Sentences with phrase «while most climate change»

Not exact matches

While energy companies are the most frequent targets of climate activism, a new report by GRAIN shows that large food corporations — especially in the meat and dairy sector — are huge contributors to global climate change.

While only 13 percent of electricity in the U.S. is generated from renewable energy sources, it's one of the most critical ways to fight climate change.

And while most congressmembers aren't going to change their minds on climate change, women's reproductive rights, guns or immigration (the issues listed as priorities in Carson's email), rallies or meetings to put pressure on them can get local public and media attention.

«In a three - way race, I think that a candidate who wants a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage, health care for all, a Green New Deal to provide full employment while acting on climate change, and who supports progressive taxes to adequately funds our schools and local governments will have the most support among the voters,» stated Hawkins.

Some believe their work's most important goal is advancing knowledge for its own sake, while others prioritize societal concerns such as contributing to social justice, helping fight climate change, seeking to cure disease, or educating the next generation.

The simulations showed that while dingoes had some impact, growth and development in human populations, possibly intensified by climate change, was the most likely extinction driver.

But while wildfires are estimated to contribute about 18 percent of the total PM2.5 emissions in the U.S., many questions remain on how these emissions will affect human populations, including how overall air quality will be affected, how these levels will change under climate change, and which regions are to most likely to be impacted.

While most of the region endured dry, freezing weather, pockets of «refugia,» or vegetated areas not affected by climate change, remained scattered along the Bering land bridge throughout the LGM period.

A slew of emails stolen from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit highlight definite character flaws among some climate scientists — including an embarrassing attempt to delete emails that discussed the most recent report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — while also exposing what looks like a failure of scientists to acknowledge a halt to global warming in the past climate scientists — including an embarrassing attempt to delete emails that discussed the most recent report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — while also exposing what looks like a failure of scientists to acknowledge a halt to global warming in the past Climate Change — while also exposing what looks like a failure of scientists to acknowledge a halt to global warming in the past decade.

In an online survey of 342 parents of young children, those who reported high levels of biospheric concern also reported feeling the most stressed about global climate change, while those whose concerns were more egoistic or altruistic did not report significant stress related to the phenomenon.

According to the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, the wind speed and rainfall rates in tropical cyclones are projected to increase during the 21st century, even while the total number of tropical cyclones remains nearly steady, or even decreases.

Scientifically, the meteorologists, climatologists, and atmospheric physicists, who were responsible for «discovering» the human contribution to the terrestrial greenhouse effect, have been the most consistent champions of its importance, while the solar physics community, and especially those interested in solar - terrestrial relations, have increasingly stressed the possible importance of the long - term variations of the solar constant as the chief cause of climate change.

While most scientists believe Larsen C's breakdown was largely natural, climate change is creating unstable conditions across Antarctica.

While Eggsy undergoes the ultra-competitive training program (with only one recruit earning a spot as a Kingsman), Harry investigates a potential threat involving a tech - genius billionaire named Valentine (Samuel L. Jackson) who wants to save the Earth from the dangerous effects of climate change by wiping out most of humanity.

As countries look to meet their energy needs while combatting climate change, this report can help identify the most sustainable mix of energy technologies to accomplish that goal.»

This pack looks at how rich countries are contributing the most to climate change while poor countries suffer its worst affects.

While there are many critical changes to be made regarding the quality of high school programs, curriculum, teaching strategies and school climate — particularly for our most vulnerable students — it is an undeniable truth that earning a high school diploma is the first step along the pathway to college or professional training and career development.

The upright position of the buttons makes it easy to change settings while driving in contrast to most flat surface climate units.

While the publishing climate is certainly changing, I think as long as sales are tracked through traditional outlets and publishers continue to put the most emphasis using Bookscan as a primary sales reference point — versus an author's statement that the book has sold 3,000 copies in back - of - the - room sales or as ebooks — big publishers are going to be wary of publishing authors that are showing, say, 100 copies sold.

I differ, asserting, as I did here the other day, that those most worried about global warming are already energetically opposed to Trump, while climate change remains a «meh» issue for middle - of - the - road Americans.

While the long term stability is easy to demonstrate in climate models, it can't be unambiguously determined whether this is true in the real world since boundary conditions are always changing (albeit slowly most of the time).

I gather that the main reason to expect them to decline is the lower pole - equator temperature difference that climate change would bring with it, and that this is the main driving force for mid-latitude storms, while SST are the most important variable for tropical storms.

If you're looking for general assessments of climate change, the IPCC 2007 report is probably the most comprehensive single source, and while there's been good progress since then on a number of topics, not thehing in «big picture» has really changed.

While none of the above quoted sources claim the «hiatus» actually refutes the climate change paradigm and most in fact offer explanations for it, of one sort or another, all do clearly agree that it is real, and warrants an explanation.

Here's my uneducated question — while I respect Gavin's comments about not abusing the science, it seems to me that many measurable indicators of climate change are (to the extent I can tell) occurring / progressing / worsening faster than predicted by most models, whether we're talking about atmospheric CO2 levels, arctic ice melting, glacial retreat, etc..

While most of the public associates carbon dioxide (CO2) with climate change, other substances have more greenhouse effect than CO2.

Finally, we returned to the science, and I addressed a theme that's come up on this blog, and that I think contributes substantially to making the human response to climate change (or global warming) a particularly vexing problem — the reality that while the basics of the science are clear, the science on questions that matter most to society is not.

While people may blame climate change or whatever on the ability of, for example, Zimbawabe to feed itself, any agricultural failures can be laid squarely at the feet of Mugabe and most likely also at the feet of anyone who might succeed him.

The bottom line, of course, is the uncomfortable reality that adapting to climate change is and will be a prime priority while mitigating emissions remains, for most countries, a generations - spanning long - term goal — unless and until some epic environmental disruption forces it to the front of the line.

One big reason is that while the basics of greenhouse theory have been clear for decades, the most consequential aspects of human - driven climate change remain the least certain.

Conscious that while our nations lie at the climate frontline and will disproportionately feel the impacts of global warming, in the end climate change will threaten the sustainable development and, ultimately, the survival of all states and peoples — the fate of the most vulnerable will be the fate of the world; and convinced that our acute vulnerability not only allows us to perceive the threat of climate change more clearly than others, but also provides us with the clarity of vision to understand the steps that must be taken to protect the Earth's climate system and the determination to see the job done;

As I've written before, while 20 years of intensifying inquiry has greatly reinforced confidence that humans are influencing climate in ways that could profoundly disrupt human and natural affairs, it has not substantially clarified climate outcomes that matter most: how fast and far temperatures and seas will rise in the next 100 years, how hurricanes will respond to warming, how regional conditions will change.

-- My exposure of political interference with government climate science from 2002 through 2006, — Our ongoing Energy Challenge series, — The Big Melt package from 2005 — My North Pole reports in 2003 (and the resulting New York Times book for younger readers on the changing Arctic), — The «Climate Divide» package this spring revealing how rich countries are already insulating themselves from climate hazards while poor ones most in harm's way are left swinging in the climate science from 2002 through 2006, — Our ongoing Energy Challenge series, — The Big Melt package from 2005 — My North Pole reports in 2003 (and the resulting New York Times book for younger readers on the changing Arctic), — The «Climate Divide» package this spring revealing how rich countries are already insulating themselves from climate hazards while poor ones most in harm's way are left swinging in the Climate Divide» package this spring revealing how rich countries are already insulating themselves from climate hazards while poor ones most in harm's way are left swinging in the climate hazards while poor ones most in harm's way are left swinging in the wind...

While much of the developed world continues to debate the most effective ways of tackling global carbon emissions in closed - door summits and international forums, some countries hardest hit from changing climate patterns are beginning to take a more direct approach.

While most scientists are clear about the effects of climate change on fire, the link between climate change and drought is a little more complicated.

While most climate scientists, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, implicitly define «pre-industrial» to be in the late 1800's, a true non-industrially influenced baseline is probably further in the pclimate scientists, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, implicitly define «pre-industrial» to be in the late 1800's, a true non-industrially influenced baseline is probably further in the pClimate Change, implicitly define «pre-industrial» to be in the late 1800's, a true non-industrially influenced baseline is probably further in the past,...

Research indicates that the Arctic had substantially less sea ice during this period compared to present Current desert regions of Central Asia were extensively forested due to higher rainfall, and the warm temperate forest belts in China and Japan were extended northwards West African sediments additionally record the «African Humid Period», an interval between 16,000 and 6,000 years ago when Africa was much wetter due to a strengthening of the African monsoon While there do not appear to have been significant temperature changes at most low latitude sites, other climate changes have been reported.

I think my favorite moment of this campaign was different moments of interacting with amazing volunteers of all different backgrounds who are really committed to fighting climate change while lifting up our most vulnerable communities.

While most policy discussions around climate change focus on energy wonks, the Times says that military analysts are increasingly of the view that «climate - induced crises could topple governments, feed terrorist movements or destabilize entire regions».

While a global temperature metric for the near - surface tropospheric temperatures is awkward in that it does not account for changes in local climates, it is useful from the most important and broad perspective... as one more metric to indicate total energy flow in and out of the Earth system.

While the past decade has witnessed much progress and reason for hope, there are still many important problems to tackle: malnutrition, sanitation, education, civil conflicts, climate change, and natural disasters, to name some of the most prominent.

While the Climate Change pundits agree that energy efficiency and renewables are in the long term, «the most sustainable solutions both for security of supply and climate,» they argue that «global greenhouse gas emissions can not be reduced by at least 50 % by 2050, as they need to be, if we do not also use other options such as carbon capture and storage.Climate Change pundits agree that energy efficiency and renewables are in the long term, «the most sustainable solutions both for security of supply and climate,» they argue that «global greenhouse gas emissions can not be reduced by at least 50 % by 2050, as they need to be, if we do not also use other options such as carbon capture and storage.climate,» they argue that «global greenhouse gas emissions can not be reduced by at least 50 % by 2050, as they need to be, if we do not also use other options such as carbon capture and storage.»

While the report made a strong case for human - caused climate change, most media coverage focused on the question of whether there has been a «pause» in global warming.

«Free rider» countries contribute disproportionately to global GHG emissions with only limited vulnerability to the effects of the resulting climate change, while «forced rider» countries are most vulnerable to climate change but have contributed little to its genesis15, 16.

While most of those papers (66 percent) didn't take a stance on whether global warming is man - made, 97 percent of those that did agreed that we are, in fact, causing climate change.

In 2004, as they correctly point out, Harvard science historian Naomi Oreskes published an essay in Science magazine in which she examined the abstracts of 928 articles on the subject of «global climate change» published in scientific journals between 1993 and 2003, and «found that 75 % supported the view that human activities are responsible for most of the observed warming over the previous 50 years while none directly dissented.»

While de Jong's political passion extends to resolving not to fund faith - based schools, including Catholic ones, and to ending dependence on coal - fired plants by 2009, he said climate change is the most important issue.

While acknowledging the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change («IPCC») as «the most coherent, authoritative and influential expression of scientific views on Climate Change,» the report took issue with IPCC's working groups.

While most climate activists were denied a podium or a venue at the Durban COP17 conference, climate change deniers were accorded a platform.

They are, «Conscious that while our nations lie at the climate front - line and will disproportionately feel the impacts of global warming, in the end climate change will threaten the sustainable development and, ultimately, the survival of all States and peoples — the fate of the most vulnerable will be the fate of the world...»