Sentences with phrase «monitor global greenhouse»
«The atmospheric and oceanic CO2 increase is being driven by the burning of fossil fuels,» says Pieter Tans, a senior scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Earth System Research Laboratory, who leads the U.S. government effort to monitor global greenhouse gas levels.
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The world's second - largest economy and largest global emitter of greenhouse gases has limited monitoring and verification capabilities.
What proved possible included an extension of the Kyoto Protocol for a period of either five or seven years (excluding Canada, Japan and Russia but adding nitrogen trifluoride, used in semiconductor manufacture, to the list of gases covered — CO2, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, perfluorocarbons), a Green Climate Fund to help low - income countries cope (albeit without any actual funds yet), an Adaptation Committee to coordinate such efforts globally, rules for a global program to reduce deforestation and how to monitor such deforestation, and a Climate Technology Center that will help launch projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Overall, the study results suggest that the dual comb technique is ideally suited to precise, reproducible sensing of trace gases in the atmosphere and can support the development of accurate models for use in global, satellite - based greenhouse gas monitoring.
In February 2018, the average atmospheric carbon dioxide level was 408 parts per million at Mauna Loa, Hawaii, site of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration global greenhouse gas monitoring.
In case anyone wants to have a look back at my early work, here are links that will lead you to a few vintage pieces on humans and climate: Endless Summer: Living With the Greenhouse Effect, Discover Magazine cover story, October 1988; «Let's Be Sensible on Global Warming,» Christian Science Monitor, June 30, 1992; «The Big Thaw» (a look at Switzerland's retreating glaciers), Conde Nast Traveler, 1993.
«Recommendation 2: The Committee recommends research and development investment to improve methods of carbon dioxide removal and disposal at scales that would have a global impact on reducing greenhouse warming, in particular to minimize energy and materials consumption, identify and quantify risks, lower costs, and develop reliable sequestration and monitoring.»
Since 2004, researchers in NOAA's Global Monitoring Division have released the Annual Greenhouse Gas Index: a single value that compares the total warming effect of each year's concentrations of heat - trapping gases to 1990 levels.
Global climate monitoring, including water and greenhouse - gas fluxes, supports the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and implementation of the Paris Agreement.
But many climate experts say that the problems are deep - rooted, and that a clearer picture of the local and global impact of coming climate shifts will emerge only if there is a substantial shuffling of the scientific bureaucracy and permanent support for basic monitoring of climate - influencing factors like the ebb and flow of greenhouse gases.
Its twice - daily five - day forecasts of global atmospheric composition supplement the IFS monitoring of temperature, air pressure and humidity by including chemical species such as ozone, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, aerosols and greenhouse gases.
He will lead the overall strategic direction of the WMO science, and its underlying research activities, including the World Climate Research Programme, the World Weather Research Programme and WMO's Global Atmosphere Watch, which monitors greenhouse gas concentrations, air quality and the ozone layer.
We suggest that countries monitor emission transfers via international trade, in addition to territorial emissions, to ensure progress toward stabilization of global greenhouse gas emissions.