Sentences with phrase «trigger runaway greenhouse»

As the planet warmed, large amounts of frozen methane gas under the ocean might have been released to trigger runaway greenhouse warming, Ward said.

Obviously that's not going to happen, but if it did, it's too hard to say for sure that it couldn't somehow trigger a runaway greenhouse effect.

Even if it isn't man made, continued rising global temperatures will eventually trigger a runaway greenhouse effect that is catastrophic to our survival as a species and we need to do something to stop it or come up with alternatives for our survival.

Even CO2 which is a better greenhouse gas than methane (when comparing them side - by - side in equal concentrations) does not trigger a runaway greenhouse, even in studies where it becomes the substantial part of the atmosphere.

Rising temperatures would have boiled the ocean, triggering a runaway greenhouse effect.

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It would seem to be required that very drastic warming of the deep ocean is the only way that this source of Methane would be released and trigger a «runaway» greenhouse warming.

A «runaway greenhouse effect» occurs when something warms the planet, triggering positive feedbacks which warm it further; however, even this does not mean the planet continues warming infinitely, forever.

And I would think a runaway greenhouse effect could in principle be triggered by more than just a simple temperate - tipping point - it could also be caused by an excessively quick rise in temperature.

The stated purpose of geoengineering and solar radiation management (SRM) operations is to slow down or temporarily mitigate an unfolding runaway greenhouse scenario on Earth (potentially triggering «Venus Syndrome»).

Heck, on this very website, I have noted before that I myself am quite skeptical of Jim Hansen's recent claims that if we really go to town burning fossil fuels then we could / likely would trigger a true Venus - like runaway greenhouse effect.

Joel Shore says, «Heck, on this very website, I have noted before that I myself am quite skeptical of Jim Hansen's recent claims that if we really go to town burning fossil fuels then we could / likely would trigger a true Venus - like runaway greenhouse effect.

Actually I think the claim is that CO2 warming (but mysteriously not «natural» warming) triggers other positive feedbacks causing a runaway effect (I won't call it «greenhouse» because that's a misnomer).

He obviously assumes that no one will bother clicking on the link to that paper, because the concluding line of the abstract says,» A runaway greenhouse could in theory be triggered by increased greenhouse forcing, but anthropogenic emissions are probably insufficient.»

As far as I can tell, Hansen's notion that if we really go to town using fossil fuels, we might trigger a true runaway greenhouse effect just seems rather vaguely - supported by any detailed argument or evidence at this point and does not seem to be the general belief within the climate science community.

While the headline this time is more restrained — «Runaway greenhouse effect possible but difficult» — the first paragraph rather breathlessly announces that a runaway greenhouse effect would be «easier» to trigger than was previously beRunaway greenhouse effect possible but difficult» — the first paragraph rather breathlessly announces that a runaway greenhouse effect would be «easier» to trigger than was previously berunaway greenhouse effect would be «easier» to trigger than was previously believed.