Sentences with word «greenhouse»
A greenhouse is a structure used for growing and protecting plants, often made of glass or plastic, that traps heat from the sun to create a warm environment for plants to grow in. Full definition
His discussion that climate sensitivity becomes large as climate warms (mainly because of greenhouse effect of water vapor) is reasonable.
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The rapid and unpredictable increase in greenhouse gases in such as methane has concerned climate scientists for years.
A new, hard - fought international deal will set limits on greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping for the first time.
As for greenhouse gas emissions, the company is conducting research into «carbon capture» that could store CO2 underground, he writes.
This would imply that feedback actually works to reduce the net effect of greenhouse warming, from a sensitivity of 1.2 to one something like 0.6 C per doubling.
We know the planet will warm between about 1.5 and 4.5 °C in response to the increased greenhouse effect from a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide (the «climate sensitivity»).
Some regard any discussion of the climatic effects of renewable energy, and waste heat, as a distraction from the far more urgent task of cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
And climate models tell us that summers are going to keep warming as greenhouse gas emissions continue.
Virtually all climate experts agree that we must reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by the year 2050.
The long term target means that the company will reduce more greenhouse gas emissions than it its value chain emits.
This would release billions of tons of carbon, some as methane, a potent greenhouse gas with a global warming effect per ton 25 times that of carbon dioxide.
Based on 2013 - 2014 observations, I believe solar decline in the face of increasing greenhouse forcing is likely to offset one another.
It will take decades or even centuries after humans stop burning fossil fuels and emitting greenhouse gases for the ocean to reach equilibrium.
The report also takes the position that any attempt to regulate greenhouse gases at this point, though well intended, will not slow the predicted effects of a changing planet.
Advocates say giving up meat, especially beef, would help curb greenhouse gases.
So, we know humans are causing greenhouse gas concentrations to be increased and this in turn is contributing to planetary warming.
An asteroid strike, however, told us little about greenhouse warming.
For example, in the figures above it looks as if greenhouse effect science is faulty but warming is occurring anyway.
The resulting optical depth curve is a measure of the total greenhouse gases by effect over the last 61 years.
You also don't find the atmospheric CO2 greenhouse effect described in any theoretical physics textbook.
To stop ocean acidification, we need to stabilize or even lower greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, which is only feasible with major emissions reductions.
The erosion and deterioration of soils on industrial farms also releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
Both of these ideas share the same goal: raising the cost of producing greenhouse gas pollution.
But the second most important heat - trapping greenhouse gas from human activities, methane, already has a distinct value.
And many, such as methane, are far more powerful greenhouse gases in terms of infrared absorption per molecule.
And most everyone agrees with the so - called greenhouse theory — that carbon dioxide causes the atmosphere to warm and that man has contributed to its concentration in the atmosphere.
Without an aggressive push on innovation, chances of providing ample energy without greenhouse emissions are slim.
The study specifically examined short - lived greenhouse gases like methane.
Moreover, well - understood lags in the responsiveness of the climate system to disturbances like greenhouse gas increases mean that the current temperature plateau will very likely not persist much longer.