Sentences with phrase «areas of uncertainty because»

«The evolutionary consequences of climate change are one of our greatest areas of uncertainty because empirical data addressing this issue are extraordinarily rare; this study is a tremendous step forward in our understanding of how climate change can influence evolutionary process and ultimately species biodiversity,» said Ryan Kovach, a University of Montana study co-author.

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Yet a majority on the court ruled that the administrators who conducted the search could not be held personally liable because of the uncertainty of the law in this area.

Addressing these three broad areas of climate change research in reverse order: -(3) The anthropogenic origin of the rise in atmospheric CO2 levels is questioned because the levels of uncertainty of the size of natural fluxes within the carbon cycle are seen as too large for such a conclusion to be made.

That is because accumulating observations and analysis pointing to the causes and consequences of global warming merely delineate the problem, including areas of persistent uncertainty, uneven exposure to risk and uneven responsibility for emissions of greenhouse gases.

Models indicate that cloud - feedback would not substantially slow global warming, but because of the uncertainty, it has been an area of significant scientific interest.

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.»

Medicine is interesting from a number of perspectives including uncertainty, science, rules - of - thumb, ethics, etc., and it has been a significant area of interest over the years for decision theory and artificial intelligence researchers in part because it has non-trivial elements of uncertainty, serious outcomes, extra-medical considerations, etc..

I think a direct comparison over the area that is common to all these analyses will help resolve some confusions because it removes one of the big uncertainties in observed estimates of global temperature and that is what is happening over the poles.

We did not project 35 or 65 years of GDP because over that long of a period, uncertainties attributed to changing exposure concentrations in hazardous areas, changes in building codes and vulnerability, new or updated man - made defenses, and other factors including GDP itself will be significant and can not be predicted over such an extended period.

N.B. Even if Schmidt is right in his characterisation of the skeptics, that does not imply that the science must be settled, simply because there are areas of real uncertainty in climate science, but they may not be the issues on which he percieves skeptics generally attack.

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.

Nevertheless, it is a remarkable judgment because it reduces legal uncertainty in this area by making explicit that, under some circumstances, obesity discrimination in employment can be a breach of EU law.

Also a comprehensive appreciation of the various areas of uncertainty in the law and practice is essential, because it allows one to use that uncertainty to your client's advantage.