Sentences with phrase «means less carbon»

«It sequesters carbon in the soil, meaning less is emitted into the atmosphere, and fewer passes in the field means less carbon emissions associated with fossil fuel.

Less coal means less carbon dioxide, so the impact on emissions could be enormous.

But cleaner transport also means less carbon emissions, both because buses are cleaner, less fuel intensive per passenger mile, and because people are actually leaving their cars for the faster buses.

That means less carbon and lower cost of ownership.

In a fossil fuel - fired generator, this means less carbon dioxide emissions for the same unit of electricity produced.

This may have been triggered by a 250 - million - year lull in volcanic activity, which would have meant less carbon dioxide being pumped into the atmosphere, and a reduced greenhouse effect.

• Organic does not mean less carbon • Bigger is better: Go for the magnum, not the half bottle • Tetra - Pak or bag - in - a-box is better than glass (read a full study on this here)

A carbon fee will mean less carbon pollution wrecking our lungs and our atmosphere, more investment into energy efficiency solutions, and a faster transition to clean, renewable energy sources.

Not exact matches

That means that every new cell created has a bit less carbon - 14 than cells before it.

But while that is a crucial national conversation, the heated pipeline debate sometimes means we pay a lot less attention to the kinds of things we should build in Canada if we're serious about reducing carbon emissions.

Increases in the price of fossil fuels since 1979 have meant that less has been burned and less carbon dioxide has been added to the atmosphere.

serving of Vertical Water has approximately 1/3 the calories, 1/3 the sugar and travels less than 1/3 the distance from forest to table (that means that Vertical Water has a smaller carbon footprint, it is exclusively sourced and bottled in the U.S.).

Local Real Salt comes from right here in the USA, which means less food miles and a smaller carbon footprint.

Organic foods are also locally sourced and produced, which means there is less carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global warming.

Thawing permafrost may mean more CO2 in the atmosphere but less sea ice may mean more carbon captured by the Arctic ocean

It could also mean rainforests in the future are populated by smaller trees, which store less carbon, the team says.

As these winds enhance ocean circulation, they may be encouraging carbon - rich waters to rise from the deep, say the team, meaning that surface water is less able to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere.

Replacing some of the lawn with groundcover would mean spending less weekend time behind a power mower, which produces more carbon dioxide, not to mention noise, per mile than any automobile.

Plug - ins use about a third of the fuel that a standard hybrid does, which means that the cars themselves emit less carbon dioxide and other pollutants.

But if humans, through carbon dioxide emissions, are affecting climate less than we think, would that mean we may have more time to reduce the harmful effects?

«C4 leaves have less dense tissues, allowing more leaves to be produced for the same carbon cost which means C4 plants invest more in roots than C3 species.»

«A limit to the availability of iron in this region means that the ocean is less efficient in its uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide,» he said.

GM crops that tolerate herbicides deserve some praise: They help minimize mechanical weed removal, which means less soil erosion, more carbon stored in the soil and fewer carbon emissions from tilling equipment making trips across fields, scientists noted in 2012 in a special issue of Weed Science focused on herbicide - resistance management.

To stick within the two degree target, this means the budget for carbon dioxide emissions ends up being less than the original 1000 billion tonnes.

At the time, he said «the stunning finding that forests can also feed on nitrogen in rocks has the potential to change all projections related to climate change,» because it meant there could be more carbon storage on land and less in the atmosphere than climate models say.

Capturing more carbon means less ends up in the atmosphere to warm the planet — this is the negative feedback loop.

So more carbon dioxide means less carbonates for shell building by swimming snails and other creatures.

That means less sediment is eroded from the uplands and less carbon can be buried.

Local Real Salt comes from right here in the USA, which means less food miles and a smaller carbon footprint.

Unfortunately, most purified MCT oils on the market forget about the longest carbon chain fatty acid and contain far less lauric acid, which means you're losing out on one of the better medium chain fatty acids that are normally found in coconut oil.

Local The clay comes from right here in the USA, which means less miles and a smaller carbon footprint.

The clay comes from right here in the USA, which means less miles and a smaller carbon footprint

Reducing our carbon emissions by 80 per cent isn't going to mean we just do or have 80 per cent less stuff — we need to focus on doing things differently, or doing different things.

That means a set of 22 ″ alloys which weigh 5.5 kg less each than the SVR's standard — despite being a half inch wider — and a carbon fibre bonnet for a further saving of 5 kg.

Being of the carbon ceramic kind, this means they dissipate heat far better than traditional steel rotors and weigh significantly less, virtually being fade - resistant and adding life expectancy.

Despite having less power than most of the opposition, its compact size and advanced construction from carbon - fibre and aluminium means it can match rivals for performance.

Like the Challenger SRT Hellcat the R8 Competition tops out at 199 - mph, but unlike the Dodge its standard all - wheel drive system makes getting there a lot less frightening - and its carbon ceramic brakes mean you won't set the front wheels on fire when it's time to slow things down to a more reasonable rate of travel.

That would mean 45 million less cars to clog the street and 270 million less pounds of carbon deposited in the atmosphere.

However, that means we get the answer that there was less carbon released than if it had been, say, organic carbon -LRB--20 o / oo rather than -60 o / oo).

And remember, energy is far from the dominant component of the economy, and phasing in a 50 or 75 % reduction in carbon emissions doesn't mean a 50 to 75 % reduction in energy usage — still less a 50 to 75 % reduction in productive use of energy, given likely efficiency gains.

«This agreement will mean less of the carbon pollution that threatens our planet, and more of the jobs and economic growth driven by low - carbon investment,» President Obama said today at a press conference.

Polar ocean is sucking up less carbon dioxide Windy waters may mean less greenhouse gas is stored at sea.

It would also mean the damages resulting from carbon dioxide emissions would be less for every ton of CO2 emitted (~ 20 tons of CO2 annually per capita in the US).

Conservatives should embrace a carbon tax (a much less costly means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions) in return for elimination of EPA regulatory authority over greenhouse gas emissions, abolition of green energy subsidies and regulatory mandates, and offsetting tax cuts to provide for revenue neutrality.

In simple terms, offsetting one tonne of carbon means there will be one less tonne of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere than there would otherwise have been.

It means far less harmful carbon pollution will be emitted in the coming years.

And it means less climate - disrupting carbon pollution pumped into our air.

That means less smoke which equals smaller carbon footprint than just burning wood in a fireplace which is like 10 % efficient according to sierraclub.org.

We know that the warming effect of atmospheric carbon dioxide is logarithmic (meaning each additional unit has less effect than the one preceding) and estimates of warming due to increased carbon dioxide since the Industrial Revolution are really quite small.

If Pruitt choses to replace the CPP with a less rigorous regulation, it could mean the EPA would delay or abandoned efforts to fight the 2009 endangerment finding, which orders the agency to regulate carbon as a public health threat.