他们发现,飞机消耗的燃料减少了15%(同时二氧化碳排放量也减少了)。
They found that the aircraft consumed as much as 15% less fuel (coupled with a reduction in carbon dioxide output).
把食物放进微波炉里几分钟似乎完全无害,但一项新的研究发现,在欧洲,这种快速烹饪的机器的碳排放量几乎和700万辆汽车的一样多。
Popping food into the microwave for a couple of minutes may seem utterly harmless, but Europe's stock of these quick-cooking ovens emit as much carbon as nearly 7 million cars, a new study has found.
这项研究还发现,城市在很多情况下没有做到控制它们自身温室气体的排放。
Cities are also failing in many cases to curb their own emissions of greenhouse gases, the study finds.
在发现了笑气这种常见化学品对正在恢复的臭氧层构成新威胁之后,科学家们呼吁对笑气排放实行更为严格的管制。
Scientists have called for stricter controls on emissions of laughing gas, after discovering the common chemical poses a new threat to the recovering ozone layer.
华盛顿特区:美国一项新的研究发现二氧化碳(CO2)的排放使海洋酸化以前所未有的速度进展。
Washington, DC: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions arecausing ocean acidification to progress at an unprecedented rate, a newAmerican research has found.
他们发现,溪流中一氧化二氮的数量与人类活动释放到环境中的氮有关,如使用化肥和污水排放。
They found that the amount of nitrous oxide produced in streams is related to human activities that release nitrogen into the environment, such as fertilizer use and sewage discharges.
她发现有91公吨未经控制的苯排放,比规定量高出15倍还多。
She found 91 metric tons of uncontrolled benzene emissions, more than 15 times higher than what the rules allowed.
一项研究发现,第一次在非洲举办的世界杯足球赛将产生275万吨碳排放,将是有史以来体育赛事对环境造成的最大影响之一。
Africa's first football World Cup will generate 2.75m tonnes of carbon emissions, one of the biggest environmental impacts of any sporting event in history, a study has found.
气候组织最近进行的分析发现,要实现各国已经同意的排放目标,在2020年以前一定要阻止93亿吨二氧化碳进入大气。
A recent analysis by the Climate Group found that, to meet the emissions targets already agreed by nations, 9.3bn tonnes of CO2 must be prevented from entering the atmosphere by 2020.
通过查看Gartner的数据,可以发现全世界的个人电脑和显示器对能源的需求更大,它占据了整个ICT环节所需能量的40%并且其碳排放是全球总量的0.8%。
By Gartner's figures, the world's PCs and monitors are even more power hungry, accounting for around 40% of the total ICT energy demand and 0.8% of global CO2 emissions.
根据Peters的发现,尽管美国的出口抵消了一些它本土的排放,但总体来说,它的排放量还是最大,所以美国在世界CO2排放量中仍然占首位。
Based on Peters's findings, the us still leads the world in CO2 emissions because although us exports offset some of its territorial emissions, taken as a whole it is still emits the most.
他说,“如果计入甲烷排放的因素,结果发现天然气仅仅能削减煤炭10%到20%的碳排放强度,那该怎么办?
What if, with revelations around methane emissions, it turns out to be only a 10 or 20 percent reduction of carbon from coal?
他发现2006年中有大约563公吨的三氟化氮被排放。
He found that about 563 metric tons of nitrogen trifluoride was emitted in 2006.
科学家发现,在牛羊饲料中加入一些不寻常的食物,可以将它们排放的废气减少四分之一。
It comes after scientists found mixing some unusual foods into cattle and sheep feed could cut the stinky emissions from animals by as much as a quarter.
排放物必须隐藏起来,机身设计时也必须考虑到不能被雷达和红外探测器发现。
Emissions must be hidden and the plane's fuselage sculpted to avoid detection by radar and infrared sensors.
然而,不同于许多其它的行业,电信运营商发现其碳排放的来源很容易确定——它们的碳排放主要来源只有一个:通信网络的运行。
Unlike many other firms, however, telecoms operators find their carbon footprints quite easy to work out. That is because their footprints are dominated by one thing: running their networks.
研究者发现,燃料不完全燃烧产生的烟尘,会使发射过程中产生的二氧化碳的排放量减少。
The researchers found that the effect of soot, which is incompletely burned fuel, would dwarf that of the carbon dioxide emissions from the launches.
瑞典研究人员发现沉积物对碳的截留作用对温度变化极其敏感,气候一变暖,大气中二氧化碳的排放量就会增加。
Swedish researchers have shown that carbon retention by sediment is highly temperature-sensitive and that a warmer climate would result in increased carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere.
议会仍旧争论着排放限制与额度交易法案,而此时美国北方工业中心地区发现自己的角色相当尴尬。
As the battle over a cap-and-trade bill continues in Congress, the industrial Midwest finds itself playing an awkward role.
这一发现与国际上对中国的普遍看法形成鲜明对比。在许多人眼中,中国拥有效率低下、碳排放强度高的工业,而且对要求其限制排放的国际呼声持抵制态度。
The finding contrasts sharply with the widespread image internationally of China as a country of inefficient, carbon-intensive industry that is resisting international calls to curb its emissions.
他们发现,刚好过半的甲烷排放量来自于热带,亚马逊河流域每年释放约2000万吨,还有2600万吨来自刚果盆地。
They found that just over half of all methane emissions came from thetropics, with some 20m tonnes released from the Amazon river basin each year, and 26m tonnes from the Congo basin.
美国国家海洋与大气局的BenMiller和他的同事最近发表的一项研究发现2006至2009年间排放量实际下降了约40%。
A study by Ben Miller of America's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and colleagues published recently found that in fact emissions fell by 40% or so between 2006 and 2009.
最近的一项研究发现,数字传输可以减少88%的碳排放总量。
A recent study found that digital delivery reduced total tons of carbon emissions by 88%.
最近的一项研究发现,数字传输可以减少88%的碳排放总量。
A recent study found that digital delivery reduced total tons of carbon emissions by 88%.
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