Sentences with phrase «in real carbon»

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The real news of this week's LNG carbon emissions news was almost lost in the shuffle: British Columbia has reaffirmed its commitment to climate action.
It's time to stop desperately trying to ship out more carbon - intensive raw resources, and instead have a real conversation about the new steps for Canada's economy in the 21st century.
«The real secret to carbon treating is how long the product is in contact with the carbon to allow the carbon to do its job,» Werda notes.
Local Real Salt comes from right here in the USA, which means less food miles and a smaller carbon footprint.
In 2016, Baxter became the first commercial cooking manufacturer to produce an ENERGY STAR ® certified rotating rack oven, while Foster was the first commercial refrigeration manufacturer to attain the Carbon Trust Standard — awarded to organizations for real carbon reduction.
The increase in real prices after June 2012 of around 14 % for household electricity and 13 % for household gas is associated with the implementation of a carbon price from July 2013.
Carrasco's flair down the left flank and favourite No10 shirt would make him a carbon - copy replacement for fellow Belgian Eden Hazard, if the 25 - year - old was to get his dream move to Real Madrid in the near future.
we lag far behind other states in real action to reduce carbon emissions.
«It's absolutely clear that if the government did try to significantly water down the fourth carbon budget there would be a real controversy in parliament.»
The only real climate change solutions that I have seen are to reduce carbon dioxide in the air by having human activity emit less of it.
«We must make sure that the biofuels which we do engage in are sustainable, they get their carbon footprint right and they make real, deliverable, sustainable changes,» NFU president Peter Kendall said.
The Amanda Hansen Foundation creates resources to supply the public with CO detectors who could not otherwise afford them; educates, as to the real and imminent dangers of CO poisoning, its causes, and it's prevention through the proper use of detectors, and proper installation / maintenance of household appliances; works hand in hand with local and national organizations to future educate and promote awareness of the dangers of carbon monoxide; aims to enact local as well as national legislation to mandate that all buildings, both private and public, be equipped with CO detectors, without exception.
They were the first to demonstrate that a microwave beam could actually lift a real structure — a tiny sail, about 1.4 inches in diameter, composed of lightweight carbon fibers 10 times thinner than a human hair.
«The combined effect of both parameters showed no real patterns, as some pollutants were more sensitive to changes in temperature and others to increased organic carbon content,» says Matyas Ripszam.
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.
A team led by Hui - Tian Wang of Nankai University in Tianjin, China, showed that during cold compression the transition to bct carbon results in a release of energy, which means it is likely to happen in the real world.
The new analysis, led by former UW civil and environmental engineering graduate student Jordan Toy, compares carbon dioxide emissions and vehicle miles traveled from drone and truck deliveries in 10 different, real - world scenarios in Los Angeles.
They said the real strength of the Jacobson study — now in press at the Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres — is that it relies on a new computer model of climate, air pollution and weather that accounts for several different ways black carbon influences the environment.
«The real benefit to these advanced biofuels may not be in displacement of fossil fuels but in the building up of carbon stores in the soil.»
«The planet is in its danger zone because we've poured too much carbon into the atmosphere, and we're starting to see signs of real trouble: melting ice caps, rapidly spreading drought.
In other words, what happens when you pluck BECCS from the idealized realm of global carbon accounting and plop it into a real place, with patchwork lands, messy politics, and interconnected ecological, physical, and economic systems?
In 1960 they reported that the greenhouse threat was real and would worsen seriously unless strong action was taken to halt the rise in emission of greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuelIn 1960 they reported that the greenhouse threat was real and would worsen seriously unless strong action was taken to halt the rise in emission of greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuelin emission of greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels.
There is a real need to take action now in developing and adopting the new technologies to move to a more carbon - efficient or carbon - neutral future as we only have a limited window before reaching these warming targets.»
In them he added carbon dioxide to the atmosphere stepwise, just as is happening in the real worlIn them he added carbon dioxide to the atmosphere stepwise, just as is happening in the real worlin the real world.
Cutting the price through STEP would be a real «game - changer,» Licht says: Cheaper nanofibers would lead to greater commercial use and, in turn, to less carbon in the atmosphere.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — In the run - up to national elections on 21 August, the country's top science body, the Australian Academy of Science (AAS), has weighed in on the climate change debate with a report backing the mainstream scientific view that human - induced climate change is real and that a business - as - usual approach to carbon emissions will lead to a «catastrophic» four - to five - degree increase in average global temperatureIn the run - up to national elections on 21 August, the country's top science body, the Australian Academy of Science (AAS), has weighed in on the climate change debate with a report backing the mainstream scientific view that human - induced climate change is real and that a business - as - usual approach to carbon emissions will lead to a «catastrophic» four - to five - degree increase in average global temperaturein on the climate change debate with a report backing the mainstream scientific view that human - induced climate change is real and that a business - as - usual approach to carbon emissions will lead to a «catastrophic» four - to five - degree increase in average global temperaturein average global temperatures.
The team improved the plant's water - use - efficiency — the ratio of carbon dioxide entering the plant to water escaping — by 25 percent without significantly sacrificing photosynthesis or yield in real - world field trials.
They suspect that the way the olfactory system is organized has little to do with how an organic chemist might organize molecules (for instance, by the number of carbon atoms on each molecule); instead, it more closely resembles the complex way that chemicals are associated in the real world.
«These are initial necessary steps in taking carbon nanotubes from the chemistry lab to a real environment,» said Supratik Guha, director of physical sciences for IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center and a world leader in CNT research.
There are a lot of reasons to believe that there is a real reduction in man - made sources of carbon monoxide, such as vehicle emissions and tropical forest burning, that should persist.»
It's not clear what, if anything, this can teach us about real molecules, but Pine already has an application in mind: linking up several surrogate carbon atoms to create a «semiconductor» for light.
Instead of bacteria being responsible for the conversion of carbon into carbon dioxide, the real culprit in many cases is sunlight, according to the research supported by the National Science Foundation.
«If in fact he wants a more carbon - restrained energy policy, he ought to work with real scientists and work with Congress to come up with a better one.»
Carbonation adds fizz to real fruit: An orange bubbles like Orange Crush soda when squeezed, the result of hours of compression in a carbon dioxide tank at 60 pounds per square inch.
So Peter Scarborough and his colleagues at the University of Oxford took data on the real diets of more than 50,000 people in the UK, and calculated their diet - related carbon footprints.
And they urge the government «to show real leadership and revise the carbon target in line with the Paris Agreement (and on the basis of equity and the precautionary principle) as a matter of urgent and immediate priority.»
Many science - fiction writers have proposed life - forms that use alternate elemental building blocks, often silicon instead of carbon, but this marks the first known case in a real organism.
The good news, she said, is that real progress has been made in combating genuine pollutants such as carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and other pollutants identified in the Clean Air Act.
Instruments on the glider will provide scientists back on shore with a near - real - time view of fine - scale mixing processes in the upper ocean that play an important role in the movement of carbon, nutrients, and other chemicals through the marine system.
Whether it's through this technique or some other, using the innovative abilities of the private sector to increase their own bottom lines through efficient carbon capture could be the best way to advance not just carbon capture technology, but its actual utilization in real world.
Although these two carbon sources alone wouldn't have accounted for the dramatic warming event that followed, once a bunch of greenhouse gas is released into the atmosphere, as we modern earthlings have been observing in real time lately, it destabilizes and releases other greenhouse gases like methane locked up in permafrost or under the seafloor.
By its placement in the film, it appears that I am saying that since carbon dioxide exists in the ocean in such large quantities, human influence must not be very important — diametrically opposite to the point I was making — which is that global warming is both real and threatening in many different ways, some unexpected.
Local Real Salt comes from right here in the USA, which means less food miles and a smaller carbon footprint.
Built in southern California by Metalcrafters, the Gaffolio family enterprise reknowned for its significant contributions to some of Chrysler's best concepts in the past, the Ciel makes lavish use of carbon - fiber panels, and is a real car, driven under its own power not only for films, but to run it up the famous California Highway 1 south of Monterey.
The steel rotors are the proper choice here; overused as status symbols, carbon ceramics tend to be awful in the real world with noise and vibration that aren't worth their excessive cost in daily use.
Flared, vented, and bulged from several miles of carbon fiber, the BMW 3.0 CSL Homage R is a surprise take on one of my favorite BMWs of all - time, and in this classic livery, a real knockout.
The real surprise comes when you discover the Vitesse is not merely a straight - line dragster in a carbon - fibre dress; there's a genuine delicacy to the way it handles.
The new turbocharged V - 8 is a never - ending well of power and emits a luscious and enticing sound from its quad exhaust; the cabin is the epitome of Mercedes luxury with leather, carbon fiber, and real metal swathed across every surface; and the exterior design is breathtaking in its sultry undulations and intricate surface detailing.
The factory can wrap the interior in a multitude of colored leathers as well as a host of trims that include crushed carbon fiber, real wood, and aluminum.
Writing in the Wall Street Journal, the skeptical environmentalist himself, Bj ¯ rn Lomborg, recently revealed a devastating analysis of the EV's real carbon footprint: «If a typical electric car is driven 50,000 miles in its lifetime, the huge initial emissions from its manufacture means the car will actually have put more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere than a similar - size gasoline - powered car driven the same number of miles.»
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