Sentences with phrase «help absorb carbon dioxide»

Promoting habitat networks and planting more trees by creating more green areas in cities can help absorb carbon dioxide pollution.

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Hemp could help address climate change, since it absorbs four times more carbon dioxide than trees while growing in just a fraction of the time.

These sensors could reveal patterns that help explain why the tropical Pacific emits carbon dioxide, rather than absorbing it like most of the rest of ocean.

Without this fixed nitrogen, phytoplankton could not absorb carbon dioxide from the air, a feat which is helping to check today's rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.

Understanding the proportion of both is important for determining whether a large area of forest is a source of carbon dioxide, or a «sink» that helps to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

The reason: the world's oceans and forests, which scientists were counting on to help hold off catastrophic rises in carbon dioxide, are already so full of CO2 that they are losing their ability to absorb this climate change culprit.

For example, they may help researchers understand the full — and perhaps changing — potential for the plankton ecosystem to act as a sink to absorb carbon dioxide from the air.

For example, the new study notes that restoring whale populations could help increase the ocean's capacity to absorb climate - warming carbon dioxide.

The OCO would have helped scientists monitor global warming by measuring how much carbon dioxide was in a given part of the atmosphere and where it was being absorbed.

Environmentally, the fires are a double whammy: They destroy trees that help to slow global warming by absorbing heat - trapping carbon dioxide as they grow.

Chloride is equally important in the human diet for it helps the blood to carry carbon dioxide, absorb potassium, improve digestion and conserves an acid - base balance in the body.

Another paper in Science recently estimated that the world's 10 billion acres of forest are now absorbing about a third of carbon emissions, helping to limit carbon dioxide levels and keep the planet cooler than it would be otherwise.

Forestry experts were dumbfounded by Mr. Rohrabacher's line of questioning, noting that the world's forests currently absorb far more carbon dioxide than they emit — capturing roughly one - third of all man - made emissions and helping mitigate climate change.

Higher abundance of phytoplankton and krill attracts other forms of sea life and may help offset climate change by absorbing larger amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Trees help mitigate carbon emissions by absorbing carbon dioxide into their tissues as they grow.

Coastal marshes absorb and store large amounts of carbon dioxide from Earth's atmosphere; they help filter out pollution in coastal waters; provide habitat for wildlife; help protect coastlines from erosion and storm surge; and can store huge amounts of floodwater, reducing the threat of flooding in low - lying coastal areas.

Water vapor, methane, and carbon dioxide absorb long wave solar radiation, which helps keep the earth warm.

Europe's forests are at present helping to mitigate climate change by absorbing large quantities of carbon dioxide.

Fertilizing the oceans with iron to help them absorb more carbon dioxide.