Sentences with phrase «global anthropogenic emissions»

Global anthropogenic emissions of mercury presented here are based on emission inventories and include industrial emissions as well as coal combustion.

Overall, the new measures would lower global anthropogenic emissions of methane by 50 % and of black carbon aerosols, also known as soot, by 80 %.

The most recent study (Stern, 2005) suggests a decrease in global anthropogenic emissions from approximately 73 to 54 TgS yr — 1 over the period 1980 to 2000, with NH emission falling from 64 to 43 TgS yr — 1 and SH emissions increasing from 9 to 11 TgS yr — 1.

For example, as much as 29 percent of global anthropogenic emissions of small particulate matter (tiny solid particles and liquid droplets from dust to metals that can penetrate deep into the lungs) come from trash fires, she estimates.

The researchers showed that the climate change models used by the IPCC underestimate Africa's emissions, which could account for 20 - 55 % of global anthropogenic emissions of gaseous and particulate pollutants by 2030.

The main conclusion of the assessment is that, in the absence of any effective regulatory measures, the African continent could contribute 20 - 55 % of global anthropogenic emissions of gaseous and particulate pollutants by 2030..

So, had Bárðarbunga / Holuhraun continued for a full year at it's average rate it would have been close to 20 Mt SO2 which is about one fifth of the global anthropogenic emissions.

Annual GHG emissions (mainly CH4 and N2O) from agricultural production in 2000 ─ 2010 were estimated at 5.0 ─ 5.8 GtCO2eq / yr, comprising about 10 ─ 12 % of global anthropogenic emissions.

(B) Global anthropogenic emissions of mercury to the atmosphere in 1980, 1990, 1995, and 2000 (ref.

«Agriculture currently contributes 60 and 50 % of global anthropogenic emissions of CH4 and N2O, respectively.