Sentences with phrase «vast quantities of carbon dioxide»

They soak up vast quantities of carbon dioxide, hold the world's greatest diversity of plants and animals, and employ millions of people.

Not only are such fires more likely as the climate changes but they also release vast quantities of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases such as nitrous oxide, contributing to climate change themselves.

Petroleum - powered vehicles produce vast quantities of carbon dioxide, a major cause of global warming.

Now, White House science adviser John Holdren is renewing his call for a new nomenclature to describe the end result of dumping vast quantities of carbon dioxide and other heat - trapping gases into Earth's atmosphere: «global climate disruption.»

Waters percolating in soil dissolve tons of organic materials and hold a vast quantity of carbon dioxide and other gases in solution.

Not exact matches

Studies would also need to be done concerning the environmental impact of introducing such vast quantities of a human - made substance in the ocean, the albedo difference between ice and foam, the longevity of the solution, the cost of such an effort, and the carbon dioxide emitted during foam production and placement.