Sentences with phrase «detrimental effect on the climate»

However, natural gas has the huge disadvantage that it generates CO2 during combustion, which has a detrimental effect on the climate.

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While the effects of human activity on the seal population can be detrimental — for example through a high rate of fishing bycatch mortality as observed on Lake Saimaa — a novel conservation method can help the seal population to cope with climate change.

Fear that a warming climate will constrict this temperature range underlies recent studies that warn of the detrimental effects of climate change on the activity and survival of cold - blooded animals.

Has the political polarization had a detrimental effect on progress in climate science?

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an effort to call attention to the detrimental effects of industry - funded, so - called «research» in the debate on global climate change, Senators John (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D - WV) and Olympia Snowe (R - ME) today called on the world's largest oil company to end its funding of a climate change denial campaign.

Sulfuric acid (H2SO4), formed from oxidation of sulfur dioxide (SO2) emitted during fossil fuel combustion, is a major precursor of new airborne particles, which have well - documented detrimental effects on health, air quality, and climate.

It is widely accepted that the detrimental effects of climate change will be visited largely on the countries least equipped to adapt, socially or economically.

Some of the key concerns regarding spraying these particles into the atmosphere are not only the potential detrimental effects on Earth's climate, environment and natural systems, but also the potential effects on human health.

Researchers in the US have attempted to quantify where climate change will have the most detrimental effects on food availability.

But if we can't remedy the climate situation, the effects on our diet could be detrimental.

It is likely to have severe and detrimental effects on global climate.»