The layers of glass create a series of interstitial spaces that are used to regulate the climate inside the building.
THE rise in greenhouse-gas emissions means oceans are playing a bigger role in regulating the climate.
We depend on properly functioning ecosystems for our well being, including providing freshwater, regulating the climate and controlling pollination.
We cannot take for granted the services that ecosystems provide for free – such as regulating the climate, absorbing pollution and reducing flooding.
And they understand little about the role played by the oceans in regulating the climate, nor about the influence of clouds.
These are greenhouse gases (ie, they help to retain heat in the atmosphere), and thus have an important role in regulating the climate.
On a large scale, some of these aerosols appear to help regulate the climate; others are anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-viral.
Meanwhile, says Lynne Zeitlin Hale of the Nature Conservancy, an American charity, the sea's environmental importance is better understood: for instance, in regulating the climate, recycling oxygen and absorbing carbon dioxide.
Through exchanges of water, energy, carbon dioxide and other chemical components including volatile organic compounds, forest canopies regulate the climate system, both locally and through global carbon budgets (Dixon et al. 1994; Bonan 2008; Luyssaert et al. 2008).
This is what sets the Volt apart from other alternative vehicles; you literally don't need to run on gas — the gas generator might still pop on to regulate the climate if it gets too hot or cold while the Volt's parked, though.
