Sentences with phrase «effects of the greenhouse gases emitted»

The full effects of the greenhouse gases emitted in 2016 will only be felt in 2030.

Not exact matches

The livestock industry notes that if some or most of the methane could be incorporated into the animal's nutrition processes, rather than being emitted, this would increase productive weight gain at the same time as cutting greenhouse gas emissions, for a double bonus effect.

But the reactive gases emitted by trees can also increase the amounts of ozone and methane, both greenhouse gases which have warming effects on the climate.

Even allowing for the relative strength of the effects, CO2 is still responsible for two - thirds of the additional warming caused by all the greenhouse gases emitted as a result of human activity.

# 102 Kevin: SA claims that «observed effects of the warming that has already occurred as a result of the greenhouse gases we have already emitted... are already causing massive and costly harm.»

The actual observed effects of the warming that has already occurred, as a result of the greenhouse gases we have already emitted, are self - evidently already «dangerous» since they are already causing massive and costly harm.

I'd like to stick to facts: * CO2 levels are rising because we emit CO2 (so we can do something about it) * CO2 is a greenhouse gas * CO2 thus contributes to warming of the surface * Other effects compensate or amplify these changes * Those other effects haven't reversed / stopped the warming trend yet

Greenhouse Effect: The heating of the surface of the earth due to the presence of an atmosphere containing gases that absorb and emit infrared radiation.

While the greenhouse gas footprint of the production of other foods, compared to sources such as livestock, is highly dependent on a number of factors, production of livestock currently accounts for about 30 % of the U.S. total emissions of methane.316, 320,325,326 This amount of methane can be reduced somewhat by recovery methods such as the use of biogas digesters, but future changes in dietary practices, including those motivated by considerations other than climate change mitigation, could also have an effect on the amount of methane emitted to the atmosphere.327

«Notwithstanding any provision of title III or V, no stationary source shall be required to apply for, or operate pursuant to, a permit under title V, solely because the source emits any greenhouse gases that are regulated solely because of their effect on global climate change.».

GREENHOUSE EFFECT Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere (such as water vapor and carbon dioxide) absorb most of the Earth's emitted longwave infrared radiation, which heats the lower aGREENHOUSE EFFECT Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere (such as water vapor and carbon dioxide) absorb most of the Earth's emitted longwave infrared radiation, which heats the lower aGreenhouse gases in the atmosphere (such as water vapor and carbon dioxide) absorb most of the Earth's emitted longwave infrared radiation, which heats the lower atmosphere.

I believe what is missing from this article and perhaps much of the work of many in this field is an equal focus on the cooling effect of Earthshine emitting and absorbing (i.e. greenhouse) gases.

This figure indicates 3 things: (1) the time lag between emitting greenhouse gases and when we see the principle effect is about 30 years, due mostly to the time required to heat the oceans, (2) the rate of temperature increase predicted by a climate sensitivity of 3 °C tracks well with the observed rate of temperature increase, and (3) we have already locked in more than 1.5 °C warming.

More than half of the global warming observed since 1950 has a human cause, largely from the greenhouse gas effects of gases such as carbon dioxide emitted from burning fossil fuels.

When referring to greenhouse gas emissions, «carbon dioxide equivalent» refers to the amount of carbon dioxide that would give the same warming effect as the effect of the greenhouse gas or greenhouse gases being emitted.

This is because some of the gases absorb and emit radiation at the same frequencies as others, so that the total greenhouse effect is not simply the sum of the influence of each gas.