Transportation measures generally contribute a higher percentage to emissions reductions than to energy use reductions due to the relatively
high carbon content of most transportation fuels.
Not exact matches
The review
of relevant research conducted by Stolze et al. (2000) concludes that under European conditions organic agriculture has beneficial effects on the characteristics
of soil organic matter because the soil organic
carbon content is
higher on organically farmed soils than on conventional ones.
In principle, a controlled atmosphere
high in
carbon dioxide and low in oxygen
content slows down the rate
of respiration, which may extend shelf life
of any respiring fruit during storage.
Development
of cost - effective means to separate
carbon dioxide during the production process will improve this advantage over other fossil fuels and enable the economic production
of gas resources with
higher carbon dioxide
content that would be too costly to recover using current
carbon capture technologies, Tour said.
Matyas Ripszam has also examined the effects
of higher temperature and different concentration
of organic
carbon content on the distribution
of pollutants in modelled real - life marine ecosystems, so called mesocosms.
Higher temperature alone led to increased losses of pollutants, whereas higher organic carbon content retained more pollutants in the model ecosy
Higher temperature alone led to increased losses
of pollutants, whereas
higher organic carbon content retained more pollutants in the model ecosy
higher organic
carbon content retained more pollutants in the model ecosystems.
Although plants grown in
high levels
of carbon dioxide — say, double the current atmospheric concentrations — initially grow rapidly, the growth tapers off within weeks and the plants wind up with a low protein
content.
Such an eruption
of hot brightness can also explain the
content of condensed methanol and the
high content of molecules with
carbon, as found in the gas cloud.
Possible mechanisms include (iv) fertilization
of phytoplankton growth in the Southern Ocean by increased deposition
of iron - containing dust from the atmosphere after being carried by winds from colder, drier continental areas, and a subsequent redistribution
of limiting nutrients; (v) an increase in the whole ocean nutrient
content (e.g., through input
of material exposed on shelves or nitrogen fixation); and (vi) an increase in the ratio between
carbon and other nutrients assimilated in organic material, resulting in a
higher carbon export per unit
of limiting nutrient exported.
As the temperature rises, water vapor evaporates at a
higher rate, raising the water vapor
content of the atmosphere, further amplifying the the increased greenhouse effect
of the additional
carbon dioxide.
This clears the alveoli deep in the lungs
of stale air with a
high carbon dioxide
content more efficiently than trying to inhale as much air as possible.
Brakes: The braking system consists
of slotted rotors with
high carbon content, Project Mu pads and RRM's stainless - steel braided brake line package.
South Africa is much poorer than Saudi Arabia, and coal is more vulnerable to climate policy than oil, given its
higher carbon content and the greater availability
of alternatives.
(Don't take that as good news, because it has correspondingly lower energy
content so you burn more
of it as compared to
higher carbon coal like Anthracite; Powder River coal is mined largely because
of its low sulfur
content).
One Planet Living principle Masdar Target ZERO
CARBON 100 per cent of energy supplied by renewable energy — Photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind, waste to energy and other technologies ZERO WASTE 99 per cent diversion of waste from landfill (includes waste reduction measures, re-use of waste wherever possible, recycling, composting, waste to energy) SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Zero carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local v
CARBON 100 per cent
of energy supplied by renewable energy — Photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind, waste to energy and other technologies ZERO WASTE 99 per cent diversion
of waste from landfill (includes waste reduction measures, re-use
of waste wherever possible, recycling, composting, waste to energy) SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Zero
carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local v
carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation
of measures to reduce the
carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local v
carbon cost
of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use
of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying
high recycled materials
content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction
of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use
of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local values.
Victor argues that policymakers should instead focus on a suite
of «vital signs» that are more tightly linked to
carbon emissions, including atmospheric
carbon - dioxide concentrations, ocean heat
content, and
high - latitude temperature changes.
In another journal, Geohealth, Dr Myers and a different set
of colleagues warn that
higher atmospheric
carbon dioxide levels are also associated with lower iron
content in food crop staples.
The latest government figures show that Poland generates more than 80 percent
of its electricity from coal, a growing share
of which is in the form
of lignite, a low - grade mineral with
high carbon content that is in ample supply in Poland's mines.
«The incremental reductions you're taking are coming from a fuel with a very
high carbon content, which is also the major source
of air pollution.»
Estimates
of the
carbon content of all fossil fuel reservoirs including unconventional fossil fuels such as tar sands, tar shale and various gas reservoirs that can be tapped with developing technology [114] imply that CO2 conceivably could reach a level as
high as 16 times the 1950 atmospheric amount.
What is also lost is the
carbon that falls to the bottom
of the oceans, the raining «shit» fog that covers wrecks like the Titanic / Bismark, is destined to form sedimentary rocks with a
high carbon content.
Carbon dioxide emissions associated with burning coal are the greatest
of any fossil fuel, and coal has the
highest carbon content among all unburned fossil fuel reserves.
Jacobson's models, published in the Journal
of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, concluded that, even with stringent U.S. and European standards, diesel vehicles could warm the climate more over 100 years than gasoline - powered cars as a result
of the relatively
higher black
carbon content of diesel.
Coal is the first fossil fuel in the gun, because it is has a
higher carbon content than oil (composed
of hydrocarbons).