Sentences with phrase «effectively than carbon dioxide»

Methane has an ability to trap heat almost 21 times more effectively than carbon dioxide.

It is a potent greenhouse gas that traps heat more effectively than carbon dioxide and poses a threat to agriculture.

Cattle are responsible for 20 percent of U.S. emissions of methane, which traps heat in the atmosphere 20 times more effectively than carbon dioxide.

Not exact matches

A report in Nature stated that in some cases the escape of methane, a far more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, «could effectively offset the environmental edge that natural gas is said to enjoy over other fossil fuels.»

But every person in Britain uses more than 80 times as much fossil fuel as a Bangladeshi, so Britain's population growth effectively contributes 3.5 times as much carbon dioxide to the global atmosphere as Bangladesh's.

CAM plants can flourish here by conserving water more effectively than traditional crops — they capture carbon dioxide from the air at night and convert it to malate, which fuels photosynthesis during the day.

One thing that I have never had explained and that I would very much like to understand is this: I believe carbon dioxide and methane are greenhouse gasses effectively because they retain heat more or longer than the Oxygen and Nitrogen that make up the bulk of the atmosphere.

While natural gas releases half the carbon dioxide of coal when it is burned, it is made up of 80 percent methane, a potent greenhouse gas that traps heat 86 times more effectively than CO2 over a 20 - year span.

[12] In fact, using the Model for the Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Induced Climate Change developed by researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, even if all carbon dioxide emissions in the United States were effectively eliminated, there would be less than two - tenths of a degree Celsius reduction in global temperatures.

The class of chemicals called hydrofluorocarbons, used in refrigeration, have a greenhouse potency more than 1,000 times greater than carbon dioxide per molecule — but dissipate quickly in the atmosphere once emitted, so reducing them now can help avoid near - term climate impacts more effectively.

New analysis from The Nature Conservancy, WRI and others estimates that stopping deforestation, restoring forests and improving forestry practices could cost - effectively remove 7 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide annually, or as much as eliminating 1.5 billion cars — more than all of the cars in the world today!