Early on in the temperature record, the red and blue lines diverge because natural factors meant
the full impact of greenhouse gases on temperatures wasn't being felt, but in recent years, the two lines match closely, showing how much greenhouse gases are dominating global temperatures.
The cataclysmic 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines masked
the full impact of greenhouse gases on accelerating sea level rise, according to a new study.
Not exact matches
Thus it can mask the
full impact that
greenhouse gas emissions have on climate change by temporarily negating some
of the warming.
Impact of EPA
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The Worldwatch Institute and Deutsche Bank Climate Change Advisors recently analyzed the
full greenhouse impacts of natural
gas and coal — from the well or mine to the power plant — and the work supports other studies pointing to a large and clear climate advantage from
gas as a source
of electricity.
Dr. Stanton's testimony, mentioned in a July 13 article by AP reporter Dave Gram about the region's love - hate relationship with natural
gas, has helped to shift the dialogue about
greenhouse gas emissions to include the
full, lifecycle
impacts of long - lived energy infrastructure.
Comparing the
full lifecycle emissions
of greenhouse gases by the two fuels from production through combustion in cars, Eric Johnson, editor
of Environmental
Impact Assessment Review, and Russell Heinen, Vice President
of SRI Consulting, found that «biodiesel derived from rapeseed grown on dedicated farmland emits nearly the same amount
of greenhouse gas emissions (defined as CO2 equivalents) per km driven as does conventional diesel.»
«It is important that the
full greenhouse gas emissions «cost»
of biofuel production is made clear to the consumer, who may otherwise be mislead into thinking that all biofuels have a positive environmental
impact,» said co-author Susan Page, also
of the University
of Leicester.