Forests not only store carbon that will be emitted with deforestation, they also act as an important carbon sink, which have a key role in further buffering climate change.

«Understanding which trees in the forest are most vulnerable to drought is quite important for understanding whether [they will] continue to act as a strong carbon sink in a rapidly changing climate,» he said in an email.

Although often thought of as as carbon dioxide sinks, mature forests are approximately carbon neutral with only disturbed and young forests acting as carbon sinks.

But chemicals have hitched rides on winds and waters that have carried them there, as the cold climate acts like a sink for pollutants.

For example, in higher latitudes such as northern Canada and Greenland, coastal waters usually act as carbon sinks, absorbing excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

The norm for cooling an LED (which is actually a semiconductor that converts electricity into light) has been to place a copper or aluminum tube near the light to act as a heat sink and draw away excess heat.

Indonesia's sprawling tropical forests and peat soils act as a massive carbon storage sink but have been heavily deforested and degraded in recent years, primarily by palm oil companies and the pulp - paper giants Asian Pulp and Paper and Asia Pacific Resources International Ltd..

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.

Because the algae take in three times the CO2 to produce a single ton of ethylene, the process acts as a carbon sink.

Also, rainforests affect climate through other processes in addition to acting as carbon sinks and stores — they promote evaporation, which keeps the land cooler and helps recycle rainfall.»

The Amazon rainforest normally acts as a carbon sink, removing atmospheric carbon dioxide and storing it.

1) A better understanding of how the ocean will act in the future as a heat sink.

We find that under a «business as usual» scenario, the terrestrial biosphere acts as an overall carbon sink until about 2050, but turns into a source thereafter.

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I've been experimenting with T10 dextran coated iron oxide nanoparticles, obviously not the same as fullerenes, but still a very interesting tool, I've been testing if the coating is giving the particle antioxidant abilities because of it's the (basically) indigestable sugar chains (glucose) creating a high surface area which are largely made from hydroxyl groups, I hypothesised this act's as a «sink» for reactive oxygen species converting them to water.