Sentences with phrase «tiny changes in the atmosphere»
A butterfly's wings might create tiny changes in the atmosphere that may ultimately delay, accelerate or even prevent the occurrence of a tornado in another location.
https://www.globalcyberalliance.org/ Not exact matches
«Studying these fingerprints in detail requires very precise measurements of the wavelength, or colour, of the light emerging from the atmospheres of these stars» says Dr Matthew Bainbridge, who has been working on the detailed analysis techniques needed to detect the tiny changes expected.
Scientists had attributed much of the dimming and brightening to changes in the amounts of tiny particles, or aerosols, in the atmosphere.
- carbon dioxide has increased a mere 60 parts per million since 1957, a tiny change in the composition of the atmosphere; increased levels of CO2 act a fertilizer, promoting plant growth and contributing to the shrinking of the Sahara desert
Some of that momentum bounces back as infrared, part of it interacts and changes energy and momentum of the bulk of the atmosphere (in complicated manner not yet well understood as Tom says), but still tiny forces with respect to the bulk atmosphere.
The fact is that the likely effect of a doubling of CO2, even from the tiny.028 % of the atmosphere to the still tiny.056 % of the atmosphere will be a change of 3oC (btw, what % change in absolute global temperature is that in measured in Kelvin?
The authors say this «slowdown» was caused by a combination of natural ocean cycles, volcanoes going off, less energy coming from the sun and changes in the amounts of tiny particles in the atmosphere, mainly from industrial pollution.
Some of the changes in climate are due to short - term factors like large volcanic eruptions that launched tiny particles of sulfuric acid into the upper atmosphere (stratosphere) in 1963, 1982, and 1991.