Sentences with phrase «thus modern climate»

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Thus, I also study modern reptiles, and how they are responding to climate change today.

In such a climate as modern - day Shanghai it could be argued that, in such a climate, it is not possible to remain strictly honest to the letter of the law, and thus it is up to the individual's own conscience to toe that very fine line between what is morally right and wrong.

The IPCC states that the modern warming decadal warming, +0.55 °C, was at least 50 % caused by humans - thus, it is highly likely that natural climate forces were responsible for the other 50 %, say a +0.27 °C of the modern warming.

The creation of cities was a response to climate change and provided the spark for a take - off for human history, an explosion in culture and civilization, and is thus the reason it is the cornerstone for the creation of our modern world.»

The cities» lawsuits allege — supported by modern climate science — that major oil and natural gas companies contribute substantially to global warming by extracting and using fossil fuels, which emit massive quantities of heat - trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, causing ocean waters to warm and ice sheets to melt, and thus, sea levels to rise, endangering coastal communities.

We humans seem to learn from experience, and thus our modern systems of justice are not well geared for dealing effectively with climate - change deniers.

The way that human evolution has historically adapted to climate change and the prevailing environment and the way that modern humans persistently modify their environment and ignore the consequences of changes to the global climate, thus risking the future existance of the human race.

Past examples would thus inform the construction of adaptive capacities in modern societies dealing with rapid climate change.