Sentences with phrase «changes in land use around»

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The forcing over the last 150 years is around 1.6 W / m2 (including cooling effects from aerosols and land use change) but the climate is not (yet) in equilibirum, and so the full temperature response has not been acheived.

The concentration of atmospheric CO2 has increased dramatically since the Industrial Revolution (from around 280 parts per million [ppm] in preindustrial times to 401 ppm in 2015), primarily due to human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels and changes in land - use.

Although English life was beginning to change with the gradual development of cities, the economy was still mostly agrarian in the 1200s, with 90 % of the population (estimated to be around four million people in 1300 AD) making their living off the land, either as farmers (growing wheat for personal use or other grain crops to feed livestock) or herders (mostly sheep and goats).

However GBM has an interest and knowledge in other components of the overall plan and will be following developments in the other working groups, especially around land use and management, and land cover change.

- after the remakes of Terry's Wonderland 3D and Dragon Quest Monsters 2, Yuji Horii asked the team what should be next - the choices were Caravan Heart (GBA), a professional version of Dragon Quest Monsters 2, or a brand new game - the staff made the plot together with Takeshi Uchikawa (who is currently directing Dragon Quest XI)- the suggestion was to make the theme become something catchy, which lead to a science fiction vibe - Horii said «anything's alright as long as it's interesting» - the creation of the Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light helped build Joker 3 - fan feedback from the mobile game was used, which lead to monster stats being seen - the Reactor device lets you easily see all the things that occur on the field - the team had some trouble bringing together the ridable monsters aspect of the game, but eventually worked it out - the full game starts off with monsters that players can ride on land - you'll eventually unlock sea, air, and multi-jump land rising monsters - a «Big Air ride» was teased as well - by clearing the story, features will be unlocked that further modify monsters such as abilities and changing their sizes - Stealth Boxes which can not be found without using the Reactor only contains useful items that are optional - compulsory items that are needed to be found with the Reactor are placed in non-stealth locations - accessories can strengthen monsters, but monster strength is mainly determined from raising and combining them - features more offense - related content in the form of new spells and skills - new water - type spells are included - new skills added enable more detailed adjustments in versus, adding more strategic features - one of the items that can be bought with Communication Coins has the same effect with «Key of Encounters» - this lets players recruit monsters a bit more easily they've befriended before - since Communication Coins can only be obtained from multiplayer battles, it's completely optional - people who still do StreetPass but don't want to do multiplayer battles can still get them by combining monsters - DLC monsters are planned to be added regularly post-release until around Golden Week (April 29 — May 5)- - A national tournament is also planned, with more details coming later - carryover feature from Dragon Quest Monsters 2 that comes into play after the ending - players can bring up to 10 monsters which are ranked A or below from DQM2 to DQMJ3 each day

... The research showed that somewhere around one - half of the warming in the U.N. surface record was explained by economic factors, which can be changes in land use, quality of instrumentation, or upkeep of records.

So while energy emissions will continue to grow at around 2 per cent per annum for years to come, in a couple of years time the fall in emissions from land use change will stop.

For example, a 2012 study headed by Michael Wang of the Argonne National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy projected that the corn - based ethanol found at practically all U.S. fuel pumps would cut carbon emissions by around 34 percent in 2015 (Table 7), even when considering changes in land use.

Emissions from the land use, land - use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector accounted for the majority of the country's GHG emissions for decades until 2005, but the country saw a huge decline of around 70 % in the decade after this.

However GBM has an interest and knowledge in other components of the overall plan and will be following developments in the other working groups, especially around land use and management, and land cover change.

This has been shown repeatedly at http://wattsupwiththat.com/ and in the paper by NOAA scientists http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2006/2006GL026358.shtml showing that when land use changes occur around US climate stations, it causes a warm bias 95 % of the time.

In particular, many criticisms converge around grain - based biofuel, traditional farming practices, and claims of a causal link between U.S. land use and land - use changes elsewhere, including tropical deforestation.

In page 196 of the Stern Review, which you sited later, it says «Over the past two centuries, around 2000 Gt CO2 (Gt = billion tonnes) have been released into the atmosphere through human activities (mainly from burning fossil fuels and land - use changes).