We might also be able to
slow global warming down quite a bit, and I'm sure this will appeal to the geoengineering crowd as well.
Not exact matches
Consider the question of whether we need now to take steps to
slow down global warming through the greenhouse effect.
Case 2:
Global warming IS due to increased CO2 emissions, but we actually DO something to
slow it
down or reverse it.
Now, research suggests that for the past decade, such stratospheric aerosols — injected into the atmosphere by either recent volcanic eruptions or human activities such as coal burning — are
slowing down global warming.
The model also suggests that the decline in water vapour concentrations that occurred in 2001
slowed down the rate of
global warming in the last decade by 25 per cent.
And it can
slow down global warming.»
In 2013, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change flagged an odd phenomenon: Atmospheric temperature data collected over the past few decades suggested that
global warming had
slowed down beginning around 1998.
Thus, a main conclusion of the study is that «a future grand solar minimum could
slow down but not stop
global warming.»
A
slow -
down in
global warming is not a sign that climate change is ending, but a natural blip in an otherwise long - term upwards trend, research shows.
Even when additional reduction measures are implemented against black carbon, or soot, which is released when fossil fuels are burned, they do little to
slow down global warming in a 2 degrees scenario.
When it comes to
slowing down global warming, the world's oceans — 70 percent of the planet's surface — may be Homo sapiens» best hope for a stable future.
In this sense, the ocean has acted as a buffer to
slow down the greenhouse gas accumulation in the atmosphere and, thus,
global warming.
In 2013 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change had noted that the temperature data seemed to suggest that
global warming had
slowed down beginning around 1998.
Scientists are beginning to understand whether changing cloud cover will accelerate
global warming or
slow it
down
To have any hope of
slowing the pace and holding
down the upper level temperatures that
global warming will bring over this century, the human population of the world will need to make large reductions of the additional billions of tons of greenhouse gases they are projected to be pumping into the atmosphere, each year.
Governments are now trying to figure out how to phase them out in order to
slow down global warming.
Yes, a sulfur shield will very likely ensure that
global warming would
slow down or stop if it's sustained.
The researchers attribute the
slowing down of the current known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation to
global warming.
To have any hope of
slowing the pace and holding
down the upper level temperatures that
global warming will bring over this century, the human population of the world will need to make large reductions of the additional billions of tons of greenhouse gases they are projected to be pumping into the atmosphere, each year.
But I also believe that the goals of such a program will take decades to reach, and some intermediate steps will have to be taken to
slow down the overall effects of
global warming.
It's that he doesn't think governments need to pass any new regulations to «stop» (or even
slow down)
global warming.
It started when the Drudge Report posted a link to an item on the Political Punch blog by the ABC News correspondent Jake Tapper quoting Mr. Clinton proposing that «we have to
slow down our economy» to save the planet from
global warming.
But this does not mean that
global warming has
slowed down or even stopped.
But the sheer rate of increase over just the past 55 years shows how fast
global warming could hit us in the future — and the present — and underscores how much we've failed as a planet to
slow down carbon emissions.
So saving as many animals and plants as we can, trying to
slow down global warming (we can't stop it) is our attempt to try to be around when the experiment ends.
If
global warming does
slow down or partially reverse with a sunspot crash, industrial polluters and reluctant nations could use it as a justification for turning their backs on pollution controls altogether, makingmatters worse in the long run.
I understand that the
global warming on its own affects the churning up of nutrients, and the mixing of water — even without any changes to the THC at all (although a shut -
down of the THC or even a
slow -
down would be absolutely disastrous for marine life).
Obama's climate plan would double the yearly addition to the forces driving
global warming by 2050 and he's selling this as a plan to «
slow» it
down.
With this prediction, and the trend toward the
slowing down of the jet stream, is it time to consider / advocate geoengineering as a response to
global warming?
Another riddle was that previous research indicated that under
global warming scenarios Pacific Equatorial Trade winds would
slow down over the coming century.
The full quote was «In a long, and interesting speech, he characterized what the U.S. and other industrialized nations need to do to combat
global warming this way: «We just have to
slow down our economy and cut back our greenhouse gas emissions «cause we have to save the planet for our grandchildren.
Today, the fact that
global warming could disturb the water cycle and lead to a
slowing down of the North Atlantic circulation is a real subject of concern.
David Appell has filed a thorough survey of research and scientists» views on recent temperature fluctuations and climate sensitivity at Yale Climate Media Forum — «W [h] ither
Global Warming: Has it
Slowed Down?»
So while there may be additional, complicating factors (
global dimming from the particulates
slowing down the
warming from the gases??)
The very things we need to do to adapt to a changing climate are exactly the same actions we need to take to
slow down, or even reverse,
global warming in the first place.
In response to your request, here is another specific suggestion for
slowing down global warming.
Global warming is not likely to
slow down if we keep harming the environment the way we have in the past.
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.
The crux of Bates» claim is that NOAA, the federal government's top agency in charge of climate science, published a poorly - researched but widely praised study with the political goal of disproving the controversial
global warming hiatus theory, which suggests that
global warming slowed down from 1998 until 2012 with little change in globally - averaged surface temperatures — a direct contrast to
global warming advocates» claim that the earth's temperature has been constantly increasing.
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.
Richard Allan, reader in climate science at the University of Reading, said: «
Global warming is not «at a standstill» but does seem to have
slowed down since 2000 in comparison to the rapid
warming of the world since the 1970s.»
The advances in clean tech promise to
slow down global warming, but the climate vulnerable nations need more support to survive
Will reducing carbon dioxide emissions
slow down global warming?
This is not Emanuel, it is the writer: «This planetary engine is
slowing down as
global warming pushes land and ocean temperatures closer together.»
By the year 2070, however, researchers found that the
warming would nearly catch up to the reference simulation, which means that a future grand solar minimum would merely
slow down global warming.
Energy giant AGL announced it will close
down its coal - fired power stations in 2050 (still too
slow but a strong first step from the sector), Shell is stopping drilling for oil in the Artic, and Australia's major banks are also making overarching commitments to limit
global warming to 2 ℃.
Scientists now know why
global warming has
slowed down and it's not good news for us.
The fighting between the two groups, unfortunately, has
slowed down the public's acceptance of the fact that
global warming is real.
The
global warming hysteria really seems to have
slowed down and the IPCC people seem busy trying to find their own explanations to the lack of
warming the past decade.
The researchers attribute the
slowing down of the current known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation to
global warming.