Sentences with phrase «by greenhouse gas emissions]»

The expectation has been that parties to the protocol would eventually agree on a second commitment period after 2012 which would set more ambitious targets for reducing emissions consistent with the goals outlined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and other scientific bodies, for achieving some measure of climate safety such as stabilizing temperature increase caused by greenhouse gas emissions at 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F) over pre-industrial levels.

Richard Muller says his new study shows global warming is almost entirely caused by greenhouse gas emissions by humans.

I think he also makes the point that as measure and model the change in climate caused by greenhouse gas, natural variation is occurring.

Any clear initial drift in the temperatures (resulting from the modelled climate adjusting from its initial state to that determined by the greenhouse gas concentrations) was identified, and that portion of the data was not included in the analysis.

This is the mechanism by which the environment stores up part of the energy of generated by greenhouse gas emissions, only releasing it to the atmosphere later on.

Prior to 1980 distinctions between temperature rises caused by greenhouse gas and the solar effect were difficult (though not impossible) to distinguish.

Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) are scenarios for rates and magnitudes of climate change driven by greenhouse gas emissions.

A recent study of a wide variety of policy options by Yale economist William Nordhaus showed that nearly the highest benefit - to - cost ratio is achieved for a policy that allows 50 more years of economic growth unimpeded by greenhouse gas controls.

«''»»» JT says: May 7, 2011 at 8:34 pm Ira, the basic bookkeeping of the simplest greenhouse calculations assumes that the re-emission of infra - red radiation by the greenhouse gas molecules is spatially symmetrical.

We argue that this is the long - term anthropogenic trend, forced by greenhouse gas increases offset by tropospheric aerosol cooling, which also increased along with industrialization.

«The resulting uniform increase of longwave downward radiation manifests radiative forcing that is induced by greenhouse gas concentrations and water vapor feedback, and proves the «theory» of greenhouse warming with direct observations.»

This type of warming is still a much smaller effect than the global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions.

Add the fact that this warming was predominantly caused by greenhouse gas emissions (more on this later) which continue to accelerate with no end in sight, and it becomes more alarming yet.

In fact, all but the one that killed the dinosaurs were caused by climate change produced by greenhouse gas.

The theory suggests that the system is pushed by greenhouse gas changes and warming — as well as solar intensity and Earth orbital eccentricities — past a threshold at which stage the components start to interact chaotically in multiple and changing negative and positive feedbacks — as tremendous energies cascade through powerful subsystems.

Fresh water that now is flowing to the sea in the Delaware estuary is threatened by future sea - level rise resulting from rising temperatures caused by greenhouse gas emissions, a new study finds.

This might seem contrary to warming trends forecast by climate scientists, but a new analysis released today in Science points out that climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions may actually have contributed to the well - below average temperatures seen in parts of the U.S.

What was much more certain was that the oceans were rapidly warming and growing more acidic, exactly as predicted by the greenhouse gas theory.

The theory suggests that the system is pushed by greenhouse gas changes and warming — as well as solar intensity and Earth orbital dynamics — past a threshold at which stage the components start to interact chaotically in multiple and changing negative and positive feedbacks — as tremendous energies cascade through powerful subsystems.

Which points out the anemic effect that U.S. greenhouse gas reductions will have on the climate of the U.S. and just how easily the whims of foreign nations, not to mention Mother Nature, can completely offset any climate changes induced by our greenhouse gas emissions reductions.»

However, because of issues related to data quality, the low frequency of extreme event impacts, limited length of the time series, and various societal factors present in the disaster loss record, it is still not possible to determine the portion of the increase in damages that might be attributed to climate change brought about by greenhouse gas emissions (S1).

Quoting (or parroting) the IPCC, EPA argues that it is «extremely unlikely» (less than a 5 % probability) that the warmth of recent decades can be explained without «external forcing» by greenhouse gas emissions.

Some of the infrared radiation passes through the atmosphere, and some is re-emitted in all directions by greenhouse gas molecules.

Such restoration alone would go some way to meeting targets imposed by the government to reduce the threat of catastrophic global climate change driven by greenhouse gas emissions that result from changes of land use and the combustion of fossil fuels.

As a stunning early spring blooms across the United States, just weeks after scientists declared 2016 the hottest year on record, it's easy to forget that all the extra warmth in the air accounts for only a fraction of the heat produced by greenhouse gas emissions.

Aim of the study The objective of this study was to estimate how global food supply might be affected by greenhouse gas induced climate change up to the year 2060.

The list was informed by two international GHG accounting and reporting standards developed by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol: the Mitigation Goal Standard and Policy and Action Standard.

This standard was developed by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol).

Because temperature rises caused by greenhouse gas emissions are expected to trigger dangerous feedback loops, which will release ever increasing amounts of greenhouse gases.

Scientists around the world have now amassed a virtually unassailable body of evidence to support the conclusion that a rapid warming of our planet - caused principally by greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel burning - is under way.»

Most CM experiments based on RCPs will be driven by greenhouse gas concentrations (Hibbard et al. 2007).8 Furthermore, many Earth system models do not contain a full atmospheric chemistry model, and thus require exogenous inputs of three - dimensional distributions for reactive gases, oxidant fields, and aerosol loadings.

In November, delegates to the UN Climate Change Convention annual negotiations will gather in Paris to try to conclude an ambitious and effective agreement on preventing the global average temperature rise caused by greenhouse gas emissions exceeding 2 ˚C above its pre-industrial level.

To review the process please see here and note the in picture caption «Some of the infra - red radiation is absorbed and re-emitted by the greenhouse gas molecules».

Our results suggest that the decadal AO and multidecadal LFO drive large amplitude natural variability in the Arctic making detection of possible long - term trends induced by greenhouse gas warming most difficult.

While this does not prove that global warming is caused by greenhouse gas emissions, it does set the bar for alternative explanations.

In this respect, the ReGP will complement existing guidance frameworks as published by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, RE100 and CDP.

(5) Global warming, the climate change component that is driven by greenhouse gas increases, is the reason for concern because of its increasing impact on ecosystems and polar ice caps / sea level rise.

The researchers said this worldwide increase was consistent with rising global temperatures caused by greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels.

If the multi-model ensemble mean time series provides a true representation of forced change by greenhouse gas (GHG) loading, 33 — 38 % of the observed September trend from 1953 — 2006 is externally forced, growing to 47 — 57 % from 1979 — 2006.

He suggests putting a steeper price on the carbon generated by greenhouse gas polluters who rank high in «pollution disparity.»

That convention defines climate change as change produced not by all greenhouse gas emissions, but by human greenhouse gas emissions.

If party A (greenhouse gas emitters) is harming party B (those harmed by greenhouse gas emissions), the contention that protecting the property rights of B will cost A more than it will benefit B should not encourage principled libertarians at the Cato Institute to green - light rights violations.

When I look at a snowless street in January I may see a natural weather variation, or I may see a human artifact caused by greenhouse gas emissions.

Countries export much of the harm created by their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions because the Earth's atmosphere intermixes globally.

Here's the link and the relevant passage: A recent study of a wide variety of policy options by Yale economist William Nordhaus showed that nearly the highest benefit - to - cost ratio is achieved for a policy that allows 50 more years of economic growth unimpeded by greenhouse gas controls.

The objective is quantify the range of possible outcomes (and likelihoods) of such variations which come on top of the long - term changes caused by greenhouse gas forcings.

Not to «anthropogenic climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions» — which is only one factor among many, known and unknown, in anthropogenic climate change.

The theory suggests that the system is pushed by greenhouse gas changes and warming — as well as solar intensity and Earth orbital eccentricities - past a threshold at which stage the components start to interact chaotically in multiple and changing negative and positive feedbacks — as tremendous energies cascade through powerful subsystems.

So isn't not fair to state that we see increase in TC power in recent decades, and that this is expected giving rising SST, which are driven by greenhouse gas forcing.

While weather patterns played a clear role in boosting temperatures in many parts of the country, the overall rise in average temperatures caused by greenhouse gas emissions has made record heat more and more likely and record cold increasingly rare.