Sentences with phrase «to increase carbon dioxide levels»

The burst of methane would have increased carbon dioxide levels in the oceans, resulting in ocean acidification — similar to the acidification predicted from human - induced climate change.

And according to scientists who have 800,000 years of carbon records derived from glacial ice core samples, there is a strong link between earth temperatures and increased carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.

The climate would vary anyway, and the question in every case is: how much would any or all natural variation affect the overall path of change because of increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere?

Nevertheless, global temperatures were less then than they were in 2015 — and that is because background heating caused by increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are higher today than they were in 1997 - 98.»

Ongoing projects at Biosphere 2 include research on the impact of increasing carbon dioxide levels on coral reefs and forests.

In addition to the effect on soil from tilling, emissions from the farm tractors increases carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.

Understanding the speed of prehistoric climate change will help us model how increasing carbon dioxide levels might affect global climate today.»

Increased carbon dioxide levels seem to affect the timing of leaf coloration both through global warming and directly chemically.

Increased carbon dioxide levels around plants like ragweed also leads to greater pollen production.

A study from scientists at James Cook University shows increased carbon dioxide levels impaired the senses of spiny damselfish, which live in the Great Barrier Reef.

Simply increasing carbon dioxide levels — by hitting the planet with a large rock and causing a massive dieoff, or exposing something like the US western deserts» coal beds long ago and having them catch fire and burn off — also causes warming.

This is already widely recognized by operators of commercial greenhouses, who artificially increase the carbon dioxide levels to 1,000 ppm or more to improve the growth and quality of their plants.

The time lag before increasing carbon dioxide levels for El Niños originating in the eastern tropical Pacific is about 8.5 months, the researchers say, whereas the lag for El Niños starting in the central tropical Pacific is about 5.2 months.

EPA assumes zero benefits from the burning of fossil fuels while proclaiming heavy costs from increased carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.

«Influence of increasing carbon dioxide levels on the seabed: Storing CO2 below the seabed is one way to counteract increasing atmospheric CO2 - levels.

This is a test farm, where Betsy Peabody of the Puget Sound Restoration Fund and a team of scientists are doing an experiment to see whether seaweed can help fight the growing problem of ocean acidification — caused mainly by increasing carbon dioxide levels in the seas.

«Increased carbon dioxide levels in air restrict plants» ability to absorb nutrients.»

Now, thanks to climate change and increasing carbon dioxide levels, each year's pollen season gets worse.

This can lead to increased carbon dioxide levels and decreased oxygen.

They have previously been linked both to space traffic and to increased carbon dioxide levels.

Our comprehensive UK plant collections are also being used to document changes in response to increasing carbon dioxide levels and warming.

The stimuli include: vibration, increased carbon dioxide levels, heat, and motion.

Interestingly, the pupae don't hatch from their cocoons until certain environmental factors indicated that an animal host is nearby — things like vibrations from movement, body heat, and increased carbon dioxide levels.

These can include vibrations, heat, and increased carbon dioxide levels.

Scientists say the Earth will warm in response to increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, but since the 1970s, they have not made much headway in narrowing down exactly how much it will warm.

By burning fossil fuels and deforesting the earth, mankind is increasing carbon dioxide levels.

In the fall and winter, the exact opposite is true, increasing the carbon dioxide levels.

These include rising temperatures, increasing carbon dioxide levels, fires, more destructive storms, insect infestation and the impact of woody vines known as lianas.

Is there a scientific basis for Robinson's claim that increased carbon dioxide levels will contribute to increased growth of some plants?

The amount of heat generated by sea ice melting and the associated decrease in albedo is equivalent to roughly 25 percent of the average global warming currently occurring due to increased carbon dioxide levels, the team reports.

Given the increase of CO2 of 1.8 ppm a year, that would mean we increased carbon dioxide levels close to 10 percent since the late «90s, but with no increase in temperatures.

It still needs to be proven experimentally, she says, but the most likely explanation is that there's a global driver simulating higher levels of growth, possibly linked to the increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.

I put it down to something in the air, and I reckon that something has to be the increasing carbon dioxide level!