Sentences with word «fossil»

And, yes, its economic growth was fueled by fossil fuels.

These funds will not only bring us increased solar power which means reduced burning of fossil fuels from local power plants but also increased green jobs in manufacturing and installation of solar units.

They could cut cumulative carbon dioxide emissions by 34 billion metric tons, more than the total emissions from fossil fuels in this country over six years.

Scientists have discovered a rich fossil record of animal evolution going back more than 600 million years and a much richer one of microbial life starting almost 4 billion years ago.

All the carbon in fossil fuels used to be CO2, and some fraction say 25 % was dissolved in the oceans.

The province can drastically reduce its reliance on fossil fuels for power generation and replace it with renewable energy sources such as wind, sun, biomass, hydro and geothermal energy.

Another is that substituting «renewable» energy for fossil fuel energy will save consumers money.

What's remarkable in the discussion about responses is how few people have tried to explain how we can replace 90 % of the current energy generated globally with fossil fuels with renewables.

There are other issues associated with combustion of fossil energy sources.

12 This is based on other fossils found that are definitely two - legged dinosaurs (similar to those seen in the film Jurassic Park).

What's more, the continent reached its current position roughly 100 million years ago, and an ever - growing list of fossil finds date from 100 to 40 million years ago.

This is the oldest fossil evidence of ticks associated with such bacteria.

Unfortunately, fossil evidence from this period, the dawn of the human race, is scarce and often ambiguous.

Since carbon dioxide increase comes mainly from burning fossil carbon using atmospheric oxygen, as CO2 goes up, O2 goes down.

The process is suggested by nature herself, in fossil remains that reveal evidence of the origins of life and clues to the pathways of evolution.

UPDATE: Apparently, they might actually come from rocks instead of the ground like fossils based on the text in the image.

The early human fossil record isn't normally this rich.

But it's not a solution of course, since we are still talking about fossil fuel consumption.

A new fossil shows it had feathers all over its body, including on its legs.

Here's a fantastic tutorial on how to make dinosaur fossils with salt dough.

And those benefits don't even include the sizeable public health gains that result from when we replace dirty fossil fuel power with clean, renewable energy.

This is not just because fossil energy is increasing faster than clean energy.

And investors, even ones that claim to be sustainable or socially responsible, don't seem to protest either, as they quietly include fossil fuel companies in their portfolios.

Since modern humans, according to the known fossil record, have been on this planet for roughly 30,000 years!

Timing is a key problem in determining ancestry because the newly discovered fossils lived after the earliest humans.

Let us be clear, this is really not a war against fossil fuels as you say above, but a war against pollution.

However, the transition remains amongst the most controversial topics in evolution, partly because of the lack of well - preserved fossils.

Studies show we must refrain from burning most fossil fuel reserves to avoid catastrophic warming.

Can roads be built and maintained without fossil fuel emissions?

The sharks are called living fossil because their evolution has remained unchanged for 80 million years.

The best way to stop it is by keeping fossil fuels in the ground.

Many factors enter into fossil fuel use in agriculture — fertilizer, transportation of workers, home heating of farm families.

In that sense, there are no specific transitional forms, only perhaps some places in the continuum for which fossils have not been found.

It must not support fossil fuel and dirty energy projects.

They simply use their existing fossil power plants as backup.

Learn more about how fossil fuel use is affecting our planet from this pair of reports.

Our guests will be two experts on studying ancient diseases with two different methods — using ancient DNA or studying fossil bones.

Their model uses computer learning systems called neural networks to spot promising fossil sites from satellite data.

• How will current world leaders continue in power while eliminating fossil fuel subsidies, which have transition costs in addition to political opposition?

It's not looking good for the global fossil fuel industry.