Sentences with phrase «resulting buildup of greenhouse gases»

As I wrote when I last cited this, «The only change I'd suggest is to drop the words «by industry,» given that everyone in societies thriving on fossil fuels has harvested the present benefits while largely discounting, so far, the need to invest against long - term risks from the resulting buildup of greenhouse gases.

The only change I'd suggest is to drop the words «by industry,» given that everyone in societies thriving on fossil fuels has harvested the present benefits while largely discounting, so far, the need to invest against long - term risks from the resulting buildup of greenhouse gases.

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The debate over it obscures the nearly universal agreement among glacier and climate experts that glaciers are retreating all over the world, probably as a result of the greenhouse - gas buildup.

This is the menu of potential but largely untested ways to counteract global warming resulting from the buildup of greenhouse gases, should reality start to reflect worst - case projections.

Here are some fresh thoughts on the enduring and important questions surrounding «climate sensitivity» — how much warming will result from a substantial buildup of greenhouse gases.

I have no doubt that Ignatius Rigor, Marika Holland, Mark Serreze and the many other ice analysts are right when they see a sustained buildup of greenhouse gases resulting in a largely open - water Arctic Ocean in late summer later in this century.

I asked Lee and McPhaden how a connection to greenhouse - driven warming could be made, given the possibility that the Pacific shift could be the result of long - term oscillations in conditions in the ocean unrelated to the buildup of heat - trapping greenhouse gases in the air.

There has been an intense rush to use Hurricane Sandy as a teachable moment to focus the public (and politicians) on the risks of an unabated buildup of greenhouse gases and resulting global warming.

In a news release, Peter Stott of the climate center described how the odds toward having warm years have been progressively tipped by the buildup of greenhouse gases: «As a result of climate change, what would once have been an exceptionally unusual year has now become quite normal,» Dr. Stott said.

The results further undermine a fundamental assumption that has driven science communication since a U.N. panel first announced, in 1990, that evidence pointed toward an increasingly warming Earth due to the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.