Sentences with phrase «atmosphere as a result of human activity»

And the researchers suggest the cyclone shift may be linked to that growth, which is connected to more heat - trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere as a result of human activity.

The scientists found greenhouse gases in the atmosphere as a result of human activity have increased the risk of extreme rainfall in the southern part of the country by about 25 per cent.

The accumulation of chlorofluorocarbons and other ozone - depleting gases in the atmosphere as a result of human activities have altered this balance so that the ozone layer has become depleted.

«Greenhouse gases are accumulating in earth's atmosphere as a result of human activities, causing surface air temperatures and subsurface ocean temperatures to rise,» the report said.

Managing this threat is particularly challenging because it does not arise from local human actions, but from global changes to the atmosphere as a result of human activities.

«One of the main causes of these changes is the growing concentration of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere as a result of human activity,» says Assaf Hochman of TAU's School of Geosciences, who led the research.

They also now realize that other greenhouse gases are being released into the atmosphere as the result of human activity, and that they additionally contribute to global warming and possible climate change.

Not exact matches

Some greenhouse gases occur naturally in the atmosphere, while others result from human activities such as burning of fossil fuels such as coal.

«I agree that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, that greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere are increasing as a result of human activities — primarily burning coal, oil, and natural gas — and that this means the global mean temperature is likely to rise,» Ebell said in the statement released by CEI yesterday.

Though the vast majority of climate scientists agree that the Earth's climate is changing as a result of human activities that increase the amounts of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere, researchers like Soon foment debate by publishing alternate hypotheses or denials.

«As a coastal city located on the tip of a peninsula, San Francisco is vulnerable to sea level rise, and human activities releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere cause increases in worldwide average temperature, which contribute to melting of glaciers and thermal expansion of ocean water — resulting in rising sea levels,» the ordinance reads.

«In considering the question of human activity and climate change it is essential to distinguish between global warming, which is a progressive increase in the annual mean global temperature, and human - activity - induced greenhouse warming, as may, for example, be caused by the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere as a result of fossil fuel combustion or deforestation.»

Scientific consensus shows that as a result of human activities, GHG concentrations in the atmosphere are at record high levels and data shows that the Earth has been warming over the past 100 years, with the steepest increase in warming in recent decades.

CO2 remains in the atmosphere longer than the other major heat - trapping gases emitted as a result of human activities.

Other external changes, such as the change in composition of the atmosphere that began with the industrial revolution, are the result of human activity.

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