Sentences with phrase «biggest impact on global warming»

It also has by far the biggest impact on global warming, and ocean acidification.

The money spent on the Flannery ads would have been far better spent on ads dispelling some of the misinformation concerning the safety of nuclear energy, which if adopted in place of fossil - fuel power generation will make a much bigger impact on global warming.

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As members of society, the way that we act has the ability to impact others in big ways (global warming, racism) and in small ways (person talking on cell phone during a movie, smoker blowing smoke in your face as they pass you on the sidewalk).

Pokorny's work, coupled with a controversial new theory called the «biotic pump,» suggests that transforming landscapes from forest to field has at least as big an impact on regional climate as greenhouse gas — induced global warming.

In looking at potential global warming solutions, it is important to consider how big a role they can play, how fast they can be implemented, how affordable they are, and what impact they have on the environment.

The first practical steps, the easiest ones, will not have a big impact on future global warming.

Here's a basic rundown of some big impacts we can expect if global warming continues, via the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (here and here).

However, because global warming is always of one sign, a much bigger impact is from the cumulative effects of these radiative perturbations on the climate.

But he pointed out that even if the researchers» predictions are right and the planet warms just 4.1 degrees, this would nonetheless have a big impact on the global climate.

An example of internal variability is El Niño, a warming cycle in the Pacific Ocean which has a big impact on the global climate, resulting from the interaction between atmosphere and ocean in the tropical Pacific.

Academic studies find that the single biggest impact on changes in public opinion regarding global warming is what Republican officeholders are saying about it.

«Our actions have a big impact on what happens in these coral reef ecosystems, which are already hit hard by other forces like global warming, ocean acidification and overfishing,» said Tissot, lead author and professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at WSU Vancouver.

One of the biggest debates in the climate change research community in recent years has been the projected impact of global warming on hurricanes.

However, The transportation provisions of the bill could be altered to have a bigger impact on fighting global warming.