That means
the full warming effect of the greenhouse gases we release into the atmosphere might not materialise until decades or centuries later.
Not exact matches
To prevent catastrophic global
warming human
greenhouse gas emission must cease, but this will also end the aerosol cooling
effect and the
full heating
effect of our «Faustian bargain» will be revealed.
Due to the fact that much
of the Earth is covered in oceans, and it takes a long time to heat water, there is a lag before we see the
full warming effects of an increase in atmospheric
greenhouse gases (this is also known as «thermal inertia»).
The world's oceans are like brakes slowing down the
full effects of greenhouse gas warming of the atmosphere.