Sentences with phrase «to a warming planet»

There is not much real benefit in warming the planet by several degrees just so we can maybe make it easier for weeds to grow.

Soon, our efforts will be focused on warming the planet.

With warming planet, there is increased evaporation and more water present in atmosphere.

Both methods suggest doubling CO2 warms the planet by 2 °C at least.

It is, first and foremost, about cutting the emissions of greenhouse gases that are dangerously warming our planet down to a level deemed «safe».

As the atmosphere warms the planet loses exponentially more energy according to fundamental physical principles.

If deforestation before 1950 warmed the planet at the same rate as fossil fuel emissions after 1950, then why did atmospheric CO2 increase faster after 1950?

They argue that there are natural cycles, over which we have no control, that dictate how warm the planet is.

We're told that in the depths of an ice age orbital changes provide a small forcing which warms the planet a tad, causing natural systems to release a small amount of CO2.

And melting permafrost could release carbon into the atmosphere, creating another feedback loop that warms the planet even further.

Surface measurements find more downward infrared radiation warming the planet's surface.

The credibility of conclusions that our carbon emissions are significantly warming the planet, with potentially hazardous consequences, rests in part on the validity of the supportive evidence.

Figure 1 also underscores just how much global warming the planet is experiencing.

For example, we know that as the planet warms, permafrost might melt and emit greenhouse gases of their own — warming the planet still further.

The anthropogenic global warming theory is based upon the notion that increasing «greenhouse gases» will increase infrared «back - radiation'to the earth to [supposedly] warm the planet.

In the early part of the 20th century, a slowdown in volcanic activity helped warm the planet slightly.

Low emissions: We've already warmed the planet enough to heat and expand the oceans and lock in some melting of land ice.

But they do not disagree about the underlying chemistry and physics of their enterprise — all of which show that people are warming the planet through their industrial greenhouse - gas emissions.

The oil industry has known since a least 1957 that burning fossil fuels will eventually warm the planet to dangerous levels, and that the cost of that warming would prove monumental.

That then allows people to believe that a view on obese people warming the planet is at least on a par with fact and can be perceived as valid science.

Those who have been paying even modest attention to climate scientists in recent years know that more intense storms are almost assured as we continue warming the planet.

Audience member: What is the most compelling evidence you have that human behavior is actually warming the planet?

I can't wait to claim a globally warmed planet, filled with mayhem and destruction for the poor inhabitants.

In 2007, it was uncertain even whether clouds cooled or warmed the planet overall.

Whether it will be meaningful in stopping carbon dioxide emissions and emissions of other dangerous greenhouse gases that are warming our planet remains to be seen.

Yes, humans are emitting a lot of CO2 and it will likely warm the planet somewhat.

But the issue is not whether carbon dioxide warms the planet, but how much.

These changes in cloud cover could affect how much of the sun's radiation is reflected by the clouds, leading to a slightly warmer planet, the scientists said.

As well as providing homes for many species, trees store carbon dioxide that would otherwise warm the planet.

What the researchers do know, however, is that both peaks hit before humans began warming the planet with climate - changing levels of greenhouse gases.

This allows us to detect warm planets (up to one billion years in age) through their infrared light.

In 37 of 40 nations surveyed, willingness to curb emissions that may contribute to warming the planet exceeds intense concern about climate change.

We have to stop polluting the earth, air and water and we have to stop warming the planet before we get past the point of no return.

A small but vocal number of people maintain that the observed temperature anomalies are not the result of greenhouse gas emissions from human activities warming the planet.

If too much sunlight warming the planet was the real problem, then we might try to counter it by reflecting some of this sunlight back into space.

Here's what's important: It's carbon pollution, not aerosols, that is steadily warming our planet.

It's a nice try, until you consider the fact that it's the hot sun that warms the planet initially.