Sentences with phrase «maintain atmospheric levels»

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Late last month, officials at California's Scripps Institution of Oceanography turned to Twitter seeking donations to maintain the iconic «Keeling curve», a 55 - year record of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.

The Snowball Earth hypothesis maintains that the severe freezing in the late Proterozoic was ended by an increase in CO2 levels in the atmosphere, and some supporters of Snowball Earth argue that it was caused by a reduction in atmospheric CO2.

Throughout, BADLAND maintains an atmospheric edge with levels themed around the times of day and appearing distinctly eerie.

The 350 campaign is intent on sparking international movement platformed upon the target of reducing atmospheric CO2 levels to 350 parts per million, or the level scientists deem necessary to maintain human life on the planet as we know it.

• Approaches that account for the global dimensions of achieving and maintaining sustainable levels of atmospheric CO2 and encourage cooperative action by all countries, including the U.S. and large emitting nations in the developing world, to implement CO2 emission reduction strategies.

«Geological evidence shows that 450ppm of atmospheric CO2 is the critical level that is needed to maintain polar ice caps....»

But we could ask the question is it more likely the planet tries to maintain a atmospheric temperature, an ocean temperature or a sea level?

Climate models (for various obscure reasons) tend to maintain constant relative humidity at each atmospheric level, and therefore have an increasing absolute humidity at each level as the surface and atmospheric temperatures increase.

Can anyone elaborate on the remark «Climate models (for various obscure reasons) tend to maintain constant relative humidity at each atmospheric level»?

As measured, the monthly CO2 levels continue to steadily increase at a linear rate, which if maintained, will almost reach an atmospheric level of 555ppm by 2100AD.