Sentences with phrase «nitrous dioxide»

Additionally, nitrous dioxide (N2O) will be released in amounts matching those from tropical rainforests.

The main sources of air pollution — nitrous dioxide, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and lead — have all decreased between 46 percent and 92 percent since 1980 (see chart below).

Pollutants from the mine's processing facilities could be expected to include carbon monoxide, nitrous dioxide, dust, and other harmful particles.

Not exact matches

Some of the nitrogen the crops do not absorb is converted into nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas 310 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.

Combining the generation data, project location, and eGRID emissions factor, NEC estimated the amount of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide (measured together as metric tons of CO2 Eq.)

Reduction of non-carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from industrialized agriculture systems, such as methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O)

Manufacturing GHG emissions are primarily carbon dioxide, with significantly less contribution from methane and nitrous oxide.

For vegetable products, energy use often is the dominant contribution of carbon dioxide emissions, but nitrous oxide emissions related to nitrogen application and fabrication also may be significant.

The main body has been divided into sections dealing with the three major biogenic GHGs including a section concerning carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and photosynthetic absorption and a section that deals with nitrous oxide (N20), and methane (CH4) emissions (and assimilation in some limited cases).

Both released harmful emissions of nitrous oxides and sulfur dioxide into the air in violation of air emission standards.

In addition to the isotope concentration, the air bubbles trapped in the ice cores allow for measurement of the atmospheric concentrations of trace gases, including greenhouse gases carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide.

Drivers of Climate Change Atmospheric concentrations of many gases — primarily carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and halocarbons (gases once used widely as refrigerants and spray propellants)-- have increased because of human activities.

«Denitrification produces carbon dioxide and both produces and consumes nitrous oxide, which is another major greenhouse gas and an ozone depletion agent,» he said.

«If we want to stabilize the climate system, we need to focus on greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane.

The model also considered how reducing soot could impact other atmospheric emissions, including sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxide and organic carbon.

Research has indicated that no - till methods could reduce emissions of nitrous oxide — a gas with 300 times the greenhouse potency of carbon dioxide — by 57 percent (ClimateWire, Jan. 6).

Experts on greenhouse - gas emissions tell me that every time my car burns a gallon of gasoline, I am putting more than 25 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as well as a smaller amount of methane, nitrous oxide, and various other toxic gases.

Any nitrogen not taken up by plants is met by soil microbes that turn the fertilizer into nitrous oxide, an ozone - depleting gas that is also 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

This effect makes the atmosphere act somewhat like a blanket that becomes thicker when amounts of water vapor, carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, such as methane and nitrous oxide, increase.

The earthworm invasion of North America is increasing carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions from the soil.

By the energy office's estimates, the island has also reduced nitrous oxide emissions by 41 percent, cut sulfuric oxide emissions by 71 percent, and eliminated more than its share of carbon dioxide emissions.

Warming of arctic soils and thawing of permafrost thus can have substantial consequences for the global climate, as the large C and N stores could be released to the atmosphere as the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O).

The scientists first added up all biogenic emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, then subtracted out those that occurred naturally prior to human intervention to get to the net amount.

They tested the output of three greenhouse gases — carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide — from five species of insects, including mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) and house crickets (Acheta domesticus).

They found surprisingly, that human - induced emissions of methane and nitrous oxide from ecosystems overwhelmingly surpass the ability of the land to soak up carbon dioxide emissions, which makes the terrestrial biosphere a contributor to climate change.

The team discovered that the human impact on biogenic methane and nitrous oxide emissions far outweighed the human impact on the terrestrial uptake of carbon dioxide, meaning that humans have caused the terrestrial biosphere to further contribute to warming.

Production of organic corn resulted in the greatest nitrous oxide emissions and represented about 8 % of total GHG emission; corn also had the highest carbon dioxide emissions per hectare.

Food production accounts for a third of all greenhouse gas emissions when one tallies those from fossil fuels used in growing, preparing and transporting food; the carbon dioxide released by clearing land for farming and pastures; the methane from rice paddies and ruminant livestock; and the nitrous oxide from fertilizer use.

To make matters worse, some of those excess nitrate molecules in the soil undergo another chemical change: Microbes help turn nitrate into gaseous nitrous oxide, which has roughly 300 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide.

The process generates copious amounts of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide, while the output of methane — another potent greenhouse gas — from cattle is estimated to generate some 20 percent of overall U.S. methane emissions.

The G - 8's unstated implication is that the proposed emissions drops would only cover those greenhouse gases regulated under the Kyoto treaty (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, hydrofluorocarbons, and perfluorocarbons).

(Over the course of a century, methane traps heat in Earth's atmosphere about 25 times as effectively as carbon dioxide; nitrous oxide does so almost 300 times as effectively over the same interval.)

These advances are steppingstones toward realizing Flight Path 2050, the European Union's aggressive goal to reduce the aviation sector's nitrous oxide emissions by 90 percent, noise pollution by 65 percent and carbon dioxide emissions by 75 percent by 2050.

-- For a covered entity described in section 700 (13)(C), 1 emission allowance for each ton of carbon dioxide equivalent of fossil fuel - based carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, or any other fluorinated gas that is a greenhouse gas (except for nitrogen trifluoride), or any combination thereof, produced or imported by such covered entity during the previous calendar year for sale or distribution in interstate commerce.

Knowing the right combination other warming agents, such as water vapor, nitrous oxide, and carbon dioxide, will also help us assess habitability of the hundreds of billions of other Earth - like planets estimated to reside in our galaxy.

It also can trigger the release of dangerous chemicals such as nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas up to 300 times more powerful than carbon dioxide, and toxic hydrogen sulfide.

The primary greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone.

Nitrous oxide is a powerful greenhouse gas up to 300 times more effective as an atmospheric warming catalyst than carbon dioxide.

Fertilizers also release nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas with 300 times the heat - trapping capacity of carbon dioxide.

Manure stored in lagoons releases methane and nitrous oxide, global warming gases more powerful than carbon dioxide.

But there are two greenhouse gases, which are actually much stronger than carbon dioxide: Methane, with a warming potential 30 times as strong as carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide, -LSB-...]

The primary greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), water vapor (H2O), and ozone (O3).

Greenhouse gases (which prevent dispersal of heat generated by the planet's surface, after this receiving solar radiation) of higher concentration on Earth are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH 4), nitrous oxide (N2O), Compounds of chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) and water vapor (H2O).

Since the nineteenth century, the concentrations of carbon dioxide in the air increased by 30 %, doubled the methane and nitrous oxide have risen 15 %.

All INDCs cover Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and many also cover methane, nitrous oxide and other potent greenhouse gases.

The Earth's climate is predicted to change over time, in part because human activities are altering the chemical composition of the atmosphere through the buildup of greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide.

The main GHGs reported in inventories are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and fluorinated gases.

The inventory methods presented focus on the six primary greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, hydrofluorocarbons, and perfluorocarbons.

The facelifted Mazda Axela will produce five percent less carbon dioxide (CO2), three percent less nitrous oxide (NOx), two percent fewer non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHC), two percent less sulphur oxide (SOx), and three percent less particulate matter over its lifetime than the previous model

The facelifted Mazda Demio will produce 11 percent less carbon dioxide (CO2), 6 percent less nitrous oxide (NOx), 5 percent fewer non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHC), and 7 percent less sulphur oxide (SOx) over its lifetime than the previous model.