Sentences with phrase «potential role in climate change»

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Climate change is «playing an increasing role in the increasing frequency of some types of extreme weather that lead to billion - dollar disasters, most notably the rise in vulnerability to drought, lengthening wildfire seasons and the potential for extremely heavy rainfall and inland flooding,» Smith said.

Victor Smetacek, the German oceanographer who led the expedition along with Victor Wajih Naqvi, an Indian geochemist, says that result means that iron fertilization has a much lower sequestration potential for atmospheric CO2 and, thus, will play a smaller role in fighting climate change than previously expected.

However, Riegl and Purkis misrepresent our view of the role of evolution in understanding the response of reefs to climate change, and falsely equate our Review (1) with a previous Review that specifically disputed the potential for evolution to play a significant role in response to climate change (2).

However, Hoegh - Guldberg et al. (2) specifically discount the potential for adaptation or evolution to play an appreciable role in coral reef response to climate change, in direct contradiction to our Review (1).

Genetic engineering could play a role in making crops more resilient to climate change, but more research is still needed to understand the technology's potential uses, the National Academy of Sciences said yesterday.

Dr. Zimov's perspective illuminates an additional function that must be considered: the mammoth's potential role in providing resilience in the face of climate change.

The picture that emerged Monday of climate change's potential role in condemning California to drought was as murky as muddy water in a nearly parched lakebed.

Climate Change: Observations on the Potential Role of Carbon Offsets in Climate Change Legislation.

eg «These studies provide new insights on the sensitivity and response of meridional ocean circulation to melt water inputs to the North Atlantic high latitudes (e.g., Bamberg et al., 2010; Irvali et al., 2012; Morley et al., 2011) and their potential role in amplifying small radiative variations into large a climate response through dynamic changes in ocean - atmosphere interactions (e.g., Morely et al., 2011; Irvali et al., 2012; Morley et al., 2014).

As long as the Obama Administration is not using the EPA to its maximum potential effectiveness in its proper and lawful regulatory role, then the President can be rightly accused of playing politics with the issue of climate change.

This technical document discusses the potential role of agricultural research in improving small farmers» productivity and ability to adapt to and mitigate climate change.

This technical document assesses the scientific literature on the potential role of renewable energy in the mitigation of climate change for policymakers, the private sector, academic researchers and civil society.

The IPCC says in its own words: «The role of the IPCC is to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.»

The document stresses the huge potential benefits of using government action to enable the knowledge and expertise from the insurance industry to play its fullest role in risk management in developing countries, particularly those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

According to the U.S. National Assessment on the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change, determining the role of weather in the incidence of waterborne disease outbreaks is a priority...

This analytical document summarizes the potential role of nuclear power in climate change mitigation and sustainable development, as all low - carbon energy technologies, including nuclear power, are needed to meet the Paris Agreement goal of limiting the rise of global temperatures to below 2 °C.

The objectives of this Handbook are to help raise awareness among local stakeholders regarding climate finance and its potential in the built environment, given the important role that this sector has to play in climate change mitigation.

Coming in at $ 5,000 a month is Idso's principal partner in the regular IPCC attack, Fred Singer, who for the last 20 years has denied pretty much any health threat with a corporate sponsor: the health impacts of second - hand smoke; coal's role in creating acid rain; the danger of asbestos; or DDT; the role of CFCs in creating the ozone hole; and, of course, the human cause and potential consequences of climate change.

While the GCC distributed a «backgrounder» to politicians and media in the early 1990s claiming «The role of greenhouse gases in climate change is not well understood,» a 1995 GCC internal memo drafted by Mobil Oil (which merged with Exxon in 1998) stated that: «The scientific basis for the Greenhouse Effect and the potential impact of human emissions of greenhouse gases such as CO2 on climate is well established and can not be denied.»

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The role of greenhouse gasses in climate change ARE NOT well understood, even if the POTENTIAL impact of human emissions has been documented.

Time and significant changes in agricultural practices are needed to realize the full potential of energy crops, but expanding the role of perennial grasses in agriculture offers important climate and water quality benefits.

E Agriculture: In her paper, «The role of ICTs for community - based adaptations to climate change» Simone Sala studied the potential impact of ICTs in Climate Change and developmenIn her paper, «The role of ICTs for community - based adaptations to climate change» Simone Sala studied the potential impact of ICTs in Climate Change and develclimate change» Simone Sala studied the potential impact of ICTs in Climate Change and develochange» Simone Sala studied the potential impact of ICTs in Climate Change and developmenin Climate Change and develClimate Change and develoChange and development.

Nature's Make or Break Potential for Climate Change global.nature.org New study shows we've been underestimating nature's role in tackling climate Climate Change global.nature.org New study shows we've been underestimating nature's role in tackling climate cChange global.nature.org New study shows we've been underestimating nature's role in tackling climate climate changechange.

The IPCC in its statement on «PRINCIPLES GOVERNING IPCC WORK» says nothing on data but does say: «The role of the IPCC is to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.»

If the issue at hand is the role of breeder reactors in the international (not national) solution of the climate change and energy problems then there are four items that have significant downside risk and the potential to disrupt any nuclear program.

With this in mind, climate change could be just another unique opportunity for weeds and other hardy plants to fulfill other roles: as potential biofuel candidates (kudzu, swtichgrass and jatropha for example), as a source of natural materials for furniture, or even as food — because weeds are evolving, just as we are.