Sentences with phrase «latter by carbon dioxide»

There is accordingly a clear distinction between the composition of the «summer» and the «winter» atmosphere: The former is dominated by water, the latter by carbon dioxide.

Not exact matches

The heat absorbed by water vapor and carbon dioxide is shared with all the nitrogen, oxygen and argon, because the latter molecules are always bumping into water vapor and carbon dioxide as they mix in the atmosphere.

The comment, made during a Jan. 17 interview with the editorial board of The San Francisco Chronicle, essentially explains how the kind of cap and trade mechanism sought by both Mr. Obama and Senator John McCain (the latter at least in his platform, if not on the stump) would make coal combustion ever more costly (unless the world finally gets serious about investing in large - scale testing and deployment of systems for capturing and burying carbon dioxide).

Because organisms are affected by climate, the latter has an influence on the recycling, while some of the molecules involved in the recycling, such as carbon dioxide and methane, influence the climate through the greenhouse effect.

Empirical data appears to show neither global warming nor cooling (the latter is occurring at present) is caused by man - made carbon dioxide emissions.

This is offset by the latter, as the ocean removes carbon dioxide from the air.

Some of this exchange is mediated by microbial marine organisms through photosynthesis, in which carbon dioxide is converted into organic matter, and respiration, in which the latter is metabolized.