Sentences with phrase «lot of carbon dioxide»

By adding lots of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, we are causing the climate to favor certain weather patterns.

Since then, human activities have pumped lots of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

We just need to cut more drastically — oh, and also figure out a way to pull lots of carbon dioxide back out of the atmosphere.

The researchers found that in hot years, trees in a Costa Rican rainforest grow less, and the tropics worldwide release lots of carbon dioxide (CO2).

Lower traces of the special form of oxygen indicated that the bear's body chemistry had been very active, and that the bear had exhaled lots of carbon dioxide.

Will they counteract a lot of the carbon dioxide effect or just a little?»

Conventional processing methods use a high - temperature blast furnace to heat the iron ore and other compounds to remove oxygen and yield a desired alloy, a method that creates a lot of carbon dioxide, according to a report last year from U.S. EPA on greenhouse gas emissions from the iron and steel sector.

«Without the existence of these proteins that could help phytoplankton cope in these stressful environments, the phytoplankton diversity in many regions of the ocean would be much lower, in particular by reducing large phytoplankton such as diatoms that are known to take up a lot of carbon dioxide, thus possibly accelerating the pace of a warming planet,» said Marchetti, assistant professor of marine science at UNC - Chapel Hill.

That puts a lot of carbon dioxide into the air, so Palsson says it makes economic sense — and environmental sense — for aluminum companies to seek out cheap and clean electricity.

A healthy person with a healthy metabolism stores a lot of carbon dioxide in their tissue and bones, resulting in greater bone density and bone weight.

Why they can cause bloating: «Fizzy carbonated drinks contain a lot of carbon dioxide and therefore are the most common cause of bloating.»

Francesca Galeazzi is a self - described «nasty, evil woman» in this short video clip, shot in Greenland several days ago and aimed at pillorying so - called «carbon offsets» as a dubious justification for actions that release a lot of carbon dioxide, the main heat - trapping emission building in the atmosphere.

This absorbs a lot of carbon dioxide, removing around 500 million tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year since 2000.

This paradox is solved if the Earth had an enhanced greenhouse with an atmosphere of a lot of carbon dioxide and methane.

Coal plants also release lots and lots of carbon dioxide — in fact, they're our nation's biggest source of carbon pollution.

But more than just water comes from the ground: there's a lot of carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulphide as well.

«The crystalline silicon in modern electronics is currently made through a series of energy - intensive chemical reactions with temperatures in excess of 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit that produces a lot of carbon dioxide.»

One problem is that producing oil from shale or oil sands generates significant amounts of carbon dioxide — but a lot of that carbon dioxide comes from producing the hydrogen needed to process the raw materials.

Like many perennial grasses, Miscanthus can be grown in poor quality soil and can store a lot of carbon dioxide — making it close to carbon neutral.