Sentences with phrase «climates huge amounts of energy»

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Yet, says botanist Jan Pokorny of Charles University in Prague, these snippets from Kenya are not about greenhouse gases, but rather the way that land - use changes — specifically deforestation — affect climate; newly tree - free ground «represents huge amounts of solar energy changed into sensible heat, i.e. hot air.»

Growing, processing, shipping, and preparing food — particularly the kind Americans typically eat (and schools typically serve)-- requires huge amounts of energy and produces tons of waste: Animal agriculture contributes nearly one - fifth of the greenhouse - gas emissions responsible for climate change — 1 pound of beef generates the equivalent of 36 pounds of carbon dioxide, according to researchers.

Just as importantly, energy poverty is a huge contributor to climate change, as those stuck in energy poverty are forced to rely on fuels like kerosene and firewood which caused enormous amounts of pollution.

Energy intensive industries in Europe, such as steel or cement companies, still pocket huge amounts of public money while doing too little to reduce emissions, a report entitled «European Fat Cats» * published by Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe today shows.

So, the question is, how can we seamlessly integrate huge amounts of clean energy onto the grid without making people sick or digging a deeper hole on climate change?

They can not accurately simulate any of the real - world climate conditions such as thunderstorms, hurricanes and other natural processes that transfer huge amounts of energy from the surface of the Earth to the stratosphere.

«Take unusually warm Atlantic ocean surface temperatures (temperatures are in the 70s off the coast of Virginia), add a cold Arctic outbreak (something we'll continue to get even as global warming proceeds), mix them together and you get huge amounts of energy and moisture, and monster snowfalls, like we're about to see here,» said Michael Mann, a climate researcher who directs Penn State University's earth systems science center.