Sentences with phrase «emission rates of»

A new study indicates that if current emission rates of greenhouse gases continue, leaves will begin to appear an average of 21 days earlier nationally by 2100 compared to recent trends.

While no lava has been emitted from any of the 15 fissure vents since May 9, earthquake activity, ground deformation, and continuing high emission rates of sulphur dioxide indicate additional outbreaks of lava are likely.

First, the original emission rates of SO2 and H2SO4 (3 % of total anthropogenic SO2 emitted) in the model (including emissions, boundary conditions, and initial conditions) were decreased by a factor of 4 compared with the 2005 base case to be consistent with the decrease in measured ambient SO2 concentrations since 2005 (SI Appendix, section 1 and Fig.

What are the emission rates of the 30 to 40 companies affected by the carbon tax?

That's why a great deal of attention was paid last week to the results of a two - day aerial survey over gas fields in southwestern Pennsylvania that calculated emission rates of methane (the main component of natural gas) from two well pads still in the drilling phase.

Even after several hundred years the constant concentration scenario still had emission rates of a few percent of peak...

One of the most fundamental avenues of study in controlling light - matter interactions is engineering of the spontaneous emission rates of excited electrons in emitters (atoms, molecules, artificial atoms, etc.).

The assessments shall reflect the relative carbon dioxide emission rates of different fossil fuel - based electricity, and initially shall be not less than the following amounts for coal, natural gas, and oil:

And yet, India and China remain two countries where emission rates of greenhouse gases continue to rise, driven mostly by economic growth, Eltahir says.

Wallmann: «It is important to check emission rates of gases and fluids and make sure that seepage is not invigorated or pockmarks are re-activated by the storage operation.»

Yet the analysis shows that even with higher gas prices, coal plants still fail to be economically competitive under the new greenhouse gas rule, which requires that fossil plants not exceed emission rates of 1,000 pounds of CO2 per megawatt - hour.

The researchers measured emissions rates of 34 grams of methane per second — 100 to 1,000 times greater than those estimates.

Saying that, the more expensive and more powerful D4 engine reveals what Volvo has in store, as it returns 74.3 mpg and comes with an emissions rating of just 99g / km.

The engine was developed as part of the «Limo - Green» project funded by the U.K.'s Technology Strategy Board to produce a large sedan with an emissions rating of less than 120 g / km of carbon dioxide.

The Kia Niro will combine a stylish SUV design with greater fuel economy than its rivals, with a target CO2 emissions rating of under 90 g / km (combined, based on the New European Driving Cycle).

The Range Rover P400e has fuel economy rating and CO2 emission ratings of 2.8 L / 100 km (35.71 km / l) and 64 g / km respectively.

According to Martin Hrdlicka, Head of Chassis and Powertrain Development, Skoda, the plug - in hybrid electric variant should achieve a CO2 emissions rating of around 31 g / km.

The premium manufacturer boasts not only great driving pleasure in this segment but great efficiency as well seeing how five of the engines come with an emissions rating of less than 120 grams of CO2 per kilometer.

Average fuel consumption in the EU test cycle is 6.2 liters / 100 kilometers (38 mpg US) with a CO2 emission rating of 162 grams per kilometer.

Its latest - generation 3.0 - litre straight - six diesel comes with an all - aluminium crankcase as well as common - rail direct fuel injection with piezo - injectors, delivers 180 kW at 4,000 rpm, and gives the car average fuel consumption in the combined EU cycle of just 6.5 litres / 100 kilometres, as well as a CO2 emission rating of just 173 grams per kilometer.

Average fuel consumption of 6.9 litres / 100 kilometres in the EU test cycle (equal to 40.9 mpg imp) and a CO2 emission rating of 181 grams per kilometre, finally, mark new records for efficiency in this performance class.

But with combined city / highway fuel economy of more than 63 mpg (U.S.) and a CO2 emission rating of just 159 grams per mile, it will be among the company's most frugal production cars.

Note, at the observed emission rate of 17 Tg / yr, and using the IPCC GWP of 34 for methane, we're already at 50 GtC over 90 years.

By your calculation, if we are able to reduce today's emission rate of by 50 % in the next 40 years (by 2050) to result in 450 ppm, then maintain that emission rate for the next 50 years (by 2100) to 500 ppm, the resulting difference in temperature would potentially be 2.2 deg C?

Under mass - based compliance, the generation would first be multiplied by an emissions rate of 0.8 short tons per MWh, yielding a reduction of 80 short tons.

Requires the assessment to reflect the relative carbon dioxide emission rate of fossil fuel - based electricity, including coal, natural gas, and oil based electricity.

Overall, the average annual SF6 emission rate for the Partnership has decreased approximately 87 percent from the 1999 baseline emission rate of 14.2 percent to 1.9 percent in 2013.

At the current carbon emissions rate of more than 10 billion tons each year and growing at around 2 percent, humans will have emitted a trillion tons of carbon by 2041.

Figure 5f also shows that a peak emission rate of 11.5 GtC yr − 1 produces a peak rate of warming of 0.2 °C per decade, suggesting that the emission pathways in figure 5c with 2020 emissions of 11.5 GtC are peaking around the year 2020.

The focus on tiny emissions rates of change is, like Earth Hour, classic shell game distraction from where the pea really is, which is that your ludicrously expensive electricity is Snake Oil:

AK, to me a reduction of CO2 levels is much less likely than a significant reduction in the emission rate of CO2, which is already unlikely in the near future.

Arctic sea ice is decreasing at an average rate of 3.0 ± 0.3 m2 per metric ton of CO2 emissions and at the current emissions rate of 35 gigaton per year could completely disappear by 2050 during Septembers [39].

The proposed standard is an emission rate of 1,000 lbs CO2 per megawatt hour.

Not exact matches

The main reason the US ranks so poorly on carbon dioxide emissions is because its per - person consumption rate of electricity is so high; all of that energy comes primarily from fossil fuels.

Rates of carbon emission in cities like Bangkok and Mexico City are surging, and the possibility of getting those developing economies to slow down their use of resources is a serious challenge, she said.

The latest report from the International Panel on Climate Change, an intergovernmental group charged with researching the effects of carbon emissions, said at the end of September that climate change is unequivocal and that going forward, sea levels will rise at a faster rate than they have over the past 40 years.

Comparing the capital and operating costs of various forms of energy — even factoring in US$ 50 a tonne for carbon emissions (a higher rate than is currently levied by any North American state or province)-- natural gas comes out as a clear winner.

A new voluntary star rating scheme to estimate the greenhouse emissions of buildings has been proposed for WA by the Office of Energy.

If lower oil prices are as bad for Canada's economy as rate - cutting Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz insists, the central bank might consider assessing the risks to the economy in a world where constraining carbon emissions becomes less of an abstract notion and more of a daily reality.

One day I thought they can tell me how old the universe is, the mass of, chemical makeup, temperature at various depths, rate of energy emission, life span and manner of death of the sun.

In fact, the rate of greenhouse gas emissions have increased globally more in the past 20 years than it has in the previous 100 years.

The Fuel Quality Directive has attracted a great deal of attention here in Canada because it would assign a higher emissions rating to Alberta oilsands than to other sources of crude oil, and I have -LSB-...]

Next week, the EU is expected to vote on the Fuel Quality Directive which would assign a higher emissions rating to Alberta oilsands than to other sources of crude oil, including some which may or may not actually have higher emissions than oilsands oil.

The different governments lead by Mrs. Thatcher restrain the emission of the monetary mass, raise the rate of interest, reduce in a drastic way the taxes on the highest incomes, abolish the control of the financial flows, strongly raise the rate of unemployment, provoke strikes, put in place an anti-unions legislation and cut the social expenses.

Furthermore, they say these developed countries must give them, at bargain rates or for free, new technology for emissions control and a transfer of intellectual property rights to any new clean technology so they can copy the processes and not have to pay to import them from the West.

ANNAPOLIS, MD, March 5, 2013 — Legislation before the Maryland Senate would significantly increase recycling rates, while reducing energy use and emissions, noted Lynn Bragg, President of the Glass Packaging Institute (GPI), in testimony offered today before the Senate Education,

«All home buyers will be able to benefit from energy efficiency advice, with those receiving low green ratings of «F» and «G» especially targeted for support and grants to make improvements to cut their costs and carbon emissions.»

Medina wants to look at how to lower emissions from local thoroughfares like the Brooklyn - Queens Expressway and the Williamsburg Bridge in hopes of cutting down the asthma rate.

In March, the European Environment Agency confirmed that not only were UK emissions significantly below the EU average, but also they were falling at about double the rate of the rest.

«To encourage fuel efficient fleets, we will extend the 100 per cent first year capital allowance for low emission business cars, reduce the CO2 threshold for the main capital allowance rates; and increase the percentage list price of company cars subject to tax.