Sentences with phrase «already seeing climate changing»

We are already seeing climate changing and it seems unlikely to slow down.

Not exact matches

A new climate change report is forecasting an almost 50 per cent reduction in rain by 2090, but one farmer in southern NSW says he has already seen things change over the past 30 years.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said again on Friday that President Donald Trump's decision to pull the United States out of the Paris Accord on climate change has «potentially devastating impact» and one that New Yorkers are already seeing.

NEW YORK STATE — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said again on Friday that President Donald Trump's decision to pull the United States out of the Paris Accord on climate change has «potentially devastating impact» and one that New Yorkers are already seeing.

In the analysis — this was [all] originally published as a scientific paper in Nature last fall and then we see it again here in Scientific American in a more a distilled form — what we show is that in terms of climate change, in terms of nitrogen pollution into our waterways and oceans, and in terms of biodiversity loss, we have already caused irreparable harm to the planet.

So, we are charting around, kind of, this wheel if you [will], [that you] see in the article these ideas that, well there is climate change, here is where the cliff looks like it might be; we are getting dangerously close to [it] biodiversity loss --[we're] over the cliff already on that one.

«We often talk about climate change and how it will affect us in the future, but the truth is we are already seeing those changes,» said Camille Stevens - Rumann, assistant professor in the Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship at CSU.

Seeing the sharp declines in parts of the ocean I have come to know and love reminds me that as we look into new ways to protect our planet from climate change, we need to look again at the natural machinery that already works, that developed over four and a half billion years, and do everything we can to restore its functions.

Then again, given the climate change impacts already seen at present greenhouse gas concentrations, the world may not have much choice.

And the question overtopping all: Will increased precipitation, a consequence of climate change already being seen in much of the United States, exacerbate spring flooding?

«For them, the global phenomenon of climate change very clearly affects these bigger picture environmental things, so they have the most pronounced worry, because they already see it everywhere.

«Although many of these effects are already seen, their progression in the absence of climate change mitigation will greatly amplify existing global health challenges and inequalities,» they warn.

Fact # 1: Carbon Dioxide is a Heat - Trapping Gas Fact # 2: We Are Adding More Carbon Dioxide to the Atmosphere All the Time Fact # 3: Temperatures are Rising Fact # 4: Sea Level is Rising Fact # 5: Climate Change Can be Natural, but What's Happening Now Can't be Explained by Natural Forces Fact # 6: The Terms «Global Warming» and «Climate Change» Are Almost Interchangeable Fact # 7: We Can Already See The Effects of Climate Change Fact # 8: Large Regions of The World Are Seeing a Significant Increase In Extreme Weather Events, Including Torrential Rainstorms, Heat Waves And Droughts Fact # 9: Frost and Snowstorms Will Still Happen in a Warmer World Fact # 10: Global Warming is a Long - Term Trend; It Doesn't Mean Next Year Will Always Be Warmer Than This Year

The consequences of climate change are being felt not only in the environment, but in the entire socio - economic system and, as seen in the findings of numerous reports already available, they will impact first and foremost the poorest and weakest who, even if they are among the least responsible for global warming, are the most vulnerable because they have limited resources or live in areas at greater risk... Many of the most vulnerable societies, already facing energy problems, rely upon agriculture, the very sector most likely to suffer from climatic shifts.»

The report quotes public health experts who express concerns that carbon emissions associated with coal use will contribute to climate change and add to future public health problems - on top of the serious consequences of coal burning we are already seeing today.

Yet of all developed countries, Australia is set to feel impacts of climate change earlier than most, and arguably is seeing them already in the recent severe droughts.

We've recently seen a number of proposals for protecting coral reefs from the dangers of climate change, and now it turns out that corals already have a self - defense mechanism.

When the annual April 1 measurements came in, Trouet and her colleagues were already looking at the historic climate record contained in old tree rings to see how the locations of storm activity had changed in the area over time.

A pregnant parishioner (Amanda Seyfried) asks him to counsel her husband, an environmental activist who sees no point in bringing an innocent life into a world already doomed to a fiery climate - change - induced death.

Already, deep fissures are emerging between, on one side, a base of ideological voters and lawmakers with strong ties to powerful tea - party groups and super PACs funded by the fossil - fuel industry who see climate change as a false threat concocted by liberals to justify greater government control; and on the other side, a quiet group of moderates, younger voters, and leading conservative intellectuals who fear that if Republicans continue to dismiss or deny climate change, the party will become irrelevant.

The millions of people all over the world who have already experienced mass destruction of their homes, livelihoods, food supply and / or water supply as a result of AGW - driven climate change and extreme weather might not agree that the changes we have seen so far are «not catastrophic».

The resilience of people also varies, while many richer nations may be able to weather climate change, many poorer nations are already seeing distress in their water and food supplies.

I feel that the climate revolution (which has already begun) is going to be a continual movement that will be driven by young people out in the world connecting with individuals and inspiring each other to live the change they want to see.

The report of Susan Solomon's National Research Council Committee on Stabilization Targets for Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Concentrations is the place to go to see a collection of impacts that have already been observed and will be amplified as the climate changes in ways that have been quantitatively estimated.

The main reason for concern about anthropogenic climate change is not that we can already see it (although we can).

(That grouping includes countries north and south that are already seeing climate - change impacts in their glaciers, water supplies, sea levels, and agricultural sectors.)

We have only begun to see the change in temperature and climate caused by the amount of CO2 that we have already added to the atmosphere (+38 %), and it will continue to change until the ocean - atmosphere climate system fully responds to that addition.

Climate change poses a threat to our way of life — in fact, we're already beginning to see its profound and costly impact.

The Middle East has already seen decades of drying, which is expected to intensify for the next 20 years and beyond as a result of climate change.

Australian flora and fauna will suffer badly as the climate changes; damage is already to be seen if you look for it (photo below).

In an interview with the Herald, the head of the Sustainable Development and Human Settlements of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Luis Samaniego said the region is already seeing many effects of climate change and faces an average GDP drop of one percentage point because of it.

«Premiums are already rising because of climate change,» says Kesik, who predicts that condo owners will see increases of 500 per cent over the years.

There is very good evidence to support the conclusion that continued unmitigated climate change will lead to more intense tropical cyclones, and there is even some evidence (see the Nature paper above) that on average cyclones are already getting stronger and more devastating.

You can find out how the climate is changing; the effects of climate change on extreme weather, human health, water supply, the oceans; and the impact we already see.

On average in the United States, the amount of rain falling during the heaviest 1 percent of rainstorms has increased nearly 20 percent during the past 50 years — almost three times the rate of increase in total precipitation.4, 5 The Midwest saw an even larger average increase of 31 percent, surpassed only by the Northeast (at 67 percent).4 Scientists attribute the rise in heavy precipitation to climate change that has already occurred over the past half - century.6

Already in the U.S. we've seen major hurricanes, floods, drought and wildfires all linked to climate change, and that's just in the past few years.

Climate change is the biggest environmental threat to our planet and we are already seeing the effects on our oceans and marine life across the globe.

She underscored that the effects of climate change can already be seen in the Nordic countries, and announced the launch of «The New Climate Economy» initiative on 24 September 2013 in Neclimate change can already be seen in the Nordic countries, and announced the launch of «The New Climate Economy» initiative on 24 September 2013 in NeClimate Economy» initiative on 24 September 2013 in New York.

Observational records show that anthropogenic - influenced climate change has already had a profound impact on global and U.S. warm season climate over the past 30 years, and there is increasing contrast between geographic regions that are climatologically wet and dry - the hypothesis that the «wet gets wetter, dry gets drier» is seen in a new paper by Chang et al..

«Ordinary, everyday people like me can see the catastrophic effects that climate change is already having on our world and the future of our children.»

Canada, on the other hand, is already entering a transitional period that will see growth rates slow in the short - term, but we are well ahead of the U.S. in terms of the climate change policy that will provide long - term opportunities for our industry.

We do need to invest in infrastructure in the face of the climate change we've already locked in, and if we don't simultaneously radically lower our emissions, and that by the way has huge implications for the industry that is the dominant industry in precisely the areas that are being hardest hit, the oil and gas industry, which is a major economic engine in Texas and Louisiana, and specifically in some of the areas that are being hardest hit, which is a whole other layer of risk that we have seen very little about.

We are already seeing the effects of climate change - 2016 was the hottest year on record, 2015 was the hottest year before that, and 2014 the hottest year before that.

WASHINGTON — A sobering new report warns that the oceans face a «fundamental and irreversible ecological transformation» not seen in millions of years as greenhouse gases and climate change already have affected temperature, acidity, sea and oxygen levels, the food chain and possibly major currents that could alter global weather.

The effects of climate change are already being seen across the Earth.

Already, we can see instances of emissions - driven climate change and related harm.

In the question and answer period, Dr. Flato noted that the different pathways of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations diverge near the middle of the century and Dr. Zwiers offered the climate - exacerbated spread of the mountain pine beetle as an example of an impact that we have already seen here in BC (PCIC scientists have recently authored two papers on the impacts of climate change on BC's forests, see here for more).

Mountain - dwelling animals and plants are already seeing their habitats shift and shrink as a result of climate - change - induced temperature increases, which force many species to move upslope.

Its also ironic because most experts are in strong agreement that what very little climate change we are already starting to see is impacting the poor very disproportionately, and will far more so (as the climate shifts) for very fundamental reasons.

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