Sentences with phrase «high levels of greenhouse gases»

The volcanic activity caused high levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere which led to rapid global warming.

For other frequencies, only a small proportion is currently absorbed, so higher levels of greenhouse gases do make a difference.

For other frequencies, only a small proportion is currently absorbed, so higher levels of greenhouse gases do make a difference.

The best evidence of global warming is also the most obvious and comprehensive: temperature increase, and higher levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Under these facts, it is simply inconceivable that those emitting high levels of greenhouse gases compared to others are not exceeding their fair share of safe global emissions given the enormity of reductions that are needed globally to return total global emissions to levels that are not already causing harm.

They add that the health implications of increased ozone are «more complex» because higher levels of this greenhouse gas irritate mucous membranes and worsen the allergic airway response.

California should be able to make the decision to limit emissions, because high levels of emissions, contributing to the already high levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, have the potential to negatively affect California in the near future.

It is estimated that every year various forms of transport consume between 20 % and 25 % of the world's energy and this significantly contributes to the increasingly high levels of greenhouse gases that continue to be released into the atmosphere.

They found that, as humans burn ever more fossil fuels to release ever higher levels of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, to stoke yet further global warming and trigger catastrophic climate change, all 571 cities will experience ever greater heatwaves: that is, three consecutive days and nights at which temperatures are about as high as they have ever been for that city.

A study led by Noah Diffenbaugh at Stanford used modeling and statistics to find that these sorts of persistent high - pressure ridges are more likely to sit off California's coast in the presence of high levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

On December 18th 2009 Australia was awarded the Fossil - of - the - day award at the Copenhagen climate change conference for pressuring our Pacific neighbours for higher levels of greenhouse gasses than they felt should be aimed for.

According to a new study, high levels of greenhouse gas emissions could cause oceans to rise by close to two meters in total (over six feet) by the end of the century, and more than 13 meters (42 feet) from Antarctica alone by 2500.

In addition, because high levels of greenhouse gases are likely to remain in the atmosphere for many years, these changes are expected to last for several decades or longer, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Fracking poses several serious environmental risks, including groundwater pollution and high levels of greenhouse gas emissions.

Raymond wrote, «Proponents of the global warming theory say that higher levels of greenhouse gases — especially carbon dioxide — are causing -LSB-...]

High levels of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Last year, humanity emitted the highest level of greenhouse gas emissions in history — even after factoring in the expansion of renewable energy.

According to a new study, high levels of greenhouse gas emissions could cause oceans to rise by close to two meters in total (over six feet) by the end of the century, and more than 13 meters (42 feet) from Antarctica alone by 2500.

Raymond wrote, «Proponents of the global warming theory say that higher levels of greenhouse gases — especially carbon dioxide — are causing world temperatures to rise and that burning fossil fuels is the reason.

However, unless managed carefully, coal - fired power plants emit pollutants such as sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrous oxide (NOX), particulates, and high levels of greenhouse gases.