«Everyone is worried
about carbon dioxide but plants remove carbon dioxide from the air all the time so it makes sense that we can do the same thing.
«What's different [
about carbon dioxide] is the scale and the disruption in the energy system from having to transition from carbon - intensive fuels to carbon neutrality,» he added.
But, noted Nancy Knowlton of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., «If we do want to have reefs around by 2050, we are going to have to do something
about carbon dioxide» to slow global warming and acidification.
In his review of Robert Laughlin's book Powering the Future, Fred Pearce summarises the author's view as «ultimately the planet won't care much
about our carbon dioxide emissions» because the gas will all end up in the oceans (1 October, p 46).
To understand where that carbon dioxide is going, we need precise, comprehensive, ongoing data
about carbon dioxide absorption and emission by forests, the ocean and many other regions.
Holdren and many others are especially concerned
about the carbon dioxide, which unlike coal's other emissions is completely unregulated in the United States.
Until recently, these trends were extremely difficult to calculate due to a lack of data
about carbon dioxide in coastal waters.
Switching tacks here, what
about carbon dioxide capture and storage?
Exxon documents show that top corporate managers were aware of their scientists» early conclusions
about carbon dioxide's impact on the climate.
Today's Cool Fact of the Day is that reading is all
about carbon dioxide and it has very little to do with oxygen.
«They found no need to worry
about the carbon dioxide fuel - burning puts in the atmosphere,» the Post said in the story, which was spotted last week by Washington resident John Lockwood, who was doing research at the Library of Congress and alerted the Washington Times to his finding.
Read below
about carbon dioxide, which we need in order to exist.
FUN FACTS
about CARBON DIOXIDE.
Caldeira's conclusions
about carbon dioxide, as well as those of Pierrehumbert and Susan Solomon, among others, are one reason for their support of intensified research on directly removing CO2 from the atmosphere (as reflected in a 2010 paper by Cao and Caldeira).
If we eliminated emissions of methane and black carbon, but did nothing
about carbon dioxide we would have delayed but not significantly reduced long - term threats posed by climate change.
Mr. Dyson wrote
about the carbon dioxide question in 1977, in a paper laying out a form of climate management or geo - engineering.
But there is no nonsense
about carbon dioxide not being important, or warming is not really happening.
Among other strategies, they continue to parrot debunked claims
about carbon dioxide being a «pollutant.»
Calculation: THE NUMBERS
ABOUT CARBON DIOXIDE IN OUR ATMOSPHERE Here are the calculations, based on information obtained directly from the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute in De Bilt, Holland (KNMI).
Most Americans [and most world citizens, for that matter] do not care much
about carbon dioxide.
While finishing up her dissertation at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Parkinson and climate scientist William Kellogg decided to take the theory
about carbon dioxide emissions increasing global temperatures and apply it to a sea ice model that Parkinson had built.
All he knows is what IPCC has been touting
about carbon dioxide, to them the chief greenhouse gas on this planet.
«Although in terms of peatlands and mangroves, the big story is
about carbon dioxide, we must not underestimate the combined impact of all three gases from these ecosystems.»
WASHINGTON — Choices made now
about carbon dioxide emissions reductions will affect climate change impacts experienced not just over the next few decades but also in coming centuries and millennia, says a new report from the National Research Council.
July 16, 2010 — Choices made now
about carbon dioxide emissions reductions will affect climate change impacts experienced not just over the next few decades but also in coming centuries and millennia, says a new report from the National Research Council.
«If you choose to make regulations
about carbon dioxide, that's OK.
By combining information
about the carbon dioxide emissions released by burning the fuels sold by these companies, with statistics about sea level changes, the researchers tried to determine the proportional responsibility of each company.
Today's nuclear fission faces great political challenges, largely caused by the same green knuckleheads that are now screaming
about carbon dioxide, but taken up by the general public and politicians in many countries.
«Yes, the Coalition should, in my opinion, ditch it because there is no need to take any action
about carbon dioxide at all,» he told the National Press Club.
Learn more about this essential gas as scientists continue to make amazing discoveries
about carbon dioxide.
The carbon emissions from fossil fuel use might have increased global mean temperature by about one - sixth of one degree, so what's with all the fuss
about carbon dioxide?
The Marshall Institute was founded in 1984 by three outstanding scientists, each of whom knew more
about carbon dioxide and climate than 97 % of the IPCC authors combined:
Salzar and Kipfmueller use temperature and precipitation as dependent variables, but what
about carbon dioxide (and it fertilization effect)?
You're having all these weighty arguments amongst yourselves, AGW v CAGW,
about carbon dioxide in a world which is the most ludicrous fictional scenario that could be imagined.
A quick word
about carbon dioxide: It is an odorless, non-toxic natural constituent of the Earth s atmosphere.
I have done enough work in recent years on technical, geological, historical and archeological data sets to have real concern
about carbon dioxide being the root cause of the global warming seen from about 1978 to 1998.
The second energy challenge is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which is mostly
about carbon dioxide, most of which emanates from stationary sources (heat and power).
That is why, whenever you see a press release from the EU
about carbon dioxide abatement, you will see them trumpet their results since 1990.
So, solutions to — if you are really concerned
about the carbon dioxide then how can you create energy that is affordable — that's the only kind that really works in the economy — what choices are out there?
It wouldn't mean that theories
about carbon dioxide and greenhouse gasses are wrong.
I make no bones about the fact that I am determined to stamp out the hoax
about carbon dioxide having any warming effect, because it is a travesty of physics, a huge cost to society and, indirectly, causes thousands of deaths.
«Choices made now
about carbon dioxide emissions reductions will affect climate change impacts experienced not just over the next few decades but also in coming centuries and millennia... Because CO2 in the atmosphere is long lived, it can effectively lock the Earth and future generations into a range of impacts, some of which could become very severe.»
Roberts responded: «Um... for example, carbon dioxide... ah... has been, whenever we talk
about carbon dioxide on the ABC... um... you see on the news broadcast billowing steam pouring out, giving people the impression that carbon dioxide is both... um... colourful and it's also huge in volume when it's less than 0.04 per cent.»
Thanks to the single - minded demonization of this natural and essential atmospheric gas by advocates of government control of energy production, the conventional wisdom
about carbon dioxide is that it is a dangerous pollutant.
Two Sundays in a row ill - informed columns
about carbon dioxide and climate have appeared in the Camera.
This is the best book
about carbon dioxide and climate change that I have read.
«Ask any plant how it feels
about carbon dioxide,» Prof Plimer said.
Ultimately, NEI contends Perry's proposal to keep nuclear plants open is a good thing for those concerned
about carbon dioxide emissions and making sure the grid remains reliable.
Not exact matches
When God created this wonderful planet, he gave us a little blanket called
carbon dioxide that keeps the Earth
about 7 degrees warmer than it would be without it.
Industrialized countries with less than a quarter of the world's population are responsible for
about three - quarters of the
carbon dioxide released by burning fossil fuels.