Sentences with phrase «fuel carbon dioxide»

If all the increase is from the ocean, then that means all the fossil - fuel carbon dioxide is going somewhere that scientists haven't discovered yet.

Nearly a quarter of all fossil - fuel carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions since the dawn of the industrial revolution occurred during 2001 - 2010 (see chart below).

Interesting, though, that Hansen states: «Our goal is a global phaseout of fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions.

«Business - as - usual» scenarios, with fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions continuing to increase about 2 percent per year as in the past decade, yield additional warming of 2 or 3 °C this century and imply changes that constitute practically a different planet.

The transportation sector accounts for 40 percent of the fossil fuel carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in New York State.

Assessment of fossil fuel carbon dioxide and other anthropogenic trace gas emissions from airborne measurements over Sacramento, California in spring 2009

In 2008 the growth rate in the fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions was smaller than in the preceding five years, but it was still over 2 %.

According to the summary for policymakers, there is now even greater certainty, 95 per cent, up from 90 per cent in its 4th assessment of 2007, that more than half the warming since 1950 was caused by fossil fuel carbon dioxide.

-LSB-...] This sequestration of carbon is equivalent to 6.4 % of China's total fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions in 2006 [14].

The uptake of fossil fuel carbon dioxide (CO2) by the ocean increases seawater acidity and causes a decline in carbonate ion concentrations.

«If the natural concentration had been a factor of two or more lower, the climate impacts of fossil fuel carbon dioxide release would have occurred about 50 or more years sooner, making it much more challenging for the developing human society to scientifically understand the phenomenon of humanmade climate change in time to prevent it,» he says.

Not exact matches

The main reason the US ranks so poorly on carbon dioxide emissions is because its per - person consumption rate of electricity is so high; all of that energy comes primarily from fossil fuels.

And soy products that reduce carbon dioxide and improve fuel economy simultaneously will surely attract customers, not to mention rabbits.

Pruitt has rolled back a slew of Obama - era regulations limiting carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels.

Asked on Sunday to clarify a statement he made last month that carbon dioxide — emitted from fossil fuel power plants — is not a primary contributor to climate change, Pruitt said «human activities contribute to that change in some measure.»

As carbon dioxide is burned to fuel our lives, a percentage of that carbon ends up in the world's oceans.

In 2016, the solar, landfill gas, and fuel cell projects funded by New Energy Capital offset over 1,190,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents.

The solar, landfill gas, and fuel cell projects funded by New Energy Capital through the New Energy Capital Cleantech Infrastructure Fund offset over 482 thousand metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents («MT CO2 Eq.»)

For example, who really notices that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased by 25 per cent since the middle of the nineteenth century (as a result of the burning of fossil fuels, along with destruction of rainforests)?

The mounting evidence for climate change, and all its tragic consequences, has provided a powerful argument against fossil fuel power stations: the burning of coal, gas and oil releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and this is almost certainly responsible for global warming.

For example, the growth of secondary industries and their use of fossil fuels has led to the imminent exhaustion of fossil fuels and the pollution of the atmosphere with excess carbon dioxide and other gases.

Besides the burning of wood for fuel, forest fires add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.

In addition to carbon dioxide there are other disruptive products from the use of fossil fuels such as the nitrogen oxides that have already been referred to.

The combustion of fossil fuel now augments the atmospheric carbon dioxide by 0.7 per cent each year.

When we burn these fossil fuels, or for that matter the trees in forests, carbon dioxide is returned to the atmosphere.

The combustion of fossil fuel that increases carbon dioxide by 0.7 per cent per year decreases the oxygen by only 0.001 per cent per year (Ehrlich, Ehrlich & Holdren 1977, p. 79).

Poor nations are at present relatively minor contributors to the carbon dioxide generated by burning fossil fuels.

Global emissions of carbon dioxide from the use of fossil fuels are estimated to have to be reduced by 75 to 80 per cent.

Why does the carbon dioxide increase as a result of the burning of fossil fuels, yet the oxygen which is used up in this burning is not significantly depleted?

Increases in the price of fossil fuels since 1979 have meant that less has been burned and less carbon dioxide has been added to the atmosphere.

Industrialized countries with less than a quarter of the world's population are responsible for about three - quarters of the carbon dioxide released by burning fossil fuels.

But the largest contribution to restoring the carbon balance will be a reduction in world population since every person who lives makes a contribution to the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by his or her use of the products of industry or by burning wood for fuel.

Burning fossil fuel = carbon dioxide.

Much of this energy still comes from the burning of fossil fuels like oil, coal and natural gas, which release carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere and contribute to extreme weather patterns that imperil everyone on earth — especially our food producers.

Lactalis» Buffalo and Nampa facilities both utilize hydroelectric power generation as part of the company's effort to pursue non-fossil fuel - based energy sources and prevent carbon dioxide emissions.

Fermentation is triggered by lactic acid bacteria — or lactobacilli — and yeasts, which use the carbohydrate fuels from the cereal grains to produce ethanol (alcohol), carbon dioxide, lactic acid and acetic acid.

This required 1.6 billion litres of fuel and, based on a conservative figure of 50 grams of carbon dioxide per tonne - kilometre resulted in 4.1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions (4).

That energy most likely comes from the burning of fossil fuels, which releases carbon dioxide into Earth's atmosphere.

Proper breathing allows for better gas exchange, fueling the brain with oxygen and disposing of excess carbon dioxide from the blood.

Indian Point's nuclear power is neither clean nor green, and the process needed to create fuel from uranium for its reactors is energy - intensive and creates greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide.

The order gives the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency the authority to repeal and replace the Clean Power Plan, the set of rules that established goals for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from fossil - fueled electricity plants through a national trading system.

The amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere grew at a record rate in 2016 to a level not seen for millions of years, potentially fueling a 20 - meter (65 - foot) rise in sea levels and adding 3 degrees to temperatures, the United Nations said.

While nuclear reactors do not emit carbon dioxide at the point of power generation, the nuclear fuel chain is responsible for carbon emissions during mining, milling, enriching, construction, transportation, and decommissioning.

According to a study by The Brattle Group, funded by Exelon and other nuclear supporters, the three reactors in Oswego County and another in Wayne County eliminate nearly 16 million tons of carbon dioxide a year that would otherwise be emitted by fossil fuel power plants.

For a tropical country like Ghana, the reduction of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere involves reducing deforestation, reforestation, and exploring affordable and sustainable alternatives to fuel wood.

He leads a team at Monash University in Melbourne that is developing technologies to extract fossil fuels more cleanly, turn waste products into fertiliser and cement, and store carbon dioxide deep underground.

She also said that citizens should realize that whether they are cutting down trees or burning fossil fuels, they are putting more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than plants can remove.

Electricity has historically been the chief source of CO2 emissions, but shifts from coal to lower - carbon fuels, especially natural gas, have shrunk its share of the total carbon dioxide pie in recent years.

Atmospheric carbon dioxide derives from multiple natural sources including volcanic outgassing, the combustion of organic matter, and the respiration processes of living aerobic organisms; man - made sources of carbon dioxide come mainly from the burning of various fossil fuels for power generation and transport use.

Within a few years, we could be capturing the carbon dioxide emitted by power plants and recycling it into fuel.