Sentences with phrase «old carbon seems»

One is that the risk that future global warming will trigger methane release from these large natural reservoirs of old carbon seems to be low.

Not exact matches

The burning of fossil fuels is altering the ratio of carbon in the atmosphere, which may cause objects tested in the coming decades to seem hundreds or thousands of years older than they actually are, according a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

But on Wednesday, the year - old pooch trotted happily on her new plastic and carbon - fiber limb, seeming quite pleased with the odd path her life has taken.

Also I seem to remember that old forests adapt better to extreme events than young forests; young forests (especially during the first ten years of life) tend to seqester very little carbon during drougts, floods and so on.