Sentences with phrase «anthropogenic emissions of»

The major sources of anthropogenic emissions of NO2 are combustion processes (heating, power generation, and engines in vehicles and ships).

In 2011 API brought suit with other parties against the EPA over its authority to regulate greenhouse gases, stating that «EPA professes to be 90 to 99 % certain that «anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases are primarily responsible for «unusually high planetary temperatures», but the record does not remotely support this level of certainty» (Goldman and Rogerson 2013), a statement that flew in the face of the prevailing scientific consensus (IPCC 2007).

The study also showed that the effect was much larger on a regional scale, counteracting possibly up to 30 % of warming in more rural, forested areas where anthropogenic emissions of aerosols were much lower in comparison to the natural aerosols.

It's based on a growing concern about the rapid pace of global change and continued anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases.

(2) As you can find discussed in a previous post here on RealClimate, direct anthropogenic emissions of water vapor are basically a «red herring» in the context of global climate change.

Global anthropogenic emissions of mercury presented here are based on emission inventories and include industrial emissions as well as coal combustion.

«Agriculture currently contributes 60 and 50 % of global anthropogenic emissions of CH4 and N2O, respectively.

Later, from 1980 to 2000, the atmospheric trend of GEM concentrations and global estimates of anthropogenic emissions of mercury to the atmosphere (mainly emissions from coal combustion) exhibit a similar trend: a large decrease during the 1980s and then stabilization between 1990 and 2000 (3, 50, 51).

(B) Global anthropogenic emissions of mercury to the atmosphere in 1980, 1990, 1995, and 2000 (ref.

Since 1999, however, they indicate that anthropogenic emissions of methane have risen again.

Thus, the anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases influence the atmosphere at nearly all altitudes between ground and space, affecting not only life on the surface but also the space - based technological systems on which we increasingly rely.»

Is it really anthropogenic emissions of CO2 that are causing these problems?

«This fossil fuel signal can moreover be partially masked by the enriching effect that anthropogenic emissions of 14CO2 from the nuclear industry have on the atmospheric Δ14CO2 signature.»

So effective are stratocumulus in altering Earth's energy budget that small changes in their aerial coverage could have impacts similar in magnitude to the impacts of all anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases (e.g. Slingo (1990)-RRB-.

The available data strongly suggest that the anthropogenic emissions of CO2 will have no significant long term effect on atmospheric CO2 concentration.

Clearly, anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases are a serious problem, but these are better estimated directly [37] than by calculating a «number of planets» needed to offset emissions.

The change in emissions since pre-industrial times is estimated to lie in the range 160 — 260 TgCH4 / y, compared with the current best guess for anthropogenic emissions of 360 TgCH4 / y.

Anthropogenic emissions of CO2 represent > 100 % of the observed annual increase in atmospheric CO2.

However, they provide very different «projections» of future atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration for the same assumed future anthropogenic emission... (1) the cause of the recent rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration is not known, (2) the future development of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration can not be known, and (3) any effect of future anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide on the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration can not be known

(b) «Formulate, implement, publish and regularly update national and, where appropriate, regional programmes containing measures to mitigate climate change by addressing anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of all greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol, and measures to facilitate adequate adaptation to climate change;» (c) «Promote and cooperate in the development, application and diffusion, including transfer, of technologies, practices and processes that control, reduce or prevent anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases...»

The terms after «Annual Anthropogenic Emissions of CO2» are the «footprint intensity of carbon» and equal roughly 0.25.

These projected changes in anthropogenic emissions of trace gases from year 2000 to year 2100, making different assumptions on population development, energy use, and technology.

Slide 36 This analysis is strong evidence that anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide have not measurably contributed to accumulation in the atmosphere.

Interestingly, Penner et al. find that whether the climate sensitivity parameter is on the low or high end, reducing anthropogenic emissions of the short - lived warming pollutants would achieve a significant reduction in global warming over the next 50 - 100 years.

Zeke says, «# 5 The majority of the increase in carbon dioxide concentrations since pre-industrial times is due to anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide.

For the year, anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases reached 7,147 million metric tons, a new record.

I can only agree to # 4 Anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide are increasing and are highly unlikely to be economically sustainable past 2020.

Any explanation will do providing any warming is not linked to anthropogenic emissions of CO2.

Anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, however, have disturbed that equilibrium.

The observed recent rise in atmospheric CO2 concentration is caused by anthropogenic emissions of CO2.

The scientific outcomes from this workshop will be used first and foremost to strengthen the case for greater action to reduce anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide related to climate change and ocean acidification while also reducing other stressors.

Title XVII: Incentives for Innovative Technologies -(Sec. 1702) Directs the Secretary of Energy to make guarantees for certain projects, including gasification and liquefaction projects, that: (1) avoid, reduce, or sequester air pollutants or anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases; and (2) employ new or significantly improved technologies as compared to commercial technologies in service in the United States at the time the guarantee is issued.

The first sentence of the opening paragraph reads, «The time history of observed twentieth - century global - mean surface temperature reflects the combined influences of naturally occurring climate variations and anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases and sulfate aerosols.»

We call on all people and nations to recognize the serious and potentially irreversible impacts of global warming caused by the anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants, and by changes in forests, wetlands, grasslands, and other land uses.

Clearly, it is irresponsible to predict «benefits» from increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere when such «benefits» may only appear after we suffer the consequences of a five-fold increase over current anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases.

Almost half of total anthropogenic emissions of CO2 since 1750 have taken place since 1970.

«(iii) by country, annual total, annual per capita, and cumulative anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases for the top 50 emitting nations;

And the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5, 2013/14) asserted that «[h] uman influence on the climate system is clear, and recent anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases are the highest in history.»

If there were a deficit of CCN that is augmented by anthropogenic emissions of aerosols — then this would be a positive feedback rather than a negative one.

The most important factors are anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases, land use changes and emissions of aerosols.

Increases in the rate of anthropogenic emissions of CO2 do not keep pace with the rate of increases in atmospheric CO2, because the CO2 from anthropogenic sources are negligible enough to be on the limits of detectable measurement.

there is no correlation between anthropogenic emissions of CO2 and global temperature but if one were directly causal of the other they would correlate, 6.

Some of the budget estimates also make an allowance for the effects of anthropogenic emissions of warming gases other than CO2, such as methane.

One false assumption that is critical to the AGW argument is that anthropogenic emissions of CO2 are the sole cause in the accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere.

The future concentrations of LLGHGs and the anthropogenic emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO2), a chemical precursor of sulphate aerosol, are obtained from several scenarios considered representative of low, medium and high emission trajectories.

Since, the solar power is Green House Gas (GHG) emissions free, the power generated will replace anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases estimated to be approximately 93,022 tonnes of CO2e per year, thereon displacing 95,145 MWh / year amount of electricity from the generation - mix of power plants connected to the INDIAN GRID, which is mainly dominated by fossil fuel based power plant.

Atmospheric scientist Tim Garrett has a few papers on this subject and a new paper on collapse which I'll mention at the end, but first let's review and get an understanding of what he said in his censored paper, «Are there basic physical constraints on future anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide?

This assessment report looks into all aspects of anthropogenic emissions of black carbon and tropospheric ozone precursors, such as methane.

Stepping up action to tackle methane leaks along the oil and gas value chain is essential to bolster the environmental case for gas: these emissions are not the only anthropogenic emissions of methane, but they are likely to be among the cheapest to abate.

This increase is more than double the IPCC's estimated radiative forcing from all anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases.