Not exact matches
As many as 3,331 people
annually could die from heat waves by 2080 in New York City alone if no steps are taken to adapt to
warming temperatures and reduce
emissions, a new study warns.
Although this carbon capture is dwarfed by the world's
emissions of 10 gigatons of carbon
annually, Bigg suggests that as
warming leads to more icebergs breaking off from glaciers, carbon traps triggered by melting glaciers could become more important.
However you slice it, lolwot, there is a current «pause» (or «standstill») in the
warming of the «globally and
annually averaged land and sea surface temperature anomaly» (used by IPCC to measure «global
warming»), despite unabated human GHG
emissions and CO2 levels (Mauna Loa) reaching record levels.
If the number of trees cut down were halved, experts estimate that it could save close to 500 million metric tons of carbon
annually and contribute to the 12 percent of greenhouse gas
emission reductions needed to prevent the pernicious effects of global
warming.
Environmental groups say that the only way to deal with the effects of global
warming is to make drastic cuts in carbon
emissions — a project that will cost the world trillions (the Kyoto Protocol alone would cost $ 180 billion
annually).