Sentences with phrase «generated by human activity»

That's about 2.3 percent of all the CO2 generated by human activity in the world.

Here we find a long list of climate components that «are now changing at rates and in patterns that are not natural and are best explained by the increased atmospheric abundances of greenhouse gases and aerosols generated by human activity during the 20th century.»

The researchers say they took a particular interest in emissions generated by human activity and the combustion of biomass.

Get Involved in th e Geoengineering Debate A lingering but critical policy question for DOD is what its role should be in discussions concerning geoengineering, i.e. the intentional manipulation of the climate, which is often discussed as a means to counter the effects of the climate change generated by human activity.

One does not need more than high school science education and common sense to question the scenarios claimed by the Advocates to become the consequences of greenhouse gases generated by human activities.

It is partly due to building materials such as concrete that store up heat during the day and radiate it during the night, and partly due to extra heat generated by human activities.

Not exact matches

Some metaphors readily lend themselves to high development because they belong to a metaphor system, i.e. a group of metaphors linked together by their common origin in a single area of human observation, experience or activity, which has generated its own peculiar sublanguage or jargon.110

As Fr Storey argues in his letter: «sexual activity can not by itself generate or increase human love.»

Recent correspondence concerning sexuality and love draws me to argue that, surprising as it may seem, sexual activity can not by itself generate or increase human love.

Most carbon emissions linked to human activity are in the form of carbon dioxide gas (CO2), but other forms of carbon include the methane gas (CH4) and the particles generated by such fires — the tiny bits of soot, called black carbon, and motes of associated substances known as brown carbon.

They found evidence of Del - 1 in the same areas as osteoclast activity, then followed up by generating human and mouse osteoclasts in vitro and found Del - 1 mRNA and protein expressed at high levels.

Indeed, according to a report last year by the research and management organization Battelle, «In 2010 alone, the human genome sequencing projects and associated genomics research and industry activity directly and indirectly generated $ 67 billion in U.S. economic output and supported 310,000 jobs that produced $ 20 billion in personal income.»

Posing yet another threat to astronomical observations, space debris generated by satellite launches, human activity in space, and inoperative hardware can become a major hazard for telescopes in space.

«The environment to which pupils and students are to adapt is not the economy of real experience but rather a mere ideal concept generated by mainstream economists, particularly those of the Chicago School of Economics who, in their pursuit of «economic imperialism», have applied it to education: Its concept of a market is a purely abstract super-conscious price and coordination mechanism according to which all human activity must be aligned.

Anthropogenic noise increases fish mortality by predation Noise - generating human activities affect hearing, communication and movement in terrestrial and aquatic animals, but direct evidence for impacts on survival is rare.

There have been a host of efforts to describe Japan's earthquake and nuclear emergency, ranging from volumes of helpful graphics generated by The Times and other media to freelance efforts, including the «sonification» of a month of earthquake activity surrounding the great quake off Japan by Paul May and a chart by Randall Munroe comparing human radiation exposure from an array of sources — ranging from a banana to a mammogram to a leaking nuclear plant and «A Layman's Intro to Radiation» by Ellen McManis, who operates a research reactor at Reed College.

Anthropogenic: Made or generated by a human or caused by human activity.

Over the long term, the size of the ozone hole is governed by emissions of chlorine and bromine containing compounds, for example chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), generated mostly by human activities.

Also, the ocean contributes in generating food and oxygen for human being and fighting against climate change by absorbing 93 percent of the carbon dioxide released by human activities.

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