Sentences with phrase «investigates emissions of gases»

This open - source research paper investigates emissions of gases and particles from the combustion of fossil fuels and biofuels in Africa, that are expected to increase significantly in the near...

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For example, many of the small dams investigated in the new study were supported by the Kyoto Protocol, a 1997 agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Otto said: «Past greenhouse gas emission and other forms of pollution have loaded the weather dice», adding that she and others were still working on investigating the implications of the results, for river flows, flooding and ultimately the threat to property and lives.

«This study is the best estimate we have to date of how effectively behavioural change could cut US greenhouse gas emissions,» says Ruth Rettie, who leads Project Charm, a group based at Kingston University in London that investigates ways in which people's behaviour could be influenced.

We encourage you to investigate and include significant direct and indirect emissions from all fuels, including conventional petroleum, heavy oils, natural gas for transportation, oil sand - based fuels, and the range of fuels used to power electrified transportation, consistent with the best available science.

Agriculture is responsible for 14 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions and one - third of the world's freshwater goes to livestock production, so it's worth investigating what exactly is on your plate and what it took to get it there.

We have investigated the coupled chemistry - climate response to projected emissions of greenhouse gases and ozone - depleting halogens over time, using the NASA GISS general circulation model, incorporating simple chemistry.

The Environmental Protection Agency is investigating whether it can use the Clean Water Act to control greenhouse gas emissions because of ocean acidification.

However, researchers investigating the fossil - related carbon content of municipal and industrial wastewaters at various points in the treatment process found that relevant amounts of petroleum products, such as synthetic chemicals from detergents, wash into wastewater and can eventually add to total greenhouse gas emissions.

For this reason we felt it was an interesting area to investigate, and to understand what helped this to happen in Britain at such scale and with such speed, and whether there were lessons here for other countries to consider in terms of rapid reductions in CO2 emissions from incentivizing fuel switching from coal to natural gas.»