Sentences with phrase «principal atmospheric gas»
However, efforts to slow emissions of the principal atmospheric gas driving climate change, CO2, have been ineffectual so far (Fig. 1).
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However, efforts to slow emissions of the principal atmospheric gas driving climate change, CO2, have been ineffectual so far (Fig. 1).
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«We are beginning to see the links in a chain that begins with solar - driven processes acting on gas in the upper atmosphere and leads to atmospheric loss,» said Bruce Jakosky, MAVEN principal investigator with the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
We have performed such experiments for the principal greenhouse gases, clouds, and aerosols using the [Goddard Institute] climate model by systematically inserting, or taking out, each atmospheric constituent one at a time, and recording the corresponding radiative flux change.
As the Director of GISS and Principal Investigator for the GISS ModelE Earth System Model, I am interested in understanding past, present and future climate and the impacts of multiple drivers of climate change, including solar irradiance, atmospheric chemistry, aerosols, and greenhouse gases.
The physics is very clear that CO2 is the principal greenhouse forcing gas, and that atmospheric water vapor acts as a feedback magnifier that enhances the terrestrial greenhouse effect.
A. Lacis writes «The physics is very clear that CO2 is the principal greenhouse forcing gas, and that atmospheric water vapor acts as a feedback magnifier that enhances the terrestrial greenhouse effect.