Sentences with phrase «for reducing warming»

It's that second part which really as implications for reducing warming from soot.Effects of Black Carbon Pollution Stop Quickly Once Source is Removed The good news about black carbon and global warming is this: Unlike greenhouse gases which can remain in the atmosphere for decades or even centuries, black carbon particles come out of the atmosphere very quickly once the source of pollution is removed.

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While acknowledging the planet is warming, Pruitt has questioned the gravity of the problem and the need for regulations that require companies to take costly measures to reduce their carbon footprint.

Alice Hill, who directed resilience policy for the National Security Council in the Obama administration, said the wider debate over cutting climate - warming emissions may have distracted people from promptly pursuing ways to reduce risks and economic and societal costs from natural disasters.

How much the agreement reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and through that reduces warming, will depend on whether countries meet their targets for curbing emissions and deploying renewable energy and whether they ramp up their ambition in the years ahead.

Prior, she was Legal Director and Regional Program Director for national nonprofit Friends of the Earth, where she spearheaded innovative legal strategies to reduce global warming pollution and directed campaigns to reduce pollution and promote sustainable alternative energies and fuels.

The Province of B.C. is willing to make significant environmental sacrifices for projects that will bring economic benefits to the Province of B.C.. On the other hand, they will block a project needed by a land - locked sister province, a project that would benefit all of Canada, claiming that they are doing so because they must protect the environment, protect the land from damage and reduce global warming.

Christian and other faith communities around the world are hosting 120 events in 35 countries, all calling for governments, businesses and individuals to do more to reduce global warming.

Since, even now, when debates about the fact of global warming is largely over, no nation is considering taking the really drastic actions that might significantly reduce the catastrophes that lie ahead, it seems that we are all too likely to experience judgment for our collective sins.

Reduce heat to simmer, add chicken meatballs and cook for 5 minutes more or until meatballs are warmed through.

- While the cake is still warm, combine the remainder of the reserved apple juice (roughly 1/2 cup) with the 2 tablespoons of brown sugar in a small sauce pan, and allow it to very gently simmer for a few minutes until glossy and reduced by almost half; pour this juice reduction over the cake very slowly, allowing it to absorb into the cake, but don't worry if it doesn't completely absorb — it will continue to do so as the cake cools; allow the cake to cool completely before glazing decoratively with the Sour Cream Drizzle, and garnishing with chopped walnuts, if desired.

Directions: Bring a pot of salted water to a boil, add the lentils, reduce heat and cook until tender, 15 — 30 minutes — check lentils periodically / When done, drain and set aside / Sauté garlic, celery, carrots and onion in olive oil for several minutes, until translucent / Stir in lentils, chicken broth and chopped herbs / Bring to a boil, add butter, stir, adjust seasoning / Set aside and keep warm if serving immediately / If lentils are to be refrigerated for a day or two, hold the herbs and butter, and stir them in when ready to reheat and serve.

Another supporter is Al Gore who stated that initiatives like Meat Free Monday «represent a responsible and welcome component of a comprehensive strategy for reducing global warming pollution and simultaneously improving human health.»

Allow the mixture to simmer for 7 - 8 minutes, whisk in the butter, and reduce heat to low to keep warm.

Reduce the heat to low to keep the spaghetti warm while you wait for the lentil balls to be done.

We added an extra banana in lieu of applesauce and baked in a 8 × 8 square pan to reduce cook times and for easier pan removal (came out fine while warm).

This warming spice also promotes healthy artery function, improves focus, relaxes your mood, reduces stress, and is great for improving digestion.

Then place the asparagus and mushrooms into the pan and warm it for 3 - 5 minutes or until the mushrooms have reduced in size.

Reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes, until flavors have blended and pork is warmed through.

When I was in school, I did not qualify for free or reduced lunch but I enjoyed (and still do) warm food versus a PBJ or deli meat sandwich from home, so I often took advantage of the hot lunch line as a paying customer.

This means I'll still be emptying my breasts to maintain my supply and don't have to get stressed about him not doing it, and he might take in more calories during the day to reduce the need for continuous night feeding (it would be fine if I didn't have to warm a bottle of formula every time!

Frequent nursing is also needed — to avoid / reduce engorgement in the early days, to nourish and grow a baby who has a stomach the size of his fist but who needs to double his weight within 5 - 6 months, to establish a good milk supply for mom, and to help a baby who has been cradled close and warm inside mom for 9 months adjust to life in the outside world.

The best baby bottles for gas and colic would be made of high - quality made materials that can withstand heat of bottle warmers and reduce air bubbles.

The UK's leading fuel poverty charity National Energy Action (NEA), which is this week launching its Warm Homes Campaign with energy company E.ON, will be publishing a report illustrating «The Many Faces of Fuel Poverty», showing the range of people that are impacted by living in cold homes, and offering strong practical information at a community and neighbourhood level on where households can get advice and help, including how to access grants for free home insulation, reduced energy tariffs and special payments.

Conservatives are, on the whole, more aligned with business and / or industry Since industry is most likely to be adversely affected by the consequences of regulations to reduce global warming (emissions restrictions, for example) there is an incentive to deny global warming.

For example, when our body temperature drops, without any conscious planning our bodies work to keep us warm: we shiver, get goose bumps, and blood flow to our extremities is reduced.

Taking into account the disastrous effects of the 2003 and 2010 heat wave events in Europe, and those of 2011 and 2012 in the USA, results show that we may be facing a serious risk of adverse impacts over larger and densely populated areas if mitigation strategies for reducing global warming are not implemented.

Redmond said current warming trends could reduce the number of areas with microclimates favorable for future pinyon pine recovery, not if but when the next drought happens.

The paper, «Climate warming reduces fish production and benthic habitat in Lake Tanganyika, one of the most biodiverse freshwater ecosystems,» by Cohen and his co-authors, is scheduled for online publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences the week of Aug. 8, 2016.

The warming of the lake has reduced the suitable habitat for those species by 38 percent since the 1940s, the team found.

Resort owners like John Cumming of Park City, Utah, are becoming advocates for reducing energy use, hoping to slow carbon emissions and hopefully global warming.

Warming in the 21st century reduced Colorado River flows by at least 0.5 million acre - feet, about the amount of water used by 2 million people for one year, according to new research from the University of Arizona and Colorado State University.

In addition to reduced energy intensity, carbon dioxide emissions reflected lower residential sector demand for heating after a warmer - than - usual winter in 2012.

That shift caused warmer temperatures in the north - west US, fewer storms in the south - east, and reduced precipitation in the west — conditions that persisted for about a decade.

Power plant owners and speculators yesterday bid for the right to emit carbon dioxide (CO2) as part of a new multistate government program designed to reduce global warming pollution.

Indeed, the reduction in the emission of precursors to polluting particles (sulphur dioxide) would diminish the concealing effects of Chinese aerosols, and would speed up warming, unless this effect were to be compensated elsewhere, for instance by significantly reducing long - life greenhouse gas emissions and «black carbon.»

As climate change causes the Barents Sea to grow warmer, for some years now other fish species like capelin and Atlantic cod have moved further northward, creating new competition that could reduce the polar cod population.

The question for environmental advocates now, said Joireman, is to «figure out how to motivate all people to engage in behaviors that reduce global warming.

«With land use sector emissions accounting for 25 percent of all global warming pollution, it is essential that countries with the potential to reduce emissions in this sector — like the U.S., EU, and Mexico — clearly commit to doing so in their INDCs,» said Doug Boucher, director of UCS's Tropical Forest and Climate Initiative.

For instance, warmer conditions increase droughts and reduce fuel quantity.

A possible cause for the accelerated Arctic warming is the melting of the region's sea ice, which reduces the icy, bright area that can reflect sunlight back out into space, resulting in more solar radiation being absorbed by the dark Arctic waters.

And since mitigation reduces the rate as well as the magnitude of warming, it also increases the time available for adaptation to a particular level of climate change, potentially by several decades.

In their new Conservation Genetics paper, the researchers say, «Past gene flow also suggests that human - assisted gene flow is necessary to conserve the ecosystem services associated with predation, since climate warming has reduced the frequency of ice bridges and with it the only opportunity for unassisted gene flow.

Aerosols are already known to reduce global warming: The vast clouds of sulfates thrown up in the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines, for example, reduced average global temperatures by about half a degree Celsius.

Written by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Climate Analytics, the report concludes that the world is on a path to a 4 °C warmer world by end of this century and that current pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will not reduce warming by very much.

To comply, the 182 nations that signed the protocol must meet targets for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases — climate - warming gases that include the common industrial by - products carbon dioxide and methane.

The Neanderthal nose has been a matter of befuddlement for anthropologists, who point out that modern cold - adapted humans have narrow noses to moisten and warm air as it enters the lung, and reduce water and heat loss during exhalation.

The scientists theorize that a warming Arctic environment has reduced sea ice cover, allowing for more wave action that stirs up sediments and mobilizes more radium.

As a result of atmospheric patterns that both warmed the air and reduced cloud cover as well as increased residual heat in newly exposed ocean waters, such melting helped open the fabled Northwest Passage for the first time [see photo] this summer and presaged tough times for polar bears and other Arctic animals that rely on sea ice to survive, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

As part of its strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to prevent global warming from exceeding 2 °C (3.6 °F), the Obama administration unveiled a plan in September to build wind farms off of nearly every U.S. coastline by 2050 — enough turbines to generate zero - carbon electricity for more than 23 million homes.

A number of things might have affected people's attitudes, including Pope Francis» encyclical calling for climate action, a record - warm winter and media coverage around the international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to the report.