Sentences with phrase «carbon dioxide in the air since»

«That figure can be compared with about 1.4 watts per square meter estimated by the [United Nations»] Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the greenhouse effect of all the increase in carbon dioxide in the air since the Industrial Revolution,» says Svensmark.

Not exact matches

Since the 1960s, the amount of methane in the air has increased by 1 % per year — twice as fast as the build up of carbon dioxide.

Growth rates for concentrations of carbon dioxide have been faster in the past 10 years than over any 10 - year period since continuous atmospheric monitoring began in the 1950s, with concentrations now roughly 35 percent above preindustrial levels (which can be determined from air bubbles trapped in ice cores).

The current effort to regulate carbon dioxide, in fact, stemmed from a 1999 suit originally filed by liberal groups against EPA, which eventually led to a Supreme Court decision that EPA had to act since greenhouse gases fell under the purview of the Clean Air Act.

Information on the amount of carbon dioxide in the air came from a network of sensors that has kept tabs on Salt Lake City since 2002 with stations placed throughout the metro area, including one on top of a mountain in nearby Snowbird.

That's fortunate, since too much carbon dioxide in the air will cause Earth's atmosphere to become overly warm.

This language would have been superfluous and without legal effect if, as Waxman assumes, EPA already had authority since 1970 to regulate carbon dioxide as an «air pollutant» or greenhouse gases in general based on their» global warming potential.»

Since the lungs are still partially filled with carbon dioxide (and too much air), not as much oxygen (air) can get in.

Since the nineteenth century, the concentrations of carbon dioxide in the air increased by 30 %, doubled the methane and nitrous oxide have risen 15 %.

The Keeling Curve, a famous graph named after scientist Charles David Keeling, measures the increase in carbon dioxide concentration in the air since 1958; it is considered the bedrock of global warming science because it is generally believed that there is a direct correlation between increasing levels of carbon dioxide and global warming.

Original post On Tuesday, a simple but sobering note predicting an imminent end to measurements of carbon dioxide in air lower than 400 parts per million was posted by the group at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography that has been carefully measuring the rising concentration of this greenhouse gas in the atmosphere since 1958.

CO2 is a pollutant which kills since it is a poison kills since it is an Asphyxiant (heavier than air, smothers life) * «Police: Carbon dioxide led to death in McDonald's bathroom September 14, 2011 1:38 p.m. EDT STORY HIGHLIGHTS The carbon dioxide built up to toxic levels in the bathroom An 80 - year - old woman died after the incident September 7 lethal dose of carbon dioxide, authorities said Wednesday....»

The Mauna Loa Observatory on the island of Hawaii, perched atop a mountain 11,000 feet above sea level, has been measuring carbon dioxide levels in the air since 1958.

Since you have explained why my explanations don't hold water, how would you explain the increased temperature in the bottle filled with carbon dioxide vs. air?

For all intents and purposes, the two phenomena are unrelated, since the scourge of air pollution relates to the presence of dangerous fine particulate matter in the air while global warming propaganda focuses on carbon dioxide emissions.

In doing so we'll also prevent some 1.5 million premature deaths annually due to improved air quality.Soot Comes Out of the Atmosphere in Weeks, Not Decades Since soot — which in this context comes from older diesel engines and burning other fossil fuels, industrial sources, inefficient biomass cookstoves used in many developing nations — comes out of the atmosphere in a matter of weeks, not decades or centuries like carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases, removing the source of pollution is highly effective in both stopping the warming effects as well as improving air qualitIn doing so we'll also prevent some 1.5 million premature deaths annually due to improved air quality.Soot Comes Out of the Atmosphere in Weeks, Not Decades Since soot — which in this context comes from older diesel engines and burning other fossil fuels, industrial sources, inefficient biomass cookstoves used in many developing nations — comes out of the atmosphere in a matter of weeks, not decades or centuries like carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases, removing the source of pollution is highly effective in both stopping the warming effects as well as improving air qualitin Weeks, Not Decades Since soot — which in this context comes from older diesel engines and burning other fossil fuels, industrial sources, inefficient biomass cookstoves used in many developing nations — comes out of the atmosphere in a matter of weeks, not decades or centuries like carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases, removing the source of pollution is highly effective in both stopping the warming effects as well as improving air qualitin this context comes from older diesel engines and burning other fossil fuels, industrial sources, inefficient biomass cookstoves used in many developing nations — comes out of the atmosphere in a matter of weeks, not decades or centuries like carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases, removing the source of pollution is highly effective in both stopping the warming effects as well as improving air qualitin many developing nations — comes out of the atmosphere in a matter of weeks, not decades or centuries like carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases, removing the source of pollution is highly effective in both stopping the warming effects as well as improving air qualitin a matter of weeks, not decades or centuries like carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases, removing the source of pollution is highly effective in both stopping the warming effects as well as improving air qualitin both stopping the warming effects as well as improving air quality.