Sentences with phrase «areas of uncertainty about»

The administration called for more research and created the Climate Change Research Initiative to concentrate on areas of uncertainty about the scope, pace, and effects of climate change.

Not exact matches

In addition to that, the euro area has (a) worsening problems of political instability (Italy without government, unfolding corruption scandals in recession - hit Spain and France), (b) dysfunctional banking systems (weak banks and their impaired lending activities despite ample liquidity supplied by the ECB) and (c) lingering uncertainties about the financial system's credibility (problems with depositor and investor protection).

«In Canada as in the U.S. and Europe, the most common question investment consultants are asked by clients about ESG is whether an ESG - based approach will negatively impact investment performance,» said Andrew Sweeney, Institutional Portfolio Manager at RBC Global Asset Management Inc. «This and other data from the survey reveal a high level of interest and curiosity about responsible investing, including areas of significant uncertainty.

The project studies water resources in the Phoenix area with the goal of understanding decisions about scarce water resources and their impacts: How do water managers think about climate uncertainty?

Have discussions with people who have careers in the biological sciences about what they are doing to assess whether it is the specific area of specialization that is leading to your difficulty and level of uncertainty.

«The diagnosis of C - Diff has become a complicated area with lots of alternative tests, and there has been considerable uncertainty about which are the best tests to use.

Mike Wallace's talk was about the «National Research Council Report on the «Hockey Stick Controversy»... The charge to the committee, was «to summarize current information on the temperature records for the past millennium, describe the main areas of uncertainty and how significant they are, describe the principal methodologies used and any problems with these approaches, and explain how central is the debate over the paleoclimate record within the overall state of knowledge on global climate change.»

Some of those who have fled in recent days are not in the evacuation zone, but they have left out of caution and uncertainty about what areas are at risk, the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management said.

Beyond three general areas of scientific agreement, the Republican document explains «there is considerable uncertainty» about man - made climate change.»

Steven E. Koonin, once the Obama administration's undersecretary of energy for science and chief scientist at BP, stirred up a swirl of turbulence in global warming discourse this week after The Wall Street Journal published «Climate Science is Not Settled,» his essay calling for more frankness about areas of deep uncertainty in climate science, more research to narrow error ranges and more acknowledgement that society's decisions on energy and climate policy are based on values as much as data.

That's an area of active research because the estimates of individual pulses are getting better, but the estimates of how much CO2 would be released associated with an individual pulse is still of the order - of - magnitude uncertainty, which is not helpful to really talk about emission rates.»

First of all it's important to note that while there will always be uncertainties associated with any area of scientific research, we have learned a lot about how the Earth's climate functions.

The fundamental problem is that policymakers don't want to hear about dissent and uncertainty — they must either be in favor of something or against it, and gray areas don't help.

I'd like to see it worked out quantitatively, but in any case, if we're talking a reasonable size local area, the uncertainty of temperature by one or a few IR photons being absorbed is too small to worry about.

The findings have generated vigorous international debate about an issue that remains a key area of uncertainty in climate science.

Yes of course we know more about the climate system than we did in 1991, but more knowledge about the complex climate systems opens up new areas of ignorance and greater uncertainty.

Much of the controversy about uncertainties comes from these areas, most notably from climate modeling.

One can dismiss Beenstock and Reingewertz because they are wading into an area of statistical uncertainty, but any of us who are making inferences about temperature trends should realize we are all wading in the same waters.

«For a long time in Canada and the U.S., there's been uncertainty about whether you can patent software - related inventions,» says Courage, adding the decades - old controversy is still ongoing despite software's place as an important and evolving area of the world economy.

While the recent announcement of the successful tenderers to run Primary Health Networks (PHNs) has clarified one area of uncertainty, there are still many unanswered questions about the role of these new organisations and the future direction of primary health care.

The extinguishment of native title hunting and fishing rights over such a vast area in a situation where subsistence activities are of major importance has itself been highly problematic, and has necessitated protection of hunting and fishing rights through various separate state and federal pieces of legislation - a situation which created administrative difficulty and uncertainty about the long term security of the rights.

The Commission notes that there is currently uncertainty about the commercial harvesting of vegetation in a high preservation area (such as river reeds at Aurukun) for the use in traditional art and craft or to produce goods for sale.

Highlighting the quality of the local school system, crime levels (hopefully lack thereof) or even popular neighborhood events is a proactive approach for resolving any uncertainties about the local area that might prevent someone from contacting you.