Sentences with phrase «naturally absorb carbon dioxide»

The oceans naturally absorb carbon dioxide from our atmosphere.
Plants naturally absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen, but certain plants also eliminate significant amounts of benzene, formaldehyde and / or trichloroethylene.
The ocean naturally absorbs carbon dioxide from the air.

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This is happening because humans have been producing carbon dioxide (for example, by running cars on gasoline) faster than plants can absorb it, which makes the Earth warmer — and much faster than has happened naturally in the past.
In these areas, deep ocean waters that are naturally rich in carbon dioxide are upwelling and mixing with surface waters that are absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
The study's authors point to a future with greater reliance on nuclear and renewable energy, reducing emissions through new technologies that capture and store carbon dioxide, and expanding forests to naturally absorb and store carbon.
But most of the infra - red radiation emitted by the earth's surface is absorbed in the atmosphere by water vapour, carbon dioxide, and other naturally occurring «greenhouse gases», making it difficult for the surface to radiate energy directly to space.
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