Sentences with phrase «warming potential measuring»

A task force of the Ministry calculated that thanks to these alternative solutions, 120 million tons of CO2 - equivalent (a figure for global warming potential measuring how much of a certain greenhouse gas contributes to the greenhouse effect) was eliminated in 2010.

Not exact matches

To test the cooling potential of their three - ply construct versus a cotton fabric of comparable thickness, they placed a small swatch of each material on a surface that was as warm as bare skin and measured how much heat each material trapped.

That year the U.S. released 7.40 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e), a measure of the global warming potential of any greenhouse gas in terms of the amount of warming generated by CO2.

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.

[Global warming potential is a measure of the comparative capacity of various gases to trap heat.]

Enhance Cooperation on Hydroflurocarbons (HFCs): Building on the historic Sunnylands agreement between President Xi and President Obama regarding HFCs, the United States and China will enhance bilateral cooperation to begin phasing down the use of high global warming potential HFCs, including through technical cooperation on domestic measures to promote HFC alternatives and to transition government procurement toward climate - friendly refrigerants.

But their findings, if potential intensity is a valid marker for hurricane activity is any measure, are quite clear: hurricane activity isnt going to change much even with 3C warming in the oceans.

[* GtCO2e is billions of tons of carbon dioxide or the equivalent amount of other greenhouse gases when measured in terms of their potential to warm things up.]

Because of methane's greater greenhouse potency, the warming potential of the emissions measured during the second period greatly exceeded the potential cooling produced by the uptake of carbon dioxide during photosynthesis.

Indeed, the warming potential during the 2010 — 2011 period was large enough to counteract the potential cooling measured during the 2002 — 2003 interval, when the younger wetlands were several times more productive, according to the authors.

Well, this is exactly what a group of Canadian researchers have simulated in an attempt to measure the potential effects against global warming.

He said more research was needed to clarify the potential environmental risks of warming before taking stronger measures, although White House officials said recently that they might speed their timetable in seeking compliance.

This is a measure that is based on the potential the gas has to contribute to global warming.

A global phase - down could avoid 1.1 — 1.7 billion metric tons CO2 equivalent (CO2 equivalent is a measure used to compare impacts of greenhouse gases based on their global warming potential in relation to CO2) of GHG emissions per year by 2030, with cumulative emission reductions of nearly 100 billion metric tons CO2 equivalent by 2050.

We must forget the obsession with global anthropogenic greenhouse warming alone plus the implementation of draconian global mitigation actions and shift our attention to local and regional climate and weather - related issues and any actionable adaptation measures that can be planned and implemented in order to avoid potential problems.

A measure of Global Warming Potential (GWP) is one of several impacts measured under ISO LCA standards, including the ISO 21930 standard for Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for building products.

Carbon Dioxide Equivalent — Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (or CO2e) is a measure used to compare the emissions from various greenhouse gases based upon their global warming potential (GWP).

The global warming potential (GWP) of other greenhouse gases is measured in relation to that of carbon dioxide, which by international scientific convention is assigned a value of one (1).

The global warming potential is an attempt to provide a simple measure of the relative radiative effects of the emissions of various greenhouse gases.

Updates to the TRACI measure characterization factors for Global Warming Potential and Acidification Potential.

Global Warming Potential (GWP)- An index, based upon radiative properties of well - mixed heat - trapping gases (greenhouse gases), measuring the radiative forcing of a unit mass of a given well - mixed greenhouse gas in the present - day atmosphere integrated over a chosen time horizon, relative to that of carbon dioxide.

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