Sentences with phrase «human carbon use»

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Just by changing the way we farm, by stopping deep tilling, mono - cropping, and chemical fertilizer use — the Climate Collaborative estimates regenerative carbon farming practices could mitigate as much as 4 billion to 6 billion tons of CO2 equivalents a year or 10 percent to 12 percent of global human - caused emissions.

He will continue to deny climate change caused by human activity; and will use his committee position to attack the EPA move to cut power plant carbon emissions.

Drivers of Climate Change Atmospheric concentrations of many gases — primarily carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and halocarbons (gases once used widely as refrigerants and spray propellants)-- have increased because of human activities.

These human - made materials were introduced in the 1990s, and researchers around the world are working on ways to use them as molecular sponges for applications such as hydrogen storage, carbon sequestration, or photovoltaics.

To reinvent carbon dioxide fixation using such enzymes, Erb and colleagues carefully selected 17 enzymatic compounds from nine organisms — including bacteria, archaea, plants, and humans — bringing them together in a single, collaborative pathway.

The BBC team used clever analogies and appealing graphics to discuss three key numbers that help clarify important questions about climate change: 0.85 degrees Celsius — how much the Earth has warmed since the 1880s; 95 % — how sure scientists are that human activity is the major cause of Earth's recent warming; and one trillion tons — the best estimate of the amount of carbon that can be burned before risking dangerous climate change.

«We know that carbon footprint, a popular indicator used in environmental policies, does not correspond well with other environmental impacts such as toxicity to ecosystems and humans, depletion of resources, and land use.

5) Cremating a human body releases 15 kilograms of carbon dioxide (along with other pollutants, such as mercury from dental fillings), while traditional burial uses up scarce land.

The study is the first to differentiate between the impact of human activity in the Amazon — such as deforestation or changes in land use — and the impact of climate change to quantify the carbon - storing potential of new forests.

Linking the amount of carbon - 14 found in organic material with the bomb curve has been used to date human tooth enamel and even regenerating brain cells.

More than 50 years later, scientists have found a way to use radioactive carbon isotopes released into the atmosphere by nuclear testing to settle a long - standing debate in neuroscience: Does the adult human brain produce new neurons?

The technique relies on the radioactive isotope carbon - 14, whose radioactivity diminishes over time in a predictable manner, allowing researchers to calculate the age of ancient human sites using charcoal from fires or the bones of the prehistoric humans themselves.

Model simulations of 20th century global warming typically use actual observed amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide, together with other human (for example chloroflorocarbons or CFCs) and natural (solar brightness variations, volcanic eruptions,...) climate - forcing factors.

The carbon majors are defined as fossil fuel production entities and cement manufacturers that produced more than ≥ 8 million tonnes carbon per year (MtC / y), while the total human attribution case refers to all relevant human activities that have been measured and used in climate assessment model scenarios that influence climate change.

«The main worry is that if deforestation increases, in combination with the increase fragmentation, increase in drought probability [caused by climate change] and the use of fires by humans, carbon emissions could escalate to proportions never experienced before.»

«In nature, humans exhale carbon dioxide and plants convert it back to oxygen... We wondered if there were any way to use plant cells and put them next to heart cells to produce oxygen from the carbon dioxide,» Dr. Woo explained.

Human decisions have introduced additional perturbations to the carbon cycle, in the form of fossil - fuel burning, cutting down forests, and land use changes, just to name a few.

Or at least it won't for many centuries, as the long - lived nature of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere means that its effects will be felt for many human generations, absent efforts to curb emissions or use

Forests are of great importance to humans: the wood grown in forests is used in our houses for furniture, roof timbers and flooring; forests store carbon from...

«Methanogens are critical players in the global carbon cycle and have potential uses for addressing human problems,» says William W. Metcalf, a microbiologist at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, and a member of the research team.

But what if human beings could mimic photosynthesis and use sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to produce fuels that generate electricity or power our cars and aeroplanes?

In biological systems, carbon - 14 (14C) can be used as a biochemical tracer to track micro-doses of nutrients, toxins and therapeutics in humans and animals...

A radioactive isotope, carbon - 14, and part of the carbon molecule, found in unfossilized human and animal bone and charcoal, has been used to date Neamderthal remains and it was this carbon - 14 dating method that established the date for Neanderthal extinction - 28,000 years ago - as well as the dates assigned to the various Neanderthal sites found throughout Eurasia.

Radiometric dating or radioactive dating is a technique used to date materials such as rocks or carbon, in which trace radioactive impurities were Dating is a stage of romantic relationships in humans whereby two people meet socially with the aim of each assessing the other's suitability as a

Here of some of the well - tested methods of dating used in the study of early humans: Potassium - argon dating, Argon - argon dating, Carbon - 14 (or Radiocarbon Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon - 14 dating) is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by

Because the naked eye can't see carbon dioxide the crew assembles a car with a fancy camera setup; one regular camera that captures what humans can see, and a special camera that uses a color filter to show carbon dioxide.

The UK Space Agency has provided a grant to support the project, which will look at human behaviour through analysis of the carbon footprint of homes and schools alongside the monitoring of changes in polar ice using Earth Observation data.

Students compare the carbon sequestration potential for land - use types in their state, compare this to the amount of carbon released by human activities, and then discuss forests» ability to sequester atmospheric carbon.

For the thirty years that she was urging us to plant trees to stop soil erosion, retain water, and store carbon, Wangari was also insisting on the necessity of accountable political structures, which used resources (whether capital, natural, or human) equitably and responsibly.

It is not recommended for human use, but animals, especially dogs, have been known to benefit a lot from this form of carbon.

Using biology as a starting point for the study of boundaries and fragmentation in the human body, Joana Ricou presents in this, her first solo exhibit in Portugal, the series Multitudes (painting and works on wood and paper), paintings from the series Henrietta Lacks or HeLa cells searching, and the site - specific installation 60 kilos of Human Being (Oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon, calcium and sulhuman body, Joana Ricou presents in this, her first solo exhibit in Portugal, the series Multitudes (painting and works on wood and paper), paintings from the series Henrietta Lacks or HeLa cells searching, and the site - specific installation 60 kilos of Human Being (Oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon, calcium and sulHuman Being (Oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon, calcium and sulfur).

Quick progress in curbing emissions of carbon dioxide, the main human - generated greenhouse gas, could be achieved by using capital from rich countries to help prevent the destruction of tropical forests (and resulting greenhouse - gas emissions), Mr. Gore said.

As the post explains, Broecker's 1975 paper appears to have been the first in the scientific literature to use the term «global warming» to describe climate change driven by the buildup of human - generated carbon dioxide.

It's good old fashioned black carbon soot — a visible pollutant with measurable effects on human health both in poor places, where it comes from cooking or heating using coal, firewood or dung, and rich countries, where it is produced mainly through the combustion of diesel and similar fuels and from some industries.

Extrapolating from their forest study, the researchers estimate that over this century the warming induced from global soil loss, at the rate they monitored, will be «equivalent to the past two decades of carbon emissions from fossil fuel burning and is comparable in magnitude to the cumulative carbon losses to the atmosphere due to human - driven land use change during the past two centuries.»

Mixed farming using human and animal labor is superior and would emit less carbon among other advantages.

Just been looking up the sources for commercial CO2 and here is a short exerpt from google: «The most common operations from which commercially - produced carbon dioxide is recovered are industrial plants which produce hydrogen or ammonia from natural gas, coal, or other hydrocarbon feedstock, and large - volume fermentation operations in which plant products are made into ethanol for human consumption, automotive fuel or industrial use.

But now look at the breadth of support across the United States for using pollution regulations to curb carbon dioxide, the main human - generated greenhouse gas:

Currently, although only 20 % of the accumulated anthropogenic rise in carbon dioxide originates from land use and land cover change (LULCC), 40 % of the net positive radiative forcing from human activities is attributable to LULCC sources (Ward et al 2014).

Keeping Madagascar evoluation surrounding is our human being mission, using carbon credits to protest Madagascar is good way, let there people recognize to protect forest of them will earn money, too.

How one sees the answer boils down to an important difference in perspective on how to best deal with climate change: Do we (a) try to influence the course of future human development using carbon pricing as the main policy tool?

Much of the high carbon - storage capacity grasslands were converted to intensive human economic use in the same time frame.

In the meantime, it gives clear insights into what scientists see happening to the planet's climate as human industrial activities, as well as land - use changes, pump increasing amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the air.

Amazonian deforestation rates are used to determine human effects on the global carbon cycle (1 - 3) and to measure Brazil's progress in curbing forest impoverishment (1,4,5).

The abstract of that article is particularly terse on Nature.com: Amazonian deforestation rates are used to determine human effects on the global carbon cycle and to measure Brazil's progress in curbing forest impoverishment,,.

If you accept that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas and that human fossil fuel use is now the dominant contributor to atmospheric CO2 changes, then knowing how much global temperatures respond to increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is important for understanding the future climate.

There are no experimental data to support the hypothesis that increases in human hydrocarbon use or in atmospheric carbon dioxide and other green house gases are causing or can be expected to cause unfavorable changes in global temperatures, weather, or landscape.

The authors hope that the radiocarbon approach used in the study could help hone in on the intricacies of the carbon cycle for future research, in particular, how the natural carbon cycle responds to human - caused climate change.

How much of the human influenced warming is due to CO2, how much to carbon black, how much to land - use changes, how much to cow farts, etc..

Humans» use of fossil fuels, and the resulting carbon dioxide air emissions, has no material effect on climate.