Sentences with phrase «dioxide over the course of a century»

It is also a greenhouse gas 34 times more potent than carbon dioxide over the course of a century.

Both gases are risky, but methane especially so, as it is roughly 25 times as potent at trapping heat as carbon dioxide over the course of a century.

Not exact matches

Methane, when assessed over the course of a century, warms the planet about 25 times as much as the same mass of carbon dioxide does.

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The IPCC report argued that temperatures rose one degree Celsius over the course of a century as a direct result of man - made carbon - dioxide emissions.

And over the course of the century, he added, carbon dioxide levels will still have to be reduced to prevent further warming.

Over the course of a century, methane has 34 times the greenhouse effect of carbon dioxide.