I think that in conclusion, it can be said that no matter how much the El Niño actually contributed to the sudden increase in temperature, greenhouse gas emissions still caused some if not most of it.
And it makes the whole idea of sudden, grave climate shocks arising from greenhouse emissions seem terribly plausible, even if it does not predict any particular shocks.
Many deep-sea hydrate fields lie atop huge reservoirs of methane in gaseous form, with the risk of a sudden release of the highly potent greenhouse gas if the hydrate seals are broken, whether naturally or by humans.
According to three people with knowledge of Heartland's campaign, the surprise ad comparing Unabomber Ted Kaczynski to advocates of reducing greenhouse gases prompted a sudden conference call last Friday between the board and the group's president, Joe Bast.
Since 2007, scientists have been searching to find the cause of a sudden and unexpected global rise in atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas, following almost a decade in which concentrations had stayed relatively constant.
Gao ushered me into the new greenhouse, and her glasses quickly misted over from the sudden humidity.
Methane mischief: misleading commentary published in Nature A catastrophic release of the potent greenhouse gas methane in the Arctic could cause a sudden warming with massive economic consequences says a commentary published in the esteemed scientific journal Nature Wednesday.
The most interesting and most definite result of constraining sink strength in cucumber plants by removing fruit and restricting shoot growth was the sudden doubling of CO2 gas exchange in the root zone in both greenhouse experiments.
Methane is also a potent greenhouse gas; if it rises to the surface, steadily or in sudden bursts, it could play a significant role in global warming.
If the injection were ever halted suddenly, it could result in a sudden rise in the global mean surface temperature by unmasking radiative forcing of greenhouse gases.
