Sentences with phrase «potential impact of global warming»

The collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet (WAIS) is arguably the most alarming potential impact of global warming.

Wilson has a long research history studying the potential impacts of global warming.

Spearheaded by Bank of England Governor Mark Carney (also the head of the FSB) and the former New York mayor and United Nations special envoy on climate change, Michael Bloomberg, the TCFD recommends that companies across all sectors describe the potential impacts of global warming in line with a 2 degrees Celsius

Spearheaded by Bank of England Governor Mark Carney (also the head of the FSB) and the former New York mayor and United Nations special envoy on climate change, Michael Bloomberg, the TCFD recommends that companies across all sectors describe the potential impacts of global warming in line with a 2 degrees Celsius scenario on their business, strategy and financial planning.

Many of the articles in this Special Feature sketch the research way forward, but it seems that we have to live with at least another decade of tantalizing ignorance concerning the most worrying potential impacts of global warming.

Not exact matches

The LCA examined the effects of a 1 kilogram industry - average corrugated product manufactured in 2014 on seven environmental impact indicators: global warming potential (greenhouse gas emissions), eutrophication, acidification, smog, ozone depletion, respiratory effects, fossil fuel depletion; and four inventory indicators: water use, water consumption, renewable energy demand, and non-renewable energy demand.

«In sperm whales, and likely other whales and dolphins, culture has the potential to affect population biology, and so issues as diverse as genetic evolution and the impacts of global warming on the species.»

The DOE panel found too little analysis and data on the potential global warming impact of a long - term gas boom in the United States, and it called on industry and government to work together on a comprehensive study.

«So far, I believe the benefits (of Arctic warming) outweigh the potential problems,» said Oleg Anisimov, a Russian scientist who co-authored a chapter about the impacts of climate change in polar regions for a U.N. report on global warming this year.

«The results thus predict an interesting two-fold negative impact on the potential world - wide distribution of the miconia plant resulting from global warming since a decrease in potentially affected areas in overrun territories would be minimum,» says González - Muñoz.

However, scientists say it is important to study the PETM because it is perhaps the best past event by which to understand the potential impacts of global climate warming seen today.

CO 2 equivalents: The GWP value (Global Warming Potential) of a gas is defined as the cumulative impact on the greenhouse effect of 1 tonne of the gas compared with that of 1 tonne of CO 2 over a specified period of time.

Having read other material on the consequences and relationships of CCN's and lifetimes regarding papers that have been written, it seems that a lot of the papers coming from the Svensmark angle, so to speak, are not conclusive enough of definitive impact in the impact potentials for global warming, to jsutify the claims made by Svensmark, or the press about his, or similar, work.

While persistent and deep uncertainty surrounds the most important potential impacts from and responses to greenhouse - driven global warming (see David Roberts, Michael Levi and this list of reviewed research for more), the long - term picture of a profoundly changed Earth is clear.

This has prompted some researchers to explore the potential impact of these «forcings,» especially solar variability, on global warming's future.

While it is worth continuing study of global climate engineering to control warming if the rising concentrations of GHGs can not be halted over the next several decades, the potential for climate engineering approaches to moderate impacts in the particularly exposed regions being affected merits investigation.

Some climate scientists have looked at the potential impact of such an event and concluded that it likely would delay additional global warming — but only until the sun returned to more - normal swings in sun - spot activity.

The mitigation of Short - lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs) has received much attention in the past few years for its potential to lessen health - related impacts of air pollution, prevent major crop losses, and in some cases also slow down global warming.

of Short - lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs) has received much attention in the past few years for its potential to lessen health - related impacts of air pollution, prevent major crop losses, and in some cases also slow down global warming.

There has been global concern about the rampant rates of deforestation of the Amazon rainforest and the potential impact this could be having on global warming.

RGGI has never quantified the potential impacts of their program on global warming.

Hedging against the risk to future generations of potential unanticipated impacts from global warming is a legitimate job for the U.S. government.

... incomplete and misleading because it 1) omits any mention of several of the most important aspects of the potential relationships between hurricanes and global warming, including rainfall, sea level, and storm surge; 2) leaves the impression that there is no significant connection between recent climate change caused by human activities and hurricane characteristics and impacts; and 3) does not take full account of the significance of recently identified trends and variations in tropical storms in causing impacts as compared to increasing societal vulnerability.

A global phase - down could avoid 1.1 — 1.7 billion metric tons CO2 equivalent (CO2 equivalent is a measure used to compare impacts of greenhouse gases based on their global warming potential in relation to CO2) of GHG emissions per year by 2030, with cumulative emission reductions of nearly 100 billion metric tons CO2 equivalent by 2050.

Because of its long life span and high global warming potential (GWP), even a relatively small amount of SF6 can impact the climate.

An appropriate choice of the conversion to express the impact of methane in terms of CO2 - equivalents (the «global warming potential,» or GWP) is essential to achieving the Paris accords.

While persistent and deep uncertainty surrounds the most important potential impacts from and responses to greenhouse - driven global warming, the long - term picture of a profoundly changed Earth is clear.

Perhaps the potential role of human pollution in causing a «devastating drought» sits too uncomfortably with the intended message of «positive impacts» from global warming.

Since most ODS are «super» greenhouse gases (GHG) with global warming potentials (GWP) hundreds or thousands of times greater than carbon dioxide (CO2), this phase - out has had dramatic impacts on mitigating climate change.

The original question: While persistent and deep uncertainty surrounds the most important potential impacts from and responses to greenhouse - driven global warming, the long - term picture of a profoundly changed Earth is clear.

Since this decision, interest in potential climate engineering technologies as a way offset the worst impacts of global warming has grown.

Instead of fats and carbohydrates, EPDs list environmental impacts such as the global warming impact (the carbon footprint), impact on ozone depletion, acidification potential, and more.

His team is not the first to try to calculate the potential impact of catastrophic global warming on global food supply.

Localities» legal complaints lay out hundreds of millions of dollars, possibly more, worth of potential damages from future sea level rise and other global warming impacts.

Doing so would represent a fairer share of global emission reductions, ensure the country takes full advantage of its mitigation potential, and increase the chance of limiting warming to below 2 degrees C, to help avoid the most extreme climate change impacts.

Chris Field, co-chair of the next IPCC assessment of climate change impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability, and Mike MacCracken of the Climate Institute were interviewed February 3 on human - driven climate change and its potential impacts and responded to global warming «skeptics».

These numbers could suggest that when the issue of global warming is discussed in an environmental / public health framework, people are more likely to access their feelings of concern about potential impacts on public welfare, and may consider the issue outside of a political framework.

A measure of Global Warming Potential (GWP) is one of several impacts measured under ISO LCA standards, including the ISO 21930 standard for Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for building products.

The energy system is both a source of emissions that lead to global warming and it can also be directly affected by climate change: through changes in our energy consumption patterns, potential shutdowns of offshore oil and gas production, changing ice and snow conditions in the oil production regions of Alaska, changing sea ice conditions in the Arctic Ocean and the implications for shipping routes, and impacts of sea - level rise on coasts, where so much of our energy facility infrastructure is located.

From hazardous effects causing potential loss of life, injury, or other negative health impacts, to the potential exposure of social, economic, and infrastructure assets to adverse impacts, global warming places vulnerable human lives and systems in dangerous jeopardy.

Resolving this dilemma must include a serious look at potential «winners and losers» of a marginally warmer world, as well as at the best available cost / benefit analyses of the specific proposals being made to» reshape our common future on a global scale» and their total costs including the impacts of all unintended consequences.

(The latter targets the destruction of a wide range of waste refrigerants and air conditioning substances — which not only deplete ozone, but have profound global warming potential impacts, ranging between 100 and 11,000 times the greenhouse gas potency of carbon dioxide.)

By understanding the role of key forcings and feedbacks in this relatively recent warm climate, we aim to examine the potential for ocean - related «surprises» that may impact the timing and severity of future global warming.

Interesting report on electric vehicles here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19830232 Did not expect the environmental impact of prouction to be so bad «The global warming potential from electric vehicle production is about twice that of conventional vehicles.»

This is bound to ruffle a few feathers, so here are Professor Jacobson's comments on how he came to this conclusions: Jacobson Considered a Wide Range of Environmental Impacts Jacobson says he has conducted to first quantitative, scientific evaluation of the proposed, major, energy - related solutions by assessing not only their potential for delivering energy for electricity and vehicles, but also their impacts on global warming, human health, energy security, water supply, space requirements, wildlife, water pollution, reliability and sustainaImpacts Jacobson says he has conducted to first quantitative, scientific evaluation of the proposed, major, energy - related solutions by assessing not only their potential for delivering energy for electricity and vehicles, but also their impacts on global warming, human health, energy security, water supply, space requirements, wildlife, water pollution, reliability and sustainaimpacts on global warming, human health, energy security, water supply, space requirements, wildlife, water pollution, reliability and sustainability.

Potential impacts of 1.5 °C and 2 °C global warming on rainfall onset, cessation and length of rainy season in West Africa (open access)

Jacobson has conducted the first quantitative, scientific evaluation of the proposed, major, energy - related solutions by assessing not only their potential for delivering energy for electricity and vehicles, but also their impacts on global warming, human health, energy security, water supply, space requirements, wildlife, water pollution, reliability and sustainability.

Criteria Description Fish Toxicity Measure of the acute toxicity to fish (both saltwater and freshwater) Daphnia Toxicity Measure of the acute toxicity to Daphnia (invertebrate aquatic organisms) Algae Toxicity Measure of the acute toxicity to aquatic plants Persistence / Biodegradation Rate of degradation for a substance in the environment (air, soil, or water) Bioaccumulation Potential for a substance to accumulate in fatty tissue and magnify up the food chain Climatic relevance Measure of the impact a substance has on the climate (e.g., ozone depletion, global warming, etc.) Other Any additional characteristic (e.g., soil organism toxicity, WGK water classification, etc.) relevant to the overall evaluation but not included in the previous criteria 1.3.3 Material Class Criteria The following material classes are flagged due to the concern that at some point in their life cycle they may have negative impacts on human and environmental health.

Harvey, L.D.D., and Z. Huang, Evaluation of the potential impact of methane clathrate destabilization on future global warming, J. Geophysical Res., 100, 2905 - 2926, 1995.

1995 L.D. Danny Harvey and Zhen Huang, «Evaluation of the Potential Impact of Methane Clathrate Destabilization on Future Global Warming.»