The global oceans act as giant heat reservoirs and add inertia to the steadily escalating push
from human greenhouse gases.
Come the cold season, whenever there is some type of strong storm system near the U.S. Eastern Seaboard — be it a Nor» easter, a blizzard, or ex-hurricane Sandy — you don't have to look very hard to find someone who will tell you that this weather is «consistent with» expectations of climate change resulting
from human greenhouse gas emissions.
We agree, because the scientific debate has moved on from the fundamentals — there is no scientific debate about the fact that the globe is warming
from human greenhouse gas emissions.
Technology will advance far enough during that time to make the issue of runaway warming or climate change tipping points
from human greenhouse gas emissions moot historical footnotes.
On the other hand, 42 papers or about 62 % of scientific papers of this same period predicted the earth would warm
from human greenhouse gas emissions.
Recent scientific studies have made a strong link between the historic California drought and ongoing changes to Earth's climate resulting
from human greenhouse gas emissions.
It is increasing clear that climate models simply predict too much warming
from human greenhouse gas emissions.
If we examine the climate models chosen by the IPCC to make their projections of future climate change resulting
from human greenhouse gas (and particulate) emissions, we find that instead of using models with a 20 percent lower transient climate sensitivity, the transient sensitivity of the models used by the IPCC is the same in the AR5 as in the AR4.
These short - term cycles don't have long - term effects on the Earth's temperature, unlike the continuing upward trend caused by global warming
from human greenhouse gas emissions.
Not exact matches
It commits rich and poor nations to rein in rising carbon levels and is an attempt to eliminate net
greenhouse gas emissions
from human activity this century.
Trump's stance on the environment contradicts thousands of scientists and decades of research, which has linked many observable changes in climate, including rising air and ocean temperatures, shrinking glaciers, and widespread melting of snow and ice, to an increase in
greenhouse gas emissions
from human activities.
One problem is that dangerous levels of climate change are exacerbated by positive feedback loops — changes that release more
greenhouse gases from nature due to warming driven by
humans.
As well as explaining that the production of meat — on its journey
from farm to fork — is responsible for 15 per cent of the planet's harmful
greenhouse gas emissions, it underlines that raising equivalent amounts of grain or vegetables for
human consumption uses far less land, water and resources.
The findings are the first to note increased
greenhouse gas emissions due to antibiotic use in cattle; a recent study suggests that methane emissions
from cud - chewing livestock worldwide, including cows, account for about 4 % of the
greenhouse gas emissions related to
human activity.
Pruitt is currently participating in a lawsuit against the EPA's regulations to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions
from power plants and denies the overwhelming scientific consensus on
human - caused climate change.
Keeping atmospheric concentrations of
greenhouse gases below 550 ppm, let alone going back to 350 ppm or below, will not only require a massive shift in
human society —
from industry to diet — but also, most likely, new technologies, such as capturing CO2 directly
from the air.
Some
greenhouse gases occur naturally in the atmosphere, while others result
from human activities such as burning of fossil fuels such as coal.
Yet, despite this decline, Arctic temperatures have soared and the most likely culprit is the build - up of
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
from fossil fuel burning, forest clearing and other
human activity, Kaufmann and his colleagues wrote.
German researchers suggest that
greenhouse gas emissions
from human activity are linked to an increase in extreme weather events
Under the next White House Administration, Holdren said, science - based challenges that will require sustained, robust investment include efforts to ensure safe and sustainable food, water, and energy for everyone, reduce
greenhouse gases, minimize harm
from climate change already underway, combat diseases such as Zika, defeat cancer, improve quality - of - life for those who are aging, prevent devastating asteroid impacts, and send
humans into space «not just to visit, but to stay.»
Greenhouse gases from transportation may become one of the greatest drivers of
human - induced climate change, according to a draft of the forthcoming U.N. fifth assessment report on mitigation of climate change
On the current trajectory,
greenhouse gas emissions
from cars, trains, ships and airplanes may become one of the greatest drivers of
human - induced climate change, according to a draft of the forthcoming U.N. fifth assessment report on mitigation of climate change.
Pursuing changing
human diets away
from food animal products — Rice acknowledged that this recommendation may be controversial, but the authors determined that changing
human diets away
from food animal products could help in mitigating
greenhouse gasses.
That has squeezed out the Quino checkerspot butterfly's habitat, and with the climate changes coming as a result of
human greenhouse gas emissions, its listing as an endangered species by the U.S. government may not be enough to save the pretty little butterfly
from extinction.
Of course, modern global warming stems
from a clear cause — rising levels of CO2 (and other
greenhouse gases)
from fossil fuel burning, cutting down forests and other
human activities.
Since levels of
greenhouse gases have continued to rise throughout the period, some skeptics have argued that the recent pattern undercuts the theory that global warming in the industrial era has been caused largely by
human - made emissions
from the burning of fossil fuels.
Tropospheric ozone — a
greenhouse gas and the kind that affects the air we breathe — can increase in concentration because of atmospheric conditions, or can result
from human activities.
Global warming became big news for the first time during the hot summer of 1988 when now - retired NASA climate scientist James Hansen testified before Congress that the trend was not part of natural climate variation, but rather the result of emissions of CO2 and other
greenhouse gasses from human activities.
It was clear that climate change is an energy problem — burning fossil fuels to generate energy accounts for 74 per cent of
human - made
greenhouse gas emissions — but I could see that it was very difficult to change the energy industry
from the outside and very little was happening on the inside.
Kyoto regulates all sources of carbon dioxide as well as other
greenhouse gases, but reliable long - term data by country are available only for carbon dioxide
from burning fossil fuels (which accounts for about two - thirds of the
human contribution to global warming).
Wiedinmyer wondered if this burning waste could be an underappreciated source of air pollutants,
from greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide to tiny particles and toxic chemicals that can harm
human lungs.
A U.N. panel of climate scientists predicts that a build - up of planet - warming
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, mainly
from human use of fossil fuels, will cause ever more droughts, floods, heatwaves and rising sea levels.
But the paper «Political influences on
greenhouse gas emissions
from U.S. states» adds what the MSU researchers say is an important layer to understanding
human impact on climate change.
WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters)- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday said
greenhouse gases from aircraft endanger
human health, taking the first step toward regulating emissions
from the domestic aviation industry.
The losses at each stage are large, and as
humans globally eat more and more meat, conversion
from plants to food becomes less and less efficient, driving agricultural expansion and land cover conversion, and releasing more
greenhouse gases.
Although carbon dioxide accounts for the vast majority of
greenhouse gas emissions
from human activities, methane emissions are also an important factor driving climate change.
Moreover, it appears likely that essentially all of this increase results
from the
human emission of
greenhouse gases.
What's more, there is evidence that these changes may be the result of
greenhouse gas contributions
from human activities.
http://www.enterprisemission.com/ [Interplanetary] The claim is being used to encourage listeners to conclude that
greenhouse gas emissions
from human activity is probably minor.
The year's incredible heat serves as a stark reminder of how much the Earth's temperature has risen due to the steady buildup of heat - trapping
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
from human activities like power generation, transportation and forest clearing.
While carbon dioxide is the main
greenhouse gas resulting
from human activity, it's not the only thing causing the atmosphere to warm.
Because it contains
greenhouse gases from a time before
human emissions complicated the picture, the ancient air offers scientists clues to future climate patterns.
The past century has seen a 0.8 °C increase in average global temperature, and according to the IPCC, the overwhelming source of this increase has been emissions of
greenhouse gases and other pollutants
from human activities.
Along with
human - caused warming
from greenhouse gases, summers and winters are expected to continue heating up.
Known as a «co-benefit,» using state of the art models for
human and natural systems, along with climate projections
from the international community, the team was able for the first time to put a value on the global air pollution benefits of cutting
greenhouse gas emissions over the 21st century.
Carbon dioxide and other
greenhouse gas emissions
from human activities.
Last year's scorching summer and record heat wave in Australia were attributed in part to an increase in atmospheric
greenhouse gases from to
human activities.
In the first,
human greenhouse gas emissions, mainly
from burning fossil fuels, create climate disruption, and then a hotter world.
It should be pointed out here, that the amount of change in downward heat radiation
from changes in cloud cover in the experiment, are far greater than the gradual change in warming provided by
human greenhouse gas emissions, but the relationship was nevertheless established.
Reject
Greenhouse Gas emissions reductions schemes that come from high - risk technologies which create irreversible damage to human and planetary health including tar sands, shale gas, nuclear energy, and geo - engineeri
Gas emissions reductions schemes that come
from high - risk technologies which create irreversible damage to
human and planetary health including tar sands, shale
gas, nuclear energy, and geo - engineeri
gas, nuclear energy, and geo - engineering;