Sentences with phrase «given buildup of greenhouse gases»

You can see how this process works in the reactions to two recent research findings focused on resolving how hot the world could get from a given buildup of greenhouse gases.

Not exact matches

Mr. McCain has been an interesting voice on global warming, given that he broke with President Bush and most of his party years ago, acknowledging that the buildup of greenhouse gases from human activities was risky and mandatory steps were needed to curb emissions.

A central point of debate in climate negotiations has been the extent to which established industrialized powers are obliged to act given their outsize contribution to the atmosphere's buildup of greenhouse gases so far.

I asked Lee and McPhaden how a connection to greenhouse - driven warming could be made, given the possibility that the Pacific shift could be the result of long - term oscillations in conditions in the ocean unrelated to the buildup of heat - trapping greenhouse gases in the air.

The only change I'd suggest is to drop the words «by industry,» given that everyone in societies thriving on fossil fuels has harvested the present benefits while largely discounting, so far, the need to invest against long - term risks from the resulting buildup of greenhouse gases.

As I wrote when I last cited this, «The only change I'd suggest is to drop the words «by industry,» given that everyone in societies thriving on fossil fuels has harvested the present benefits while largely discounting, so far, the need to invest against long - term risks from the resulting buildup of greenhouse gases.

The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (whose reports are conservative by nature), and a range of other assessments all conclude with high confidence that — for better or worse — the long - term Arctic trend for summer sea ice is down, given the projected buildup of greenhouse gases and tendency of the Arctic to amplify warming.

But, given the persistent lack of clarity on how much the world will warm from a certain buildup of greenhouse gases and the divergent views around the world on what an ideal climate is in any case, is this threshold meaningful or useful?

What kinds of private - sector experiments to limit the buildup of greenhouse gases do you feel are justified, given the limits of government - supported research?