Sentences with phrase «more additional carbon»

So, if we want reasonable odds of staying below 2 °C, there's only so much more additional carbon dioxide we can put in the atmosphere.

Not exact matches

NANTERO SECURES MORE THAN $ 21M IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING New Round Signals Nantero's Continued Strong Customer Support WOBURN, MA — DECEMBER 8, 2016 — Nantero Inc., the nanotechnology company developing next - generation memory using carbon nanotubes, today announced the closing of an over $ 21 million financing round.

[19] The study concludes, «Additional investments in soil organic carbon (SOC) research is needed to better understand the agricultural management practices that are most likely to sequester SOC or at least retain more net SOC stocks.»

«The strategy to encourage charging at home during the night is entirely consistent with the campaign to reduce carbon emissions and, by providing additional night time load on the grid, will make it more attractive to invest in renewable energy technologies.

She says she's pleased about the additional funding for the new rail and bus center here in downtown Rochester, «I think the more we can get people out of their privately owned vehicles and the more we can depend on mass transportation is better for the ecology and for the economy and any lowering of the carbon footprint, quote unquote is a good thing.»

The release of that carbon can, in turn, cause additional warming and the release of more carbon, something scientists call a positive feedback loop.

«The computer model predicts that by altering this system by up - regulating some genes and down - regulating others, a 60 percent improvement could be achieved without any additional resource — so 60 percent more carbon could be assimilated for no more nitrogen,» Long said.

However, a new University of Minnesota study with more than 1,000 young trees has found that plants also adjust — or acclimate — to a warmer climate and may release only one - fifth as much additional carbon dioxide than scientists previously believed, The study, published today in the journal Nature, is based on a five - year project, known as «B4Warmed,» that simulated the effects of climate change on 10 boreal and temperate tree species growing in an open - air setting in 48 plots in two forests in northern Minnesota.

And that additional water vapour would in turn cause further warming - this being a positive feedback, in which carbon dioxide acts as a direct regulator of temperature, and is then joined in that role by more water vapour as temperatures increase.

Abstract: The oceans are becoming more acidic due to the uptake of additional carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

In comparison, other saturated fats that have additional carbons are more difficult for the body to metabolize.

In our quest to achieve ambitious carbon targets in Scotland, projects like this take us another good step towards our goals whilst having the additional merit of preparing the next generation to be more aware of the environmental challenges we all face.»

This adds more carbon fiber, titanium, and magnesium components to save an additional 40 pounds.

But the SVR described and pictured here costs a wee bit more — or maybe even double: It's $ 129,795 to start and $ 132,233 as - tested, with carbon fiber and extended leather trim, illuminated doorsills and additional wheel locks.

The additional carbon pieces that appear to hang the splitter from the red bodywork have small fins, while the splitter itself is more sculpted than the completely flat item on the green race car.

While additional hot - stamped parts are used throughout, Kato - san concedes a future need to employ more lightweight and advanced materials, including aluminum and carbon fiber.

For additional cooling, the carbon fiber side louvers direct more air to the radiators.

Additional carbon fiber parts on the front grille, the front lip and the doors have been added for an even more luxurious, yet sporty look.

More power, Dynamic Ride Suspension and carbon ceramic brakes bring the additional performance.

The rear wing is complemented by additional carbon - fiber flics on the front skirt, which further increase downforce at the front axle, as opposed to the more inward - lying standard carbon - fiber flics, which optimize airflow into the cooling modules.

Both the new BMW M3 and new BMW M4 are equipped as standard with BMW M compound brakes, but customers can also order their car with even lighter and more effective BMW M carbon ceramic brakes, which come with the additional visual highlight of gold - painted callipers.

However, there seems to have been an additional source of CO2, so the oxidation of organic carbon was just the trigger for the release of even more carbon dioxide.

Remember too that reflecting aerosols are not the only additional forcing — tropospheric ozone and black carbon are both more prevelant in the NH, and are both warming factors.

However, we're a long way from the energy end - game, and there's still plenty of room for more of us to wise up to the power of solar in all of its many guises, whether we're talking about delivering low - carbon cooking and water purification in the developing world or providing additional heat and zero - fuel options to modern America.

Noting that rock star farmer Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms has built up 6.5 % of additional carbon in his soils, Bane argued that truly maximizing soil carbon sequestration across all the world's agricultural soils could literally soak up more carbon than we release each year.

Imagine that an increase in carbon dioxide alters the cloud properties just a little — enough to either prevent that brief break in the clouds, or to create several additional breaks, one of which would be more likely to occur at the time of peak heating for the day.

Melillo and colleagues now report that if biofuel crops replace food crops on current farmlands, then the clearing of forested land for additional food crops will release more carbon from the soil there than in the areas where the biofuel crops themselves are being grown,» says the press release.

What's more, investing in the development of carbon removal solutions can bring additional benefits in the fight against climate change.

By providing an additional layer of insulation, they significantly reduce a building's need for cooling and heating, making it more energy efficient, saving energy costs, and decreasing its carbon emissions.

Figure 2 shows the portion of the global carbon budget consumed between 2000 - 2009 (the grey area), the portion that remains to be emitted during the 2010 - 2050 period, relative to a 350 target (the red area), and the additional budget that would be available during this same 2010 - 2050 period if we accept the more risky goal of 2 °C (the white area beneath the thin red line).

As the ocean and airs warm, these carbon stores release causing a massive spike of additional greenhouse gasses to hit the atmosphere and setting off ever - more - rampant heating.

But eFormic provides an additional barcode for the label that can be entered into eFormic's (or the product maker's) web site to learn more about what carbon - reduction projects were used.

Note that this argument applies to all levels of the atmosphere, including the upper levels where carbon dioxide is relatively less abundant, and that the line of reasoning also becomes more potent (in the sense that less additional warming is forced) the more carbon dioxide that either humans or nature emit.

The concept that economic growth doesn't have to be accompanied by rising carbon emissions — dubbed «decoupling» by the New York Times — has additional detail in a new Brookings Institution report that finds more than 30 states have seen those historical partners delinked and headed in different directions.

Every additional person increases carbon emissions — the rich more than the poor — and increases the number of climate change victims — the poor more than the rich.

He continued, «As pending regulations on carbon emissions shutter more power plants, studies have estimated America's consumers could be paying an additional $ 366 billion to $ 407 billion.

Look for more specific targets in its new Plan, such as more renewable energy targets pre-2020, additional caps on coal production, more low - carbon pilot cities and a rebalancing of the economy from heavy industry and steel to a focus on services.

Compared to the existing IPCC models, terrestrial carbon cycle processes could provide an additional net feedback of 400 GtC or more over this century following the RCP8.5 scenario.

But if California uses additional low or zero - carbon grid management methods such as storage, demand response, electricity exports, and more flexible operation of renewable generators, greenhouse gas emissions would drop by 27 percent.

That's why world powers are currently aiming limit their carbon emissions to halt the world from warming any more than an additional two degrees Celsius (3.6 °F)- known as the Copenhagen Accord.

The President directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and implement standards to reduce carbon dioxide pollution from power plants, double renewable energy in the United States by 2020, and open public lands to an additional 10 gigawatts of renewable energy development, enough to power more than 6 million homes.

If California continues «business as usual» (BAU), or without any additional energy - savings measures, greenhouse gas emissions in 2050 are expected to nearly double those in 2005, to more than 900 metric tons carbon dioxide equivalent.

In other words, additional carbon dioxide allowed the trees to make more fuel, but this didn't make their trunks any wider.

«A better understanding of how tree diversity affects carbon storage will be useful for developing guidelines to design carbon projects that store high amounts of carbon and have additional benefits such as providing more habitat for wildlife.»

Although increased vegetation would sequester additional carbon, this would be more - than - offset by the loss of the albedo effect, whereby sunlight bounces off white (snow and ice covered) parts of the Earth.

On the other hand, with warming of 2 °C or more, carbon cycle feedbacks are expected to lead to substantial additional atmospheric CO2 [218]--[219], perhaps even making the Amazon rainforest a source of CO2 [219]--[220].

A recent study by Adam Brandt of the Stanford University School of Earth Sciences notes that at $ 40 we can expect no more than one additional carbon - capture project in the oil sands, capturing 1.6 megatonnes of carbon.

Additional mechanisms could further cut carbon pollution by tens of millions of tons more.

Our friends at Acadia Center estimate this could avoid an additional 48.5 million tons of carbon pollution (or more).

So for me, there's no «switch» here, more like a progression of * additional * reasons to move away from burning carbon fuels for energy.