Sentences with phrase «later by carbon dioxide emissions»

I am sorry that it bothers you that Carl Zimmer would post a graph that shows temperatures rising followed 800 years later by carbon dioxide emissions rising as proof as a historical connection carbon dioxide emissions increases leading to global warming, and then when challenged on this point, can not update the graph to show the carbon dioxide emissions predating global warming.

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The latest draft, seen by New Scientist, states that even following «a complete cessation of emissions... carbon dioxide - induced warming is projected to remain approximately constant for many centuries.

When President - elect Barack Obama pledged in late 2008 to bring U.S. carbon dioxide emissions to their 1990 levels by 2020, environmentalists struggled to swallow their dismay.

The planet's average surface temperature has risen about 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit (1.0 degree Celsius) since the late - 19th century, a change largely driven by increased carbon dioxide and other human - made emissions into the atmosphere.

A couple of years later, after the industry was turned upside down by soaring oil prices and economic turmoil, governments began mandating tough new limits on fuel economy and carbon - dioxide emissions.

But it's important to emphasize that if southwest North America moves into a dust bowl by mid-century or later (PNAS Irreversible climate change due to carbon dioxide emissions, http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/01/28/0812721106.full.pdf+html), there will be suffering closer to home, even for people on other parts of the continent.

Late this week, the countries responsible for more than 80 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions will meet in Paris in the third round of climate and energy discussions organized by the Bush administration, aimed ostensibly at finding a common long - term goal for emissions limits.

A story by Roger Harrabin of the BBC yesterday provided the latest of many estimates that China's explosively growing use of coal for electric power had vaulted it past the United States into world leadership in emissions of carbon dioxide.

Several updates below Needless to say, there's been a big and promising shift in tone and some substance in global warming diplomacy of late — led by the paired pledges of China and the United States to intensify efforts to curtail heat - trapping carbon dioxide emissions.

Specimens of elkhorn coral living in water with excess carbon dioxide have been studied for fertilization rates, ability of larvae to settle on reef substrate (where they produce new corals), and subsequent growth and survival.3 Three levels of carbon dioxide were tested, corresponding to concentrations today, at mid-century, and at the end of the century on a high - emissions path.3, 5 At the mid-century concentration, the ability of fertilization to occur and for larvae to settle successfully on the reef was significantly reduced: around 52 percent, and the decline intensified to about 73 percent at the late - century concentration.3 The corals» ability to survive over the long run declined as well, by an average of 39 percent and 50 percent respectively.3, 4

In its latest report, the IPCC said: «Net negative emissions can be achieved when more GHGs are sequestered than are released into the atmosphere (e.g., by using bio-energy in combination with carbon dioxide capture and storage).

By 1979, the evidence human carbon dioxide emissions were serious threat was strong enough that the National Academy of Sciences published Carbon Dioxide and Climate: A Scientific Assessment, with this statement, «A wait and see policy may mean waiting until it is too late.dioxide emissions were serious threat was strong enough that the National Academy of Sciences published Carbon Dioxide and Climate: A Scientific Assessment, with this statement, «A wait and see policy may mean waiting until it is too late.Dioxide and Climate: A Scientific Assessment, with this statement, «A wait and see policy may mean waiting until it is too late.»

-- Not later than 2025 and at 5 - year intervals thereafter, the Administrator shall review the standards for new covered EGUs under this section and shall, by rule, reduce the maximum carbon dioxide emission rate for new covered EGUs to a rate which reflects the degree of emission limitation achievable through the application of the best system of emission reduction which (taking into account the cost of achieving such reduction and any nonair quality health and environmental impact and energy requirements) the Administrator determines has been adequately demonstrated.

Below are the latest annual per - capita carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by country, from the United Nations Millenium Development Goals Indicators.

A study published in late April by an environmental group found that Europe's biofuel regulations created 80 percent more carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions than the conventional oil they replaced.

China's prime minister has announced the government would take actions to peak the country's carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 or sooner, doubling down on a promise he made with U.S. President Barack Obama late last year.

Ford later committed itself to improving the fuel economy of its SUVs by 25 percent over five years, and has repeatedly said that it plans to cut carbon - dioxide emissions from its cars and trucks.

As the solar industry has expanded, the researchers found, greenhouse gas emissions have dropped enormously: As a function of the total energy a solar cell produces over its lifetime, carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide equivalents have dropped by between 86 and 95 percent since the late 1980s and early»90s, depending on the type of solar cell.

The latest in the series puts the gap between emissions trends and what is actually required to keep the rise in global temperature at a level which does not spell catastrophe for the planet at between 8 - 12 billion tons of carbon dioxide - equivalent (CO2e) by 2020 — less a gap than a gaping chasm!

The planet's average surface temperature has risen about 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit (1.0 degree Celsius) since the late - 19th century, a change largely driven by increased carbon dioxide and other human - made emissions into the atmosphere.