In fact
we expect human greenhouse gas emissions to cause more warming than we've thus far seen, due to the thermal inertia of the oceans (the time it takes to heat them).
Not exact matches
A few of the main points of the third assessment report issued in 2001 include: An increasing body of observations gives a collective picture of a warming world and other changes in the climate system;
emissions of
greenhouse gases and aerosols due to
human activities continue to alter the atmosphere in ways that are
expected to affect the climate; confidence in the ability of models to project future climate has increased; and there is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to
human activities.
Extreme weather events like Harvey are
expected to become more likely as Earth's climate changes due to
greenhouse gas emissions, and scientists don't understand how extreme weather will impact invasive pests, pollinators and other species that affect
human well - being.
Updated, 11:28 a.m. With climate treaty negotiations
expected to intensify next year, China is signaling that it may soon set the timetable for hitting an eventual peak in its
emissions of carbon dioxide, the most important
human - generated
greenhouse gas.
University of Florida researcher Edward Schuur says he doesn't
expect permafrost
greenhouse gas emission to trump anthropogenic (
human - caused)
greenhouse gas emissions anytime soon, however they could become «an important amplifier of climate change.»
Oil companies are
expected to argue
human greenhouse gas emissions were the main driver of recent global warming and that it is a problem, but their legal filings contest their liability and the use of courts to settle what's considered a global matter.