Sentences with phrase «affected by changing climates»

Defense Department spokeswoman Heather Babb told The Washington Post the study «provided a better understanding of how atoll islands may be affected by a changing climate.»

The GEM network plans to continue to closely monitor tropical forests in the Americas, Africa and Asia over the coming decades, to understand how these forests are affected by changing climate.

Instead, Catholic leaders like Wenski and Carolyn Woo, who heads Catholic Relief Services in the United States, chose to focus on adaptation efforts and providing relief to communities that are affected by the changing climate and other environmental hazards.

All of our countries will be affected by a changing climate.

Coastal areas, floodplains, and water systems will all be affected by the changing climate, and it is vital that we understand the potential effects of climate change so businesses, farmers, ranchers, and the entire Nation can prepare for them now.

Other well - known Alaskan birds that could be affected by a changing climate include those that rely on sea ice, like the spectacled Eider and long - distance migrant shorebirds, like the Bar - tailed godwit.

Food production is something that will be strongly affected by a changing climate.

Not exact matches

The future of global commerce will be affected by the impact of climate change, disruptive innovations and other game changers.

Another was challenged to engage with fisherman in a nearby coastal city to understand how they were being affected by climate change.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

PSS: British Columbia's «sister province» is ready, able and willing to throw her under the bus... along with billions of other human beings that will be negatively affected by global climate change..

«While there are small marginal groups within evangelical Christianity who are often quoted in the press in opposition to climate change action, almost all major global evangelical bodies including the Lausanne Movement have declared their commitment to care for God's creation and to serve the poor affected by climate change impacts.»

That beliefs can affect actions even on the part of persons of great wealth and power has recently been suggested by the change of climate in the annual meetings of world economic leaders that have been held in Davos, Switzerland, until this year, when the group met in New York

As with many things affected by the environment, climate change has an effect on agroforestry.

Post-anaerobic treatment steps can also further increase water quality for extensive recycling, which is also becoming particularly relevant to countries and entire regions suffering drought or increasing affected by climate change, including South - Western USA, Australia, Africa, Southern Europe and South - Eastern and Eastern Asia.

players do not drink, do not fall sick, do not need a home, has no families, will not get affected by climate changes and etc....

Even if by some stroke of luck climate change doesn't affect us during our lifetime (wishful thinking), I would hate to leave this huge burden and mess for our children to clean up.

It is the most vulnerable populations that are most affected by more - violent and less - predictable natural disasters resulting from climate change.

Their skin may get easily affected by heat, drool, insect bites, climate changes and allergic reactions.

Massachusetts Birds and Our Changing Climate builds on those previous reports and identifies conservation priorities for more than a hundred species that will be affected by changing patterns of temperature and rainfall, both manifestations of a warmingChanging Climate builds on those previous reports and identifies conservation priorities for more than a hundred species that will be affected by changing patterns of temperature and rainfall, both manifestations of a warmingchanging patterns of temperature and rainfall, both manifestations of a warming planet.

The energy and climate change secretary's comments were sparked by attempts to abolish red tape affecting conservation.

However, success can be measured by cultural change too - changes in society that affect the overall climate in which we all live and work.

Infrastructure a matter of life and death for people in countries most affected by climate change.

«We saw this community disrupted so tremendously by something that was directly affected by climate change,» De Blasio noted.

Delaying infrastructure decisions is no longer simply inconvenient, it's a matter of life and death for people in countries most affected by the adverse consequences of climate change, Mr Clarke will claim in a debate to be held during the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Festival of Social Science

While recognising that all countries are affected by the effects of climate change under «One Planet» but some are more vulnerable, the summit seeks for tangible collective action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Compiled by scientists at 13 federal agencies, it contains the results of thousands of studies showing that climate change caused by greenhouse gases is affecting weather in every part of the United States, causing average temperatures to rise dramatically since the 1980s.

On Tuesday, a New York State Senate panel discussed the state's response to climate change with scientists, environmental advocates and residents affected by Hurricane Sandy flooding.

Oxfam estimates that by 2015 almost 400 million a year may be affected by climate - related disasters, and this number will continue to grow as already unavoidable climate change sets in.»

I would hope that by joining the Caucus, she will be able to become more supportive and sympathetic to climate change issues that affect a large part of her District.

But it's a life that's affected more and more by climate change.

The findings indicate the ice sheets are less stable than previously thought, and could be strongly affected by climate change.

She has had experiences with reporters who thought the scientific community «didn't know anything» when she expressed caveats and uncertainty around a complex topic (such as how mosquito - borne diseases in the U.S. - Mexico border region may be affected by climate change).

Coral reefs, which are already under threat from overfishing and tourism, are especially vulnerable to climate change because they are easily affected by warm water.

Seeing the vast areas affected by climate change during this cruise has highlighted for me the importance of the science I play a small role in.

Released yesterday by the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), the finalized guidance recommends that agencies both calculate direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions of a project and assess how climate change might affect a project (Greenwire, Aug. 2).

The data is important for climate change models, since the emissions released by thawing permafrost could significantly affect levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

«Agriculture is the sector most likely to be affected by changes in climate of all sectors of society,» Nelson adds.

Managers can use the results to make more informed predictions about how native species will be affected by an invasion or even how species ranges may be extended due to climate change.

A long - term climate change study site in New Mexico would be one of many areas affected by the 3,500 - foot -(915 - meter --RRB- wide corridors.

Polar bears, the poster - child for climate change, are among the animals most affected by the seasonal and year - to - year changes in Arctic sea ice, because they rely on this surface for essential activities such as hunting, traveling and breeding.

In a recent paper published in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Woolbright describes how populations and communities like these, known as climate relicts, can help scientists understand how ecological communities are affected by climate change.

The goal of the new rule is to help local governments identify vulnerable areas affected by climate change that they can show to federal and state officials as a way to obtain money for things like road rebuilding.

Lubchenco, a marine ecologist who gave up scientific research to helm NOAA, said a report released earlier this year by the Obama administration makes it clear that climate change is already affecting the United States.

The investigation of self - reported sleep patterns and nighttime temperatures across the United States is one of the first studies to provide evidence that rising temperatures, driven by climate change, could affect human sleep.

Hertel and doctoral student Uris Baldos developed a combination of economic models — one that captures the main drivers of crop supply and demand and another that assesses food security based on caloric consumption — to predict how global food security from 2006 to 2050 could be affected by changes in population, income, bioenergy, agricultural productivity and climate.

Ice loss caused by climate change is opening up the Arctic, and it looks like the competition to take advantage has the potential to destroy the region and affect the entire planet.

Future scarcity affected by climate change will most likely lead to different water pricing needs than the schemes we know from the past.»

They then mapped the regions where those species with a high intrinsic risk are most affected today by human impact and climate change.

«This study is one of the first to show that gradual and subtle changes in forest structure and species composition, driven by climate change — as well as invasive insects and pathogens that act on a fraction of tree species within a forest — can also affect water yield.»