But some, like Eelco Rohling, professor of ocean and climate change at the Australian National University's research school of earth sciences, now argue that this target can not be achieved unless ways to remove
huge amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere are found, and emissions are slashed.
Like its cousins, common forms of algae, cyanobacteria suck in
huge amounts of carbon dioxide from the environment and convert it into other materials, such as biomass.
Not exact matches
A
huge amount of energy is being stuffed into them, because we know — we know — that excess
carbon dioxide in the air is preventing the Earth
from being able to radiate away some
of the energy that comes down in the form
of sunlight.
With
carbon dioxide levels shooting up to unprecedented levels, it is high time we group together for a concerted action against the
huge amounts of climate - change - inducing emissions
from fires in Hell.
But to capture
from the air the
amount of carbon dioxide emitted by, say, a 1,000 - megawatt coal power plant, it would require air - sucking machinery about 30 feet in height and 18 miles in length, according to a study by the American Physical Society, as well as
huge collection facilities and a network
of equipment to transport and store the waste underground.
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.
In the face
of mounting support for clean coal and the billions being invested in
carbon capture and storage, or C.C.S., technology, a new assessment
from the University
of Toronto's Munk Center for International Studies has a stern warning for policy - makers: there could be dramatic unintended environmental consequences to sequestering
huge amounts of carbon dioxide in the earth's mantle.
We also must remove
from the atmosphere
huge amounts of carbon dioxide that have already been emitted (see «Paris Climate Agreement Rests on Shaky Technological Foundations»).
Opponents
of nuclear power have started a counteroffensive to Dr. Lovelock's call for a new nuclear age, arguing that mining uranium and building nuclear plants releases
huge amounts of carbon dioxide, and that the danger
from accidents or terrorism is too great.
With the stroke
of a pen the technocrats quietly absolved government
of all responsibility to reduce emissions
from some
of the most obvious and most tractable sources
of pollution in the land: the fossil - fuel devouring power stations and factories whose smokestacks belch millions
of tonnes
of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year — not to mention
huge amounts of other pollutants which damage our health more directly than CO2.