Ammonia and sulphur emissions have increased considerably over the past
decades as a result of human activities.
Not exact matches
... A number
of scientific studies indicate that most global warming in recent
decades is due to the great concentration
of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen oxides and others) released mainly
as a
result of human activity... Doomsday predictions can no longer be met with irony or disdain.
Largely
as a
result of human activities they are now rising at a rate
of over 4 % per
decade.
Scientific consensus shows that
as a
result of human activities, GHG concentrations in the atmosphere are at record high levels and data shows that the Earth has been warming over the past 100 years, with the steepest increase in warming in recent
decades.
A certain amount
of continued warming
of the planet is projected to occur
as a
result of human - induced emissions to date; another 0.5 °F increase would be expected over the next few
decades even if all emissions from
human activities suddenly stopped, 11 although natural variability could still play an important role over this time period.12 However, choices made now and in the next few
decades will determine the amount
of additional future warming.
However, long - term climate change over many
decades will depend mainly on the total amount
of CO2 and other greenhouse gases emitted
as a
result of human activities.