Oceans are taking in about 90 percent of the excess heat
created by human greenhouse gas emissions, but they're also absorbing some of the carbon dioxide (CO2) itself.
Not exact matches
In the first study of its kind, scientists have calculated the amount of carbon absorbed
by the world's tropical forests and the amounts of
greenhouse gas emissions created by loss of trees, as a result of
human activity.
In theory, the goal of the Paris talks over a new global climate agreement is to
create a more sustainable
human relationship with the climate system
by curbing
emissions of
greenhouse gases and boosting poor countries» capacity to withstand climate shocks.
The vast majority of
human - caused
greenhouse gas emissions are
created by electricity generation and transportation, not oil and
gas companies, so Exxon's and Suncor's shares would be so exceedingly small that they would border on trivial.