Sentences with phrase «burning of»

Then, beginning early in the nineteenth century, the burning of fossil fuels, especially coal, took off.

Saikawa, a specialist in atmospheric chemistry, is also studying levels of black carbon emissions in the outdoor environment generated by the burning of biomass fuels like yak dung.

He had the reputation for being a tyrant, and some believed he was responsible for the devastating fire of 64 AD, which resulted in the burning of much of Rome.

Produced by the burning of fossil fuels in power plants and car engines, carbon dioxide continues to accumulate in the atmosphere, warming the planet.

They can even be combined with the burning of plant matter to create a «carbon negative» fuel that when burned removes more CO2 from the air than it puts in.

Cities in the United States are taking oil companies to court, arguing that they should pay for climate - related problems caused by the burning of fossil fuels.

Amaranthus points out that morels like fire, chanterelles thrive in a cut forest, and matsutake likes occasional burning of the forest canopy.

«The next step will be to work on quantifying the impact of pollutants emitted from the daily burning of biotic materials, such as incense, in over two million Hindu temples in India and Nepal.»

It contributes in two different ways: through the clearing and burning of the trees, and through the soils which are stripped and then cultivated.

On Buddhist religious holidays, he found that the ritual burning of incense, tree limbs, herbs and huge piles of leaves emitted about 80 percent of the city's aerosol pollution, including a large amount of carcinogens.

In the worst - case scenario, more carbon could be released from the bogs and permafrost in northern areas than have been released by the burning of fossil fuels to date.

The reason: it requires extra energy to turn the coal to gas and then to capture the CO2 as well — in effect requiring the burning of more coal to generate the same amount of electricity.

In comparison, the burning of fossil fuels produced about 8.7 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide globally last year.

Scientists have calculated that the burning of peatland rainforest to free up land for plantations churns out more than 1,500 tonnes of carbon per hectare.

The Deepwater Horizon; mountaintop - removal coal mining; global warming and glacial melting from the burning of fossil fuels.

An overwhelming majority of scientists say the burning of oil, gas and coal is a driver of global climate change, causing sea level rise and more frequent violent storms.

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

The scheme is vital: The only way nations can meet the targets in the Paris Agreement to combat climate change is to eliminate the burning of fossil fuels or to capture emissions and find a place to store them besides the atmosphere.

The event commemorates the 5 November 1965 President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) report to President Lyndon B. Johnson, which warned that the accumulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels would «almost certainly cause significant changes» to the environment.

In this paper, UCR and Forest Service researchers teamed up to explore a previously unstudied aspect of nitrogen saturation: its effect on the gases and aerosols released during burning of forest fuels from an area experiencing nitrogen saturation.

Hydrogen seems to be an excellent and clean energy vector, and catalysis is expected to be at the core of the new developing technologies for the production, storage, and burning of hydrogen in fuel cells.

Photo: Julia Galef I just finished shaking the last of the desert dust out of the bags I brought to this year's Burning Man, an annual week - long event in Nevada's Black Rock Desert that takes its name from the burning of a giant effigy at the end of the week.

Asa - Awuku, an associate professor of chemical and environmental engineering at the CE - CERT, said agencies that oversee prescribed burns should consider these findings when they predict the likely impact of prescribed burning of forest fuels in areas subjected to chronic air pollution.

Much of the carbon dioxide given off from the burning of fossil fuels goes into the ocean, where it changes the acid balance of seawater.

The fact that the world's climate is changing is mainly due to the burning of fossil fuel.

The results suggest biomass burning of polluted forest fuels may exacerbate poor air quality — and related health concerns — in some of the world's most heavily polluted areas, among them, the Los Angeles metropolitan area, which is expected to suffer from more wildfires as drought conditions continue.

But Jones is not sure if Manley did as well at capturing slower changes, of a few tenths of a degree over decades, which is important for detecting the onset of warming due to the burning of fossil fuels.

The results imply that the interaction between organic and sulfuric acids promotes efficient formation of organic and sulfate aerosols in the polluted atmosphere because of emissions from burning of fossil fuels, which strongly affect human health and global climate.

Light - colored sulfate aerosols are emitted mainly by dirty burning of coal.

Methane and nitrous oxide increases derive from agricultural practices and the burning of fossil fuels.

The Earth relies on its vegetative cover to extract and hold onto carbon dioxide when a great deal of it finds its way into the atmosphere, as has happened with the burning of fossil fuels.

But I know you have your very good reasons for being among the 98 percent of the population that shuns public transportation: • You can read, check email, send text messages, or catch a few winks while you're swerving into oncoming traffic and pedestrians • You have built - in motivation for stopping at Wendy's for celebration takeout, given that you haven't had to walk more than nine consecutive steps the entire day • You feel good about the copious burning of hydrocarbons, which is creating valuable new beachfront property • You get to trade hand gestures and occasional gunfire with fellow traffic jammers.

«Even the remote possibility of such an occurrence justifies concern,» added Robinson, one of the first scientists to link the burning of fossil fuels with global warming.

The burning of fossil fuels essentially reintroduces ancient carbon that is stored in the depths of the earth back into the carbon cycle.

According to previous studies, that amount — between 44 million and 146 million metric tons of CO2 — offsets a tiny fraction of the estimated 35.3 billion metric tons of CO2 generated by the burning of fossil fuels and other industrial activity in 2013.

It's made in the USA and causes immediate burning of the skin and eyes as well as coughing and watery eyes but does not cause permanent injury.

Atmospheric carbon dioxide derives from multiple natural sources including volcanic outgassing, the combustion of organic matter, and the respiration processes of living aerobic organisms; man - made sources of carbon dioxide come mainly from the burning of various fossil fuels for power generation and transport use.

«He also refused to embrace the scientific view that climate change is now overwhelmingly driven by the burning of fossil fuels and failed to answer legitimate questions about Exxon's support for climate denial groups during his tenure.»

Our understanding of every other phenomenon under the sun — and indeed the burning of the sun itself — is underwritten by models with quantum particles at their heart.

It's the type of litigation that legal experts say may become more common as coastal cities and waterlogged counties draw the connection between rising waters and the burning of coal, oil and natural gas.

WILLIAMSBURG — City Council Speaker Christine Quinn spoke out Tuesday against the burning of 11 mezuzuhs yesterday on Holocaust Remembrance Day, calling it a hate crime «perpetrated by cowards» and insisting that the city will catch those responsible.

When it comes to environmental policy, the Trump Administration had ignored well established scientific evidence that the burning of fossil fuels is a prime contributor to global warming.

States like New York will have to take the lead in developing new sources of energy that do not rely on the burning of fossil fuels and are safe.

The taskforce also attracted some criticism, with some describing as extreme its burning of mining equipment believed to belong to small - scale miners.

Suffolk County will monitor air quality from the burning of post-superstorm Sandy debris at the...

Cuomo's statement noted that open burning of debris is the largest cause of spring wildfires in New York state, particularly if weather is dry and leaves are not out yet.

Scores of former political office holders and Peoples Democratic Party chieftains on Friday condemned the burning of the party flags at the secretariat by supporters of Senator Iyiola Omisore and said that the party would win the September 22 governorship election in the state without the former governorship candidate of the party.

Trump also condemned the burning of churches and urged the Federal Government to ensure security in the affected communities.

«The wicked burning of those 14 tipper trucks is excessive and extrajudicial and therefore legally unjustifiable and untenable and we will pursue this matter to its utmost and logical conclusion.

«Also, we are deeply concerned by religious violence in Nigeria, including the burning of churches and killing and persecution of Christians.