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Furthermore, efforts at oil giant Royal Dutch Shell RDS.A, +0.62 % to move beyond fossil fuels into low - carbon energy is as much driven by the growth potential of alternative energy markets as a concern for global warming.

«A modest reduction in flows at Hinckley right now will alleviate any further threat from current low levels and the potential impact of the warm - weather months to come.

«Although most of the macrophyte carbon is released back to the atmosphere in the same form that it is assimilated, carbon dioxide, some of it is actually exported to the ocean as dissolved carbon or released to the atmosphere as methane, a gas that has a warming potential 20 times larger than carbon dioxide,» said John Melack, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Bill Easterling Dean of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Pennsylvania State University, Easterling studies global warming and its potential effects on the world's food supply.

A team at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) examined the potential distribution of over 900 species of shelf - dwelling marine invertebrates under a warming scenario produced by computer models.

Meanwhile, six AC manufacturers in India have already begun «leapfrogging» to hydrocarbon - based coolants such as R - 290 — refrigerant - grade propane — that have lower warming potential, says Anjali Jaiswal, the San Francisco, California - based director of the India Initiative at the Natural Resources Defense Council.

«We're now facing the potential for a warming of 2ºC or more in less than two centuries,» said Dr Dunkley Jones, «this is more than an order of magnitude faster than warming at the start of the PETM.

«We're doing this research for commonsense reasons — as a potential solution to the challenges posed by the exhaustion of fossil fuels and global warming,» says Hiroaki Suzuki of JAXA's Advanced Mission Research Center, one of about 180 scientists at major Japanese research institutes working on the scheme.

Payne and two other scientists wrote a letter to the U.S. delegation at the United Nations» climate change summit this month suggesting that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change require nations to use a 10 - year global warming potential, or GWP10, in their emissions inventory.

At issue is the global warming potential (GWP), a number that allows experts to compare methane with its better - known cousin, carbon dioxide.

It lays out myriad dangers associated with a warming planet and potential policy prescriptions in a way that seemed new and galvanizing at the time.

Having come from a «low - quality high school,» she chose easy classes at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, but when professors recognized her potential, she warmed to the challenge of advanced courses in psychology and behavioral pharmacology.

In one sentence: Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and colleagues found that if followed by measures of equal or greater ambition, individual country pledges to reduce their emissions called Intended Nationally Determined Contributions have the potential to reduce the probability of the highest levels of warming and increase the probability of limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius.

With 755 horsepower the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette zr1 is the most powerful Corvette ever it's also the most technologically advanced behind me are the rolling s's at Road Atlanta and we're here to see if we can reach to the supercar levels of performance afforded by this thing's massive power big tires and the tall wing on the back after that we'll take to the streets to see if a car this powerful can behave itself in public this is a monster of a car I've had some brief track opportunities moving this morning to get used to the pace of this machine which is phenomenal we're gonna warm up as we get out to the road Atlanta and sort of build up to the pace that this car can operate at now initially when you hop in this car you have this shrine to the engine right above you you see the line of the hood it kind of dominates the center of the view you can see over it it doesn't affect visibility but it's immediately obvious and that kind of speaks to what makes this car special it's a monster of an engine listen to that [Music] that is tremendous tremendous acceleration and incredible power but what I finding so far my brief time here at the Atlanta is that everything else in the car is rut has risen to match hurt me while I lay into it on the back straight look you know 150 mile - an - hour indicated we're going to ease up a little bit on it because I need to focus on talking rather than driving but like I was saying the attributes of the rest of the car the steering the braking capability the grip every system of this car is riding to the same level of the power and I think that's what makes it really impressive initially this is undoubtedly a mega mega fast car but it's one that doesn't terrify you with its performance potential there's a level of electronic sophistication that is unparalleled at this price point but it's hard not to get you know totally slipped away by the power of this engine so that's why I keep coming back to it this car has an electronically controlled limited slip differential it has shocks filled with magnetically responsive fluid that can react faster to inputs and everything this car has a super sophisticated stability control system that teaches you how to drive it quick but also makes you go faster we haven't even gotten into exploring it yet because the limits of this car are so high that frankly it takes a while to grow into it but [Music] I think what's impressive about this car is despite how fast it is it is approachable you can buy this car to track dates with it and grow with it as a driver and as an owner I think that's a really special [Music] because you will never be more talented than this car is fast ever unless you are a racing driver casually grazing under 50 miles an hour on this straight okay I'm just going to enjoy driving this now [Music][Applause][Music] this particular Corvette zr1 comes with the cars track performance package a lot of those changes happen underneath the sheet metal but one of the big differences that is immediately obvious is this giant carbon fiber wing now the way this thing is mounted is actually into the structure of the vehicle and it makes you know loading the rear hatch a bit more difficult but we're assuming that's okay if you're looking for the track performance this thing delivers also giving you that performance are these Michelin Pilot Sport cup tires which are basically track oriented tires that you can drive on the street but as we wake our way to the front of the thing what really matters is what's under the hood that's right there's actually a hole in the hood of this thing and that's because this engine is so tall it's tall because it has a larger supercharger and a bunch of added cooling on it to help it you know keep at the right temperature the supercharger is way larger than the one on the zo six and it has a more cooling capacity and the downside is it's taller so it pops literally through the hood the cool thing is from the top you can actually see this shake when you're looking at it from you know a camera from the top of the vehicle this all makes for 755 horsepower making this the most powerful Corvette ever now what's important about that is this not just the power but likewise everything in the car has to be built to accommodate and be able to drive to the level of speed this thing can develop that's why you had the massive cooling so I had the aerodynamics and that's why I had the electronic sophistication inside [Applause] we had a lot of time to take this car on the track yesterday and I've had the night to think about things Matt today two crews on the road and see how this extreme performance machine deals with the sort of more civil minded stuff of street driving the track impressions remain this thing is unquestionably one of the most capable cars you can get from a dealer these days a lot of that's besides the point now because we're on the street we have speed limits they have the ever - present threat of law enforcement around every corner so the question is what does this car feel like in public when you slow this car down it feels like a more powerful Corvette you don't get much tram lining from these big wheels though we as the front end doesn't want to follow grooves in the pavement it is louder it is a little firmer but it's certainly livable on a day to day basis that's surprising for a vehicle of this capability normally these track oriented cars are so hardcore that you wouldn't want to drive them to the racetrack but let's face it you spend more time driving to the track than you do on the track and the fact that this thing works well in both disciplines is really impressive I can also dial everything back and cruise and not feel like I'm getting punished for driving a hardcore track machine that's a that's a really nice accomplishment that's something that you won't find in cars that are this fast and costs maybe double this much the engine in this car dominates the entire experience you can't miss the engine and the whole friend this car is sort of a shrine to it the way it pops out of the hood the way it's covered with coolers around the sides it is the experience of this car and that does make driving this thing special and also the fact that it doesn't look half bad either in fact I think it has some of the coolest looking wheels currently available on a new car this car as we mentioned this car has the track package the track package on this car gives you what they call competition bucket seats which are a little wide for my tastes but I'm you know not the widest person in the world this automatic transmission works well I mean there's so much torque again out of this engine that it can be very smooth and almost imperceptible its clunky on occasion I think I'd might opt for the manual although Chevy tells me about 80 % of its customers will go for the automatic I don't think they're gonna be disappointed and that's gonna be the faster transmission drag strip on the street - and on the racetrack man it was a little bit more satisfying to my taste though we've talked about the exhaust I have it set in the track setting let's quiet it down a little bit so you can hear the difference now I've set that separately from everything else so let's put it stealth what happened to the engine sound that's pretty that's pretty amazing man stealth is really stealth and then go back to track Wow actually a really big difference that's that's pretty great the Corvette has always been a strong value proposition and nowhere is that more evident than this zr1 giving you a nearly unbeatable track performance per dollar now the nice thing is on the road this doesn't feel like a ragged edge track machine either you could genuinely drive it every day the compromises are few and that's what makes this car so special if you like what you see keep it tuned right here and be sure to visit Edmunds.com [Music]

At the meeting place of love and family, the potential clash of cultures becomes a refreshing and uplifting 5 - star tapestry of mixing and melting that will warm your heart

Streams of Warm Impermanence looks at artworks that articulate a vision of flesh as a material and a locus of fluid identity full of potential.

Basically, there is a lot still to be learned, and the downside potential from a big sustained warming is real, but hard to nail down, said David Jablonski, a specialist in mass extinctions at the University of Chicago.

I don't see how saturation in the atmosphere could be avoided when making a comparison of global warming potential (GWP) at the current moment.

For example, Isaken et al (2011) quantify how as atmospheric methane concentrations increase, the global warming potential, GWP, of methane also increases (see references at end of post).

The extinction crisis that is underway, precipitated by humanity, is at least equal to global warming in its potential to destabilize the biosphere — to make the planet less habitable to us and many of our fellow species.

Speaking of polar temperature changes (this is my lame attempt at looking like I'm staying on thread), does anyone here have some expertise they can share regarding the potential (or lack thereof) for tropospheric impact resulting from the ongoing sudden stratospheric warming event in the Arctic?

It looks like a very important reminder that we should be using more updated numbers for the global warming potential of methane, and that the 20 year potential is at least as relevant as the 100 year one.

If the planet's climate were changing solely because that's what planets do, evolve through different climatic periods of warming and cooling over millions of years, adverse consequences like the loss of coral reefs and the potential for disappearing Polar Bears would still be undeniably sad, but at least a little easier to swallow.

I don't know Seth, but I totally agree there's huge potential in electric vehicle retrofits, because the volume of new electric and plug - in hybrid cars is, at present, too small to meet the demand or to make a big dent in local air pollution and global warming emissions.

More on the Potential Risk of Methane Bubbling From the Siberian Seafloor Further reinforcement of the notion that while permafrost melting is certainly a cause for concern due to the global warming potential of trapped methane, at least where the Siberian seafloor is concerned, well, notPotential Risk of Methane Bubbling From the Siberian Seafloor Further reinforcement of the notion that while permafrost melting is certainly a cause for concern due to the global warming potential of trapped methane, at least where the Siberian seafloor is concerned, well, notpotential of trapped methane, at least where the Siberian seafloor is concerned, well, not so much.

Andy, I found the plankton post informative, but I have a concern: IF public understanding of global warming (and potential ways to address it) were at the «A» level, or at least the «B» level, then we'd all have context within which to find these types of things (e.g., the current story) very helpful.

In looking at potential global warming solutions, it is important to consider how big a role they can play, how fast they can be implemented, how affordable they are, and what impact they have on the environment.

Forcing by heat conduction will certainly cause something to warm up.if there is a thermal gradient (potential difference) but only if the thing being warmed up is at the cooler end of the gradient in terms of radiation or heat (the «positive flow of energy»).

They looked at the potential long - term consequences of oceans ever richer in dissolved carbon dioxide, as humans burn ever more fossil fuels and emit greenhouse gases that continue to warm the atmosphere.

Over the years, the more I learned, the more sceptical I became, I don't believe at this stage that the massive economic costs incurred by proposed anti-AGW policies can be justified, and that if it is proven to be a serious issue, then dealing with it is better deferred until economic growth and potential technological breakthroughs would make the cost more feasible, if and only if it had been demonstrated that (a) AGW were real; (b) the costs of inaction were enormous; and (c) the costs of action would bring commensurate benefits, e.g. would stop or long defer dangerous warming.

Some climate scientists have looked at the potential impact of such an event and concluded that it likely would delay additional global warming — but only until the sun returned to more - normal swings in sun - spot activity.

I also explained why the extra warmth at the surface is provided by compression of descending air converting potential energy (PE) to kinetic energy (KE) and not from downward radiation from GHGs in the air warming the ground beneath.

Although APS plans to reduce its coal burn from the current 35 % to 17 % by 2029, by increasing its natural gas burn from 19 % to 35 %, it will actually increase its greenhouse gas emissions in the near term, since the global warming potential from methane, which is leaked at multiple points of the natural gas supply chain, is 86 times that of carbon over 20 years, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 2013 report.

Stephen Wilde says: July 18, 2013 at 9:17 pm «The latter results from kinetic energy being converted to potential energy as warm air rises against the force of gravity in a convective column.»

To my mind the possibility, which certainly has a great deal of at least circumstantial evidence behind it, that humans are causing global warming is enough to suggest that we should cease the behaviors that have the potential of destroying our planet.

In summary, there is little new about climate science in the report, and nothing at all new about attribution of past warming and extreme weather events to human activity, projections of future warming and its effects, or potential for catastrophic changes.

The authors postulated that this warm salty water (WSW) layer, situated beneath the colder surface freshwater in the North Atlantic, generated ocean convective available potential energy (OCAPE) over decades at the end of HS1.

Abstract Recent estimates of the global carbon budget, or allowable cumulative CO2 emissions consistent with a given level of climate warming, have the potential to inform climate mitigation policy discussions aimed at maintaining global temperatures below 2 ° C.

Drought is expected to occur 20 - 40 percent more often in most of Australia over the coming decades.6, 18 If our heat - trapping emissions continue to rise at high rates, 19 more severe droughts are projected for eastern Australia in the first half of this century.6, 17 And droughts may occur up to 40 percent more often in southeast Australia by 2070.2 Unless we act now to curb global warming emissions, most regions of the country are expected to suffer exceptionally low soil moisture at almost double the frequency that they do now.3 Studies suggest that climate change is helping to weaken the trade winds over the Pacific Ocean, with the potential to change rainfall patterns in the region, including Australia.20, 21,16,22

Extratropical cyclones (ETCs) intensify due to three vertically interacting positive potential vorticity anomalies that are associated with warm temperature anomalies at the surface, condensational heating in the lower - level atmosphere, and stratospheric intrusion in the upper - level atmosphere.

Payne and two other scientists wrote a letter to the U.S. delegation at the United Nations» climate change summit this month suggesting that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change require nations to use a 10 - year global warming potential, or GWP10, in their emissions inventory.

In this paper, produced by Carbon Tracker, Energy Transition Advisors and Earth Track, potential coal supply from the PRB is compared with a demand profile consistent with an International Energy Agency (IEA) scenario to restrict global warming to a two degrees Celsius (2 °C) outcome, in line with the upper limit at the recent COP21 agreement in Paris.

Now it seems «natural variability» is at least as strong, thus significantly increasing its potential role in the warming with concomitant reduction in anthropogenic contribution.

«One major concern about wildfires becoming more frequent in permafrost areas is the potential to put the vast amounts of carbon stored there at increased risk of being emitted and further amplify warming,» said Todd Sanford, a climate scientist at Climate Central and lead author of the group's newly released report on Alaskan wildfires, by e-mail.

The Bank of England has also recognised that a collapse in the value of oil, gas and coal assets as nations tackle global warming is a potential systemic risk to the economy, with London being particularly at risk owing to its huge listings of coal.

The meetings and several side events at the Montreal Protocol also demonstrated that low global warming potential (GWP), HFC - free alternatives exist in virtually all industrial sectors and regions of the world.

Humanity could emit more CO2 than this budget allows — though at the risk of higher levels of global warming, with all the problems, risks, and potential horrors that entails.

Assuming that you're one of those «skeptics,» and looking at the range estimations of likely impact based energy balance that are often promoted by «skeptics» (although certainly there are many «skeptics» who think that there is no possibility that ACO2 will warm the climate to any measurable extent)-- then we can reasonably assume that you agree that there is a «fat tail» potential for high impact consequences from BAU.

The «science is NEVER settled», Mosh (it appears we agree on that)-- I have just concluded, based on all the data and constraints out there at this point in time, that the potential CAGW threat depicted by IPCC (expressed as theoretical GH warming above today's temperature) is not realistic.

Specific topical /, propulsion, and gas separations; 2) simulations and methodological advances aimed at developing new thermal fluids for geothermal and solar thermal energy conversion; and 3) phase equilibria simulations of a new class of low global warming potential refrigerants.