Sentences with phrase «human activities add»

These and other human activities add over 30 billion tons of carbon dioxide each year into the atmosphere, with the greatest contribution from fossil fuel burning.

Human activities add greenhouse gases to the environment.

Methane and nitrous oxide emissions from agriculture and other human activities add to the atmospheric burden of heat - trapping gases.

The growing amounts of carbon dioxide that human activities add to the air have begun changing the chemistry of the oceans.

Machine and human activity adds warmth, dust and pollution, whilst air - conditioning for indoor comfort boosts outdoor temperature levels.

Relative isolation from damaging human activities adds further conservation benefits.

Not exact matches

An amendment added to a farm bill that was approved by the House Agriculture Committee would bar people from «knowingly slaughtering a dog or cat for human consumption,» as well as transporting or participating in other commercial activity related to eating pet meat.

«A full reading of Bernstein's email reveals an important point ---- his assertion that, in the 1980s, we never denied the possible role of human activity as a cause for climate change, and he further makes clear that, at that point in time, there was a great deal of uncertainty and lack of understanding of climate change, even among leading scientists and experts,» said Keil, adding that today, Exxon «believes the risk of climate change is clear, and warrants action.»

If action is the midwife of the future, then human activity can add the new to the world.

The regulations state that human consumption of food does not constitute «exposure» for purposes of warning notification under the Act to the extent that chemicals are naturally - occurring in agricultural products, were not added by any known human activity, and were not avoidable by good agricultural or good manufacturing practices [Title 27, California Code of Regulations, Section 25501 (3)(1)-RSB-.

... modalities, rules and guidelines as to how, and which, additional human - induced activities related to changes in greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks in the agricultural soils and the land - use change and forestry... shall be added or subtracted.

There is probably no human activity calculated to add more zest to the appetite than the business of navigating through snow on skis.

The majority of burglaries occur when the resident isn't home, therefore adding features that somewhat display human activity is a clever method for bolstering your home security.

The app comes with the games / activities for: alphabet, bed time stories, grammar, human body facts, and hundreds more - and they add content monthly.

Fellow campaigner Maham Hashmi added: «How can the UK government give lucrative public contracts to a company that shows such disregard for basic human rights standards across all of its business activities?»

The decongestion exercise was to ensure sanity within the metropolis as the activities of the hawkers and the traders on the shoulders of the road and pavements, impede human and vehicular movement, as well as adding to the build - up of waste along streets.

The more we know about natural rapid climate change, the better we can help climate modelers forecast how climate might change in the future now that human activity is added to the mix.»

And achieving any stabilization target — whether 2 degrees C of warming or 450 ppm or 1,000 gigatons of carbon added to the atmosphere by human activity — will require at least an 80 percent cut in emissions from peak levels by the end of this century and, ultimately, zero emissions over the long term.

The amount of nitrous oxide in the atmosphere has quickly increased as well, with about a third of the total added by human activity — much of that emitted by nitrogen - based fertilizers, and half of that from just three nations: China, the Soviet Union, and the United States.

Human activity and human - caused climate change have changed the magnitude of these fluxes, however, as well as added new categories of biogenic fluxes such as those resulting from sewage, cattle, and fertilizerHuman activity and human - caused climate change have changed the magnitude of these fluxes, however, as well as added new categories of biogenic fluxes such as those resulting from sewage, cattle, and fertilizerhuman - caused climate change have changed the magnitude of these fluxes, however, as well as added new categories of biogenic fluxes such as those resulting from sewage, cattle, and fertilizer use.

«Considering that most of the critically endangered orangutan's habitat is disturbed by human activities, understanding the habitat elements required to ensure orangutan survival in degraded forests is key for their long - term survival,» added Marc Ancrenaz of HUTAN / Borneo Futures, a core project partner.

«It provides an opportunity for researchers to study the effects of climate change, putting aside the added disturbance of human activities.

Kessler adds, «Our results agree with this conclusion, showing that ancient methane emissions to the atmosphere in an area that is experiencing some of the greatest warming today, is actually quite small, especially when compared to more direct emissions from human activities.»

«These are precisely the locations and moments when partisan differences over the role of human activity in global warming may resonate most,» adds Bohr.

«It's a fascinating example of how human activities can drive evolution,» he added.

This rapid turnover means that even if human activity was directly adding or removing significant amounts of water vapour (it isn't), there would be no slow build - up of water vapour as is happening with CO2 (see Climate myths: Human CO2 emissions are tiny compared with natural sourhuman activity was directly adding or removing significant amounts of water vapour (it isn't), there would be no slow build - up of water vapour as is happening with CO2 (see Climate myths: Human CO2 emissions are tiny compared with natural sourHuman CO2 emissions are tiny compared with natural sources).

I won't argue that our added gases may contribute to the warming to some very, very small degree, but keep in mind, the ash plume from a good volcanic eruption such as the last big Pinatubo eruption eclipses into insignificants the amount of pollutants added to the atmosphere by human activity.

Carbon dioxide, or CO2, in the atmosphere comes from many sources, and human activities have added a significant amount.

My rather old (1994) carbon cycle chart shows 111 GtC turned into biomass each year (61 land 50 ocean) compared to 750 in the atmosphere and 5.5 added to the atmosphere by human activity.

Citizen scientists around the UK are taking part in Earthworm Watch to help researchers investigate how human activities such as planting schemes, moving topsoil and adding fertilisers affect the ability of earthworms to create healthy soils.

When aerosols from human activities such as industrial plant and vehicle emissions are added to the system, the energy budget has to deal with the increase.

[emphasis added] Bast: «We believe that climate has warmed in the second half of the 20th Century, we believe that there is probably a measurable human impact on climate but it's probably very small, we think that natural forces probably overwhelm any impact that human activity can have, that computer models are too unreliable to forecast what the future might hold for climate and finally that a modest amount of warming is probably going to be, on net, beneficial both to human beings and the ecosystem.

As sea ice melts, new findings add to concerns about the effects of ocean noise and increased human activity on deep - diving Arctic whales

Fostering doesn't just benefit the animals; it can also benefit humans by adding emotional wellness, purpose and physical activity to our everyday lives.

I won't argue that our added gases may contribute to the warming to some very, very small degree, but keep in mind, the ash plume from a good volcanic eruption such as the last big Pinatubo eruption eclipses into insignificants the amount of pollutants added to the atmosphere by human activity.

If used as an average for the globe, it would represent the sum of all CO2 added to, and removed from, the atmosphere during the year by human activities and by natural processes.

The report extolls the value of the oil and gas sector to the Canadian economy, and adds that many environmentalists «claim» that climate change is the most serious global environmental threat, and «claim» it is a direct consequence of human activity and is «reportedly» linked to the use of fossil fuels.

But he added that if there was evidence that human activities were to blame, «stern action will be taken against the perpetrators».

The biggest factor is the increase in CO2 concentration as well as a few other greenhouse gases, also added by human activities.

The study adds to a growing body of bad news about how human activity is changing the planet's climate and how dire those changes will be in the future.

«This package is without doubt a tragic mistake, a misunderstanding of nature and an unnecessary limitation of human activity,» the outspoken Eurosceptic leader added.

That is not to say that we don't still have much to learn, but rather that what we learn is very unlikely to change the important takeaway message: Human activity is adding greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere and thereby changing the climate.

The question is not the total amount — the added flux from human activities is of course a small fraction of the total flux from the Sun.

The ozone story added to the shapeless fears that human activity was somehow endangering the entire planetary atmosphere.

One that adds urgency to the need to rapidly transition away from fossil fuel burning and human activities that dump massive volumes of carbon into the atmosphere.

Scientists have determined that a number of human activities are contributing to global warming by adding excessive amounts of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.

-- CO2 concentration is rising due to human activities — Added CO2 makes the climate warmer.

«The additional burden of CO2 added to the atmosphere by human activities... leads to the current «perturbed» global carbon cycle... These perturbations to the natural carbon cycle are the dominant driver of climate change because of their persistent effect on the atmosphere.»

The oceans are currently warming because of the extra greenhouse gases that human industrial activity has added to the atmosphere.

Pekka Pirilä September 23, 2014 at 3:57 am Reply — CO2 concentration is rising due to human activities still debatable — Added CO2 makes the climate warmer.