Sentences with phrase «to absorb carbon from the atmosphere»

The oceans absorb carbon from the atmosphere, and as they do, they become more acidic.

Before making its proposal, the Commission analysed the possibility of allowing credits from certain types of land use, land - use change and forestry («LULUCF») projects which absorb carbon from the atmosphere.

The potential of bioenergy to reduce greenhouse gases results from the fact that growing plants absorbs carbon from the atmosphere.

«It also means that big, old trees are better at absorbing carbon from the atmosphere than has been commonly assumed.»

Additionally, plants grown in this material absorb carbon from the atmosphere, making Florafelt a «carbon absorbing» product.

Trees absorb carbon from the atmosphere as they grow and retain that carbon when the wood is used in buildings.

Another Reason to Save Sea Otters: They're Helping Fight Climate Change The imperiled marine mammals preserve kelp forests, which absorb carbon from the atmosphere.

Plus, it absorbs carbon from the atmosphere.

The most extensive land - based study of the Amazon to date reveals it is losing its capacity to absorb carbon from the atmosphere.

As trees grow, they absorb carbon from the atmosphere, making forests a key player in the global carbon cycle.

Deserts across the globe may contain some of the world's «missing» carbon sinks — land masses scientists had not previously identified that absorb carbon from the atmosphere, according to researchers at China's Lanzhou University.

Washington, DC 20 December 2017 Many of the 195 countries who signed the historical Paris Agreement in 2015 look to forests as tools for achieving their climate goals because of forests» potential to absorb carbon from the atmosphere.

Worse still, the clearing of the forests eliminates their ability to absorb carbon from the atmosphere, compounding the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere still more.

Additionally the researchers note that the drought frequency paired with longer recovery time could lead to tree death and thus a lowered ability of the region to absorb carbon from the atmosphere, further increasing greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere.

As the international community and domestic lawmakers figure out how to meet their emissions reductions targets in a cost - effective way, many are looking to innovative mechanisms that channel finance towards enhancing the ability of forests and other natural land areas to absorb carbon from our atmosphere.

By altering crop planting schemes, Nebraska and other states can increase the amount of plants and trees that absorb carbon from the atmosphere.

It reaches net - zero global emissions by 2050 through massive emissions cuts coupled with large - scale reforestation, which absorbs carbon from the atmosphere.

When mangroves, seagrasses or tidal marshes are destroyed, they not only lose their capacity to absorb carbon from the atmosphere, but also emit carbon that is estimated to have accumulated over thousands of years.

Christiana Figueres, convener of Mission 2020 and former head of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), said: «Land use is a key sector where we can both reduce emissions and absorb carbon from the atmosphere.

Increasing spells of drought in certain parts of the world (the USA has suffered lengthy droughts, as has the Middle East and the Amazon rainforest, for example) could be seriously damaging both natural vegetation and human crops in their ability to thrive and absorb carbon from the atmosphere.