Sentences with phrase «have a warming effect of»

This study found that black carbon has a warming effect of approximately 0.9 W / m2, while aerosol cooling effects account for approximately -2.3 W / m2.

This increase partly reverses a period of declining sulfur emissions that had a warming effect of 0.19 W ∕ m2 between 1990 and 2002.»

Not exact matches

«Technology has got the upper hand and will stay well ahead of that and counter-balance» the effects of global warming.

«The U.S. has obviously been clear about where it stands with the Paris Agreement, but it is heartening that 19 other countries reaffirmed their commitment to the agreement,» said Thoriq Ibrahim, minister of energy and environment for the Maldives and Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States, a group of countries vulnerable to the effects of global warming.

The world has to take a look at itself and consider what it is going to do about the increasing effect of global warming.

He said lightening roofs and roads in urban environments would offset the global warming effects of all the cars in the world for 11 years.

Or vow to joyfully accept children when he can not know with certainty the effects of global warming his children and grandchildren will have to endure?

A U.K. - based Antarctic research project called Project MIDAS monitoring the effects of climate change on an ice shelf called Larsen C announced that a vast rift in the rapidly warming pole has split entirely and created a brand new iceberg — the third largest in the world.

Sure, the warming effects of a big bowl of chilli are sooo nice when it's cold outside... but when it's a little warmer outside, all you have to do is let your chilli cool off a bit more.

I think I found that soup wasn't filling enough for dinner but ever since I started to travel a lot over the past few years I have really grown to appreciate the warming effects of soup and the restorative qualities of it.

It's a great complement to a cleanse or detox due to the healthy dose of ginger and cinnamon, both of which have a warming effect according to Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Even if you don't have a compassionate bone in your body for animals, surely the effects of global - warming must be a concern to EVERYONE

Since taking leadership of the country last September, Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who in 2009 said the science behind climate change was «crap», has abolished the independent Climate Commission, the body created by the former Labor government to provide public information on the effects of global warming.

Every corner of the earth wastes food, and every nation feels the effects of a warming planet, in part caused by methane released from the 1.3 billion tons of food that go uneaten every year And yet, the specifics of food loss and waste vary by country — and to be effective, the solutions have to be local.

I've mentioned this before, but I am so ready for Spring to be in full effect with warmer weather, spring veggies, and lots of...

I want to say that there are some factors missing from his analysis — I remember reading about how the heat island phenomena can have an observable effect because of the dome of warm air which forms during the day.

The reduced downforce also has the knock - on effect of tyres taking longer to come up to operating temperature (there are no tyre warmers in IndyCar) as well as making them wear out quicker because the drivers are sliding around more.

That snug and warm feeling of close physical contact with you will make them less grumpy and have a soothing effect.

This study focused on the effect of warming mother's breasts before using a double electric breast pump by a warm compress compared to an unwarmed breast to see if the warmed breast would elicit more milk for NICU babies.

- Pain relief and mobility: The warm water in which a water birth occurs can have several positive effects on the delivery experience of some expecting mothers.

With Rachel's Remedy I know at least one aspect of my care plan has just been made easier and that the product will stay warm, feel comfortable and produce the therapeutic effect that mother needs.

It should be comfortable, warm and as it has been mentioned before it is important for it to be flame - retardant and it shouldn't have a negative effect on the sensitive skin of the little one.

Atmospheric dust may have a powerful effect on climate, absorbing sunlight and warming the atmosphere at some altitudes while shading and cooling underlying layers of air.

Unlike a traditional shower had, it mimics the soothing, natural feel of a warm summer rain, with a relaxing effect for your mind and body.

And get this: when it starts to warm up outside, you don't have to give up the relaxing effect of a fire.

An active hydrological cycle would have required a warmer climate in the planet's early history and therefore a thicker atmosphere, one capable of creating a strong greenhouse effect.

The warmer, drier conditions of El Nino have had a baleful effect on conflict in the tropics since 1950, research shows

«We were interested in providing a measure of how long people would have to wait until the effect of mitigation becomes tangible, in terms of avoided warming,» Tebaldi said.

As a result, more of human emissions would remain in the atmosphere, increasing the greenhouse effect that contributes to global warming and alters Earth's climate.

But the reactive gases emitted by trees can also increase the amounts of ozone and methane, both greenhouse gases which have warming effects on the climate.

«We had a near - record warm April - May period, prolonging the effects of July [2009] drought and a low snow year.»

They found that while temperatures would go down by as much as 0.3 °C, global warming would push up temperatures by 3.7 to 4.5 °C — more than negating any effect of a global minimum (Geophysical Research Letters, DOI: 10.1029 / 2010gl042710, in press).

Because the Earth's climate has a certain amount of natural variability, and those natural cycles can have warming and cooling effects that last for a couple of decades or even longer, Tebaldi said, it takes time to detect a change.

SEAS researchers suggest that early Mars may have been warmed intermittently by a powerful greenhouse effect, possibly explaining water on the planet's surface billions of years ago.

Other experts say that the effect of hurricanes on global warming would probably be minimal as only the largest storms are expected to get stronger.

While natural sources of climate variability are significant, multiple lines of evidence indicate that human influences have had an increasingly dominant effect on the climate warming observed since the mid-twentieth century.

Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) suggest that early Mars may have been warmed intermittently by a powerful greenhouse effect.

Swann's previous research looked at how a hypothetical massive tree planting in the Northern Hemisphere to slow global warming could have the unintended effect of changing tropical rainfall.

«This research shows that the warming effects of both methane and hydrogen have been underestimated by a significant amount,» said Wordsworth.

«Similarly, a number of studies have found that telling people about the 97 % scientific consensus on human - caused global warming has a neutralizing rather than polarizing effect.»

Besides SSCE, scientists have also been investigating stratospheric sulfur injections — firing sun - reflecting aerosols into the air, similar to the cooling effect after a volcanic eruption — and cirrus cloud thinning, where you thin the top level of clouds, which have a warming effect on the planet.

Proposals to reduce the effects of global warming by imitating volcanic eruptions could have a devastating effect on global regions prone to either tumultuous storms or prolonged drought, new research has shown.

In a recent study, for instance, well - respected climate models were shown to have completely opposing estimates for the overall effect of the clouds and smoke in the southeast Atlantic: Some found net warming, whereas others found cooling.

«Those have outsized global warming effects and also outsized human health effects,» said John Podesta, chairman of the Center for American Progress.

The researchers found that on windy nights it wasn't possible to measure the cooling effects of the green spaces beyond their boundaries as there was too much turbulent mixing of the air; but on calm warm nights they estimate that a network of green spaces of around 3 - 5 hectares each situated 100 - 150 m apart would provide comprehensive cooling for a city with a climate and characteristics similar to London.

Geoengineering — the intentional manipulation of the climate to counter the effect of global warming by injecting aerosols artificially into the atmosphere — has been mooted as a potential way to deal with climate change.

«I would be most interested in seeing into the future to determine what effects global warming, weather change, overpopulation and scarcity of clean drinking water [have] in store for humanity,» Bennett wrote.

Whereas carbon levels can affect warming on a global scale, the effects of increased albedo and poor evotranspiration would affect temperatures only on a regional level.

The soot produced by burning fossil fuels has a stronger warming effect because it contains a higher ratio of black carbon to sulfate, which reflects sunlight to produce a cooling effect.

«We found that vegetation change may have a greater impact on the amount of stream flow in the Sierra than the direct effects of climate warming,» said lead author Ryan Bart, a postdoctoral researcher at UCSB's Bren School of Environmental Science & Management.