Sentences with phrase «full carbon cycle»

Geological evidence from studies of past climate change now suggests that if longer term factors are taken into account, such as the decay of large ice sheets and the operation of the full carbon cycle, the sensitivity of the Earth to a doubling of CO2 could be double that predicted by most climate models.

Because we're tapping into the greenhouse gas - capturing power of the full carbon cycle, the process is carbon - neutral.

Your bomb spike example simply shows the spike getting mixed into the full carbon cycle — not a decrease in atmospheric CO2 levels.

Climate models today are extremely flexible and configurable tools that can include all these Earth System modules (including those mentioned above, but also full carbon cycles and dynamic vegetation), but depending on the application, often don't need to.

Not exact matches

(Worse, use of ethanol instead of gasoline does little to reduce net carbon emissions once the energy - intensive full cycle of ethanol production — including the energy - intensive fertilizer and transport needs — is taken into account.)

Alexis Laurent does however highlight carbon footprinting as a useful first step towards a more detailed full life cycle analysis, when you wish to assess sustainability of products or services.

For this subsystem, many of the longer term feedbacks in the full climate system (such as ice sheets, vegetation response, the carbon cycle) and some of the shorter term bio-geophysical feedbacks (methane, dust and other aerosols) are explicitly excluded.

ASG's 2016 Study also found the Honda Pilot to hold the smallest life - cycle carbon footprint of any Full - size SUV, earning ASG's 2016 BEST ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE Award in class.

For a honest consideration of what their carbon footprint is one has to consider the full cycle: not just the materials (and what's required to obtain them), the generated byproducts and required energy that goes into manufacturing them, but also in using those devices (they don't run on air) and ultimately disposing them in a world where the usage lifespan we give to gadgets is progressively shorter, as we substitute them earlier for their fancier newer generations.

For this subsystem, many of the longer term feedbacks in the full climate system (such as ice sheets, vegetation response, the carbon cycle) and some of the shorter term bio-geophysical feedbacks (methane, dust and other aerosols) are explicitly excluded.

No matter, eco-restoration of grasslands has such remarkable and widespread benefits — for carbon and water cycles, for biodiversity, for food production (especially in poorer countries)-- that we should proceed full speed ahead regardless of carbon - number specifics.

Second, the IPCC clearly states «models [of sea level rise] used to date do not include uncertainties in climate - carbon cycle feedbacks nor do they include the full effect of changes in ice sheet flow.»

Hunter, this thread (and the accompanying posts by Jo Nova, Andrew Bolt, etc.) are full of comments from people who are very eager to believe that Salby has overturned the existing state of knowledge of the carbon cycle, without having read his (as yet nonexistent) paper.

Decrease, on a full fuel cycle basis, the overall impact and carbon footprint of alternative and renewable fuels and increase sustainability.

According to Phys.org, «the carbon footprint is less than 360 kilograms CO2eq over the full product life cycle, which is 70 percent less than a typical desktop PC with monitor.

«The autonomous sensors will allow us to monitor the full annual cycle of carbon dioxide in Antarctica's coastal waters, for the first time,» said Dr. Elizabeth Shadwick, an assistant professor at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.

* YET THE 2ºC GOAL IS NOT AN OPTION EITHER, BECAUSE, WITH CLIMATE AND CARBON CYCLE POSITIVE FEEDBACKS IN FULL SWING, IT IS LESS A STABLE DESTINATION THAN A SIGNPOST ON A HIGHWAY TO A MUCH HOTTER PLACE.

Some would argue that natural gas has a lower carbon footprint than nuclear power if an objective comparison is made over the full product life cycle.