Last — but not least — the burning of coal
releases huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
«This homeostasis is now being disrupted by our brief binge of fossil fuel consumption, which has
released a huge amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Opponents of nuclear power have started a counteroffensive to Dr. Lovelock's call for a new nuclear age, arguing that mining uranium and building nuclear plants
releases huge amounts of carbon dioxide, and that the danger from accidents or terrorism is too great.
Not exact matches
The hot flood basalts would have
released huge amounts of sulfur and
carbon dioxide, potentially causing a quick global chill followed by a longer period
of global warming.
Tropical rainforests absorb
huge amounts of carbon dioxide, but because slash - and - burn deforestation
releases so much
of the greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, the tropics are a wash for
carbon, according to a new study.
Global warming's greater than anticipated impact on permafrost will
release huge amounts of methane and
carbon dioxide as the soil thaws.
Many researchers predict that thawing permafrost could
release huge amounts of methane — a greenhouse gas more potent than
carbon dioxide — as global temperatures rise.
Perhaps more ominously yet, the possibility exists that thawing Arctic permafrost — known to contain
huge amounts of carbon — could
release large
amounts of methane and
carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.