Sentences with phrase «carbon out of the air»

If we could pull carbon out of the air and use it to wean cars off fossil fuels, that would go a long way toward reducing humankind's production of greenhouse gases without impeding technological progress.

«The reason we think biofuels can reduce global warming is because we assume the feed crop will take carbon out of the air,» says Tim Searchinger of Princeton, the lead author of a report on biofuels» environmental impact in a February issue of Science [subscription required].

So while a mature forest is in chemical equilibrium with the atmosphere, coral reefs form permanent limestone structures that keep on taking carbon out of the air forever.

In the meantime, capturing carbon out of the air and sequestering it is the most direct way we know how to provide energy without CO2 emissions and without building another infrastructure.

Beyond local impacts like bad air quality and ecological issues, wildfires also emit large amounts of carbon dioxide, rather than those trees sucking carbon out of the air.

Taking better care of our soil through regenerative techniques (think crop rotations and using natural pesticides) can help drastically reduce greenhouse gas in the atmosphere (healthy soil actually sucks carbon out of the air).

The Plan B's include geotechnical engineering, adaptation, sucking carbon out of the air with technology, radical forced population reduction, radical cuts to consumption.

Its drought - stressed trees were not growing and respiring enough to, on balance, draw carbon out of the air.

Geoengineering involves sucking carbon out of the air or reflecting sunlight back into space, both done in the service of cooling the planet down.

Even in Europe, which has stronger institutions than other regions, carbon trading schemes have been hit by billion dollar scandals involving corruption and speculative trading which does not take carbon out of the air.

If the world's forests were to become a net source of carbon later in this century — as some scenarios suggest [32]-- the global EF would be infinite, since no amount of additional forest could suck the new additions of fossil carbon out of the air.

What's more, our buildings can literally begin to come alive: green walls and rooftop gardens not only suck carbon out of the air, but they also can provide healthy local produce, can reduce storm water runoff, and can decrease the urban heat island effect.

What's more, humanity has daillied so long that avoiding the worst impacts will now require extremely sharp emissions cuts — and possibly taking carbon out of the air.

One thing that's important to know about soils is that they can take carbon out of the air.

Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere fluctuate over the course of each year, forming a classic «saw - toothed curve» (seen above), due to the way that some parts of the Earth's system (like trees and plants) pull more carbon out of the air during the northern hemisphere spring.

Not exact matches

Even though the BFR will spew out tons of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, the impacts may not be much greater than current global air travel (depending how many flights end up happening).

Landscaping around the business property takes unhealthy carbon dioxide out of the air and replaces it with clean oxygen.

The farm has even partnered with a global science team to measure the amount of carbon the farm is sucking out of the air with its flourishing trees and coffee plants.

The nanos clean the carbon dioxide out of the air and bring me food, but the only food they know how to synthesize is granola bars.

Since, as the editorial points out, federal laws such as the Clean Air Act are not subject to the whim of this or any future president, carbon emissions also need to be addressed by federal legislation.

«The amount of carbon that comes out that plant is zero, and we are going to replace that with dirty air and where is the environmental community on this?»

Its technology will suck carbon dioxide out of the air and sell it to nearby greenhouses to spur the growth of lettuce, cucumbers and tomatoes.

It also reinforces the notion, however, that deliberately seeding the oceans with iron — which has been proposed as a way to draw carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere — might do almost nothing to change the CO2 content of the air.

But depending on the type of tree, forests may take decades or even a century to draw the same amount of carbon back out of the air.

Even with innovation and scaling up, we may at some point have to deploy «direct - air capture» technology, which pulls carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.

As they grow, they pull carbon dioxide out of the air and convert it into sugars that add bulk to their trunks.

Brasier argues that in the absence of more complex creatures that can recycle debris, like worms, the carbon in early life forms got buried in a constantly growing carbon sink, sucking carbon dioxide out of the air and causing global cooling.

Such geoengineering experiments produce diatoms, which pull carbon dioxide out of the air.

Photosynthesis was limited by the amount of carbon that green plants could scavenge out of the air.

Smith and Croyle had read some of Schrag's papers about carbon capture and sequestration, or CCS — a technique for keeping globe - warming carbon dioxide out of the air by burying it — and they were ready to put it into action.

The other is to find a way to suck carbon dioxide out of the air.

In the coming months, it will become the first power plant to suck the carbon dioxide out of its flue before the gas reaches the air.

By vacuuming carbon dioxide out of the air — something the world may need to do in earnest one day, in order to avoid the worst - case scenarios associated with global warming — the plant has effectively put a cost ceiling on what it would take to de-carbonize any industry in the world.

For addressing global warming by grabbing carbon dioxide out of the air.

Others are building fake trees; a substance coating the devices» fake leaves draws carbon dioxide out of the air.

Now, if you have all this very cold, nearly freezing water surrounding these ice caps, sucking up carbon dioxide out of the polar atmosphere, at nearly the highest possible rate, 30 times faster than oxygen, and 70 times faster than nitrogen, doesn't it stand to reason that the air that remains might just have a lot less carbon dioxide in it than the atmosphere across the rest of the planet?

The Amazon stores an estimated 120 billion tons of carbon in its plants and soil and accounts for up to 25 percent of all carbon dioxide sucked out of the air every year.

«Maybe we'll find a way to draw carbon dioxide out of the air and use it for energy,» he says.

All in all, Porsche engineers took more than 150 pounds out of the car that now sports plenty of dark - gray carbon - fiber body panels, spoiler lips, skirts, air intakes, and trim.

It's low, wide, and absolutely breathtaking, with a teardrop - shaped, carbon - fiber driver cell flanked by aggressive, air - channeling body structures formed out of composites and aluminum.

It draws in oxygen through a carbon fiber air intake and it snorts out through the largest - diameter tailpipes this side of a Scania R500 truck.

The protruding splitter reduces negative lift at the front, wide rocker panels smooth out airflow between the axles, and big slots in the fenders direct air around each of the four carbon - ceramic brake discs to help them deal with the claimed top speed of 217 mph.

An active carbon filter traps particles, pollen and odors and thoroughly filters fine dust out of the outside air before it can reach the interior.

Up front a pair of LED lit vertical headlamps sit on either side of the classic Corvette cross flag emblem and ahead of an all new carbon fiber hood vent that serves to extract hot air out from the engine bay and channel it over the car (as opposed to passing it underneath), increasing down force and making the C7 Stingray go around corners with the greatest of ease, while fender vents are complimented by a pair of sharp looking stingray emblems.

It certainly looks the part with large air intakes up front, hood scoop, flared out fenders, 20 - inch wheels, rear diffuser, and a number of carbon fiber trim pieces.

Much of the 911 GT2 RS's bodywork is constructed out of carbon - fibre reinforced plastic — Porsche names the front wings, front wheel arch vents exterior mirrors, rear air intakes and some of the rear panels as being made from the lightweight material.

The two Vorsteiner front fenders include vents on top of the wheels, finished in clear carbon fiber these ventilation openings actively add downforce, the airflow generated by the wheels push air out of these vents while pushing the front down for a better aerodynamic flow and increased performance.

Porsche has made the first year of scheduled maintenance complimentary, and it has fitted an improved carbon cabin filter to keep out particles, pollen, odors and dust from the air even more effectively.

The special design of the SLS AMG GT FINAL EDITION ensures that it stands out in visual terms: the carbon fibre - effect bonnet with central air outlet, the carbon - fibre front splitter on the front apron, the fixed carbon - fibre rear aerofoil that is so reminiscent of the SLS AMG Coupé Black Series and the exclusive AMG forged light - alloy wheels make it a real head - turner.

Some of the more desirable options to look out for are the solar sunroof which can operate the air - conditioner while the engine is turned off as well as carbon ceramic brakes.