Sentences with phrase «vast amounts of carbon dioxide into»

Scientists generally agree that in the last century, humans have warmed the planet about.7 degrees C (about 1.3 degrees F) by pumping vast amounts of carbon dioxide into the air.

Scientists generally agree that in the last century, humans have warmed the planet about.7 degrees C by pumping vast amounts of carbon dioxide into the air.

Hundreds of millions of cars around the planet are releasing vast amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every day, causing ocean acidification and global warming.

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I reached out to Pierrehumbert because he is one of many authors of «Consequences of twenty - first - century policy for multi-millennial climate and sea - level change,» an important new Nature Climate Change analysis reinforcing past work showing a very, very, very long impact (tens of millenniums) on the Earth system — climatic, coastal and otherwise — from the carbon dioxide buildup driven by the conversion, in our lifetimes, of vast amounts of fossil fuels into useful energy.

A vast amount of carbon stored in Arctic permafrost is being converted into carbon dioxide (CO2) once it enters freshwater systems - a process that is worrying experts tracking climate change.