Sentences with phrase «called greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide»

You are probably also aware already that water vapor is as much if not more of a so called greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide is and there is a lot of evaporating ocean water on the planet not to mention clouds and high tropical humidity because hot air provides added space in the atmosphere for water vapor gas to become a major component of air.

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Doniger notes that Bush has refused to sign on to a plan that calls for a 50 percent cut in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by 2050 or to an effort to hold average temperatures from rising by more than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels, as have been proposed by other countries.

These so - called clathrates contain an estimated 1400 Gigatons of methane, a more potent though shorter - lived greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.

The organic - grass - fed - gluten free - cold pressed turkey in your shopping cart is being refrigerated with some of the most potent greenhouse gases in the world called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)-- gases used in refrigerators and air conditioners with global warming potentials hundreds to thousands of times higher than carbon dioxide.

Atmospheric carbon dioxide is the most voluminous of the so - called greenhouse gases that absorb heat radiated from the ground and then radiate some of it back to the Earth's surface, keeping the Earth warmer than it otherwise would be.

Indeed, according to the EPA, so - called «enteric fermentation» in cows and other ruminant animals, like sheep and goats, contributed 26 percent of the country's total emissions of methane, a hard - hitting greenhouse gas with much greater short term warming consequences than carbon dioxide does (though the latter packs a far greater long - term punch).