Sentences with phrase «global emissions of carbon dioxide continue»

«If global emissions of carbon dioxide continue to rise at the rate of the past decade,» said Dr. Hansen, «this research shows that there will be disastrous effects, including increasingly rapid sea level rise, increased frequency of droughts and floods, and increased stress on wildlife and plants due to rapidly shifting climate zones.»

Lead author James Hansen, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, concludes: «If global emissions of carbon dioxide continue to rise at the rate of the past decade, this research shows that there will be disastrous effects, including increasingly rapid sea level rise, increased frequency of droughts and floods, and increased stress on wildlife and plants due to rapidly shifting climate zones.»

Not exact matches

The ability of the oceans to take up carbon dioxide can not keep up with the rising levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which means carbon dioxide and global temperatures will continue to increase unless humans cut their carbon dioxide emissions.

«If ozone continues to increase, vegetation will take up less and less of our carbon dioxide emissions, which will leave more CO2 in the atmosphere, adding to global warming,» Sitch says.

Meanwhile, global emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases continue to increase, promising far worse to come.

* Scientists from the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology have calculated that if current carbon dioxide emission trends continue, by mid-century 98 % of present - day reef habitats will be bathed in water too acidic for reef growth.

Hence, the rate of global carbon dioxide emissions continues to accelerate.

Now Raupach and colleagues plan to look at the relationship of emissions to the global carbon dioxide budget, and at continued increases in emissions as a source of Earth system vulnerability.

They have told the public, politicians, and the press that «global warming» (alias «climate change») is primarily due to human - caused emissions of carbon dioxide, and that if this continues at current levels that this will result in catastrophic global warming.

These trends lead to continued growth in global energy - related emissions of carbon - dioxide (CO2), from 27 Gt in 2005 to 42 Gt in 2030 — a rise of 57 %.

First, substantial global warming is already «baked in,» as a result of past emissions and because even with a strong climate - change policy the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is most likely to continue rising for many years.

Global carbon dioxide emissions continue to track the high end of a range of emission scenarios, expanding the gap between current emission trends and the emission pathway required to keep the global - average temperature increase below 2 degrees CeGlobal carbon dioxide emissions continue to track the high end of a range of emission scenarios, expanding the gap between current emission trends and the emission pathway required to keep the global - average temperature increase below 2 degrees Ceglobal - average temperature increase below 2 degrees Celsius.

That means if plants around the world continue to adjust to rising carbon dioxide concentrations, increasing their biomass on a global scale, they could actually help offset some of our human carbon emissions by removing more carbon dioxide from the air.