Sentences with phrase «by human industrial activity»

At present, the ocean takes up a quarter of the CO2 - released to the atmosphere by human industrial activities — with long - lasting consequences for the chemical composition of seawater and marine habitats.

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Emissions from vehicles, power plants, industrial operations, and other human activities are a primary cause of surface ozone, which is one of six main pollutants regulated in the U.S. by the Clean Air Act.

With over 80 percent of forests already degraded by human and industrial activities, today's findings underscore the immediate need for international policies to secure remaining intact forests — including establishing new protected areas, securing the land rights of indigenous peoples, regulating industry and hunting, and targeting restoration efforts and public finance.

We know with certainty that the increase in CO2 concentrations since the industrial revolution is caused by human activities because the isotopes of carbon show that it comes from fossil fuel burning and the clearing of forests.

In Chapter 7, the IPCC report states it clearly: «the increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases during the industrial era are caused by human activities».

The enhanced Greenhouse Effect we are now measuring is a human fingerprint because the source of it is the continued emission of greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide, produced by industrial activity.

Some greenhouse gases, such as industrial halocarbons, are only made by humans, and thus their presence in the atmosphere can only be explained by human activity.

These chemicals are released by a wide variety of human activity in the industrial world, from driving cars to treating sewage.

But the level of CO2 has been drastically altered by human activity, rising from 280ppm at the start of the industrial revolution to 400ppm today.

The main causes of change were clearing for agriculture and tree plantations, industrial activity such as logging and mining, fragmentation due to infrastructure and new roads, and fires assumed to be caused by humans.

He also found that much of the effect was due to natural aerosols which would not be affected by human activities, so the cooling effect of changes in industrial pollution would be much less than he had calculated.

One is suppose to believe that the blade of hockey stick is all caused by human activity - it's the whole reason the hockey stick was fabricated, the amazing rise in temperature could only be explained as being the result of human activity - industrial activity [in accordance Luddism fantasy].

In their statement, the scientific academies say the oceans have absorbed about a quarter of the carbon dioxide emitted to the atmosphere by human activities since the industrial revolution, resulting in rapid and irreversible changes in ocean chemistry.

5 (3) Causes of the climate change This warming is largely attributed to the increase of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide and methane) in the Earth's atmosphere caused by human burning of fossil fuels, industrial, farming, and deforestation activities.

Global average surface temperatures have increased by about 0.75 degrees Celsius since the beginning of the industrial revolution, of which ~ 0.6 °C is attributable to human activities.

Since the Industrial Revolution began around 1750, human activities have contributed substantially to climate change by adding CO2 and other heat - trapping gases to the atmosphere.

Given that the cosmic ray effect described by Svensmark would be more than sufficient to account for the net estimated temperature change since the Industrial Revolution, the key question becomes: Has human activity actually warmed, cooled or had no net impact on the planet?

We've prepared a show - case of Industry 4.0 and we present how an intercorporate smart industrial area of factories and warehousing & logistics services can conduct activities while a human controls manufacturing only by means of capital.

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