Sentences with phrase «established role of greenhouse gases»

We criticized William Broad previously (Broadly Misleading) for a piece that misrepresented the scientific understanding of the factors that drive climate change over millions of years, systematically understating the scientifically - established role of greenhouse gases, and over-stating the role of natural factors including those as speculative as cosmic rays (see our recent discussion here).

Not exact matches

There is evidence that greenhouse gas levels fell at the start of ice ages and rose during the retreat of the ice sheets, but it is difficult to establish cause and effect (see the notes above on the role of weathering).

Meanwhile, established systems are undergoing a process of structural reform, ensuring they continue to play an effective role in reducing greenhouse gases and adapt to changing circumstances and climate targets.

When established in 1999, the role of the Prototype Carbon Fund was to catalyze the global market for greenhouse gas emission reductions.

While the GCC distributed a «backgrounder» to politicians and media in the early 1990s claiming «The role of greenhouse gases in climate change is not well understood,» a 1995 GCC internal memo drafted by Mobil Oil (which merged with Exxon in 1998) stated that: «The scientific basis for the Greenhouse Effect and the potential impact of human emissions of greenhouse gases such as CO2 on climate is well established and can not be denigreenhouse gases in climate change is not well understood,» a 1995 GCC internal memo drafted by Mobil Oil (which merged with Exxon in 1998) stated that: «The scientific basis for the Greenhouse Effect and the potential impact of human emissions of greenhouse gases such as CO2 on climate is well established and can not be deniGreenhouse Effect and the potential impact of human emissions of greenhouse gases such as CO2 on climate is well established and can not be denigreenhouse gases such as CO2 on climate is well established and can not be denied.»

As noted above, the role of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as the primary driver for the warming the Earth has experienced over the past several decades is extremely well established.