Sentences with phrase «as climate scientists say»

Inasmuch as climate scientists say that the increase in t (1890) wwT ~ t (2015) wwT is.51 degrees K, it means that humac CO2 contributions or AGWf (CO2) is.0014 x.51 or.000714 degrees k... an almost immeasurable increase.

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Thaddeus R. Miller, an Arizona State University scientist who helps lead a national research network focused on «Urban Resilience to Extreme Events,» said in an email that boosting the capacity of cities to stay safe and prosperous in a turbulent climate requires a culture shift as much as hardening physical systems:

As hundreds of firefighters and some two dozen air tankers battle Canada's massive wildfires, scientists and other experts say prolonged modern droughts and climate change are creating a new perfect storm of super fires and other extreme weather events.

«A full reading of Bernstein's email reveals an important point ---- his assertion that, in the 1980s, we never denied the possible role of human activity as a cause for climate change, and he further makes clear that, at that point in time, there was a great deal of uncertainty and lack of understanding of climate change, even among leading scientists and experts,» said Keil, adding that today, Exxon «believes the risk of climate change is clear, and warrants action.»

I think my question to those of you who couple atheism with evolution and climate change is: how can we as scientists even start trying to inform you about the details of what you are arguing against if you automatically presume everything we say is a blasphemous lie?

Understanding the climate is a fantastically complicated problem, about which I know only as much as the average scientist, which is to say: not....

I think my question to those of you who couple evil atheism with evolution, the big bang, and climate change is: how can we as scientists even start trying to inform you about the details of what you are arguing against if you automatically presume everything we say is a blasphemous lie?

Some have stated that unless major reforms are implemented ecologically, that by 2037, the earth may be unable to sustain life as we now have, with climate change now accepted as fact, whereby scientists (IPCC or Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) are now saying that they are 95 percent sure that global warming is man - made, using the words «extemely likely&climate change now accepted as fact, whereby scientists (IPCC or Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) are now saying that they are 95 percent sure that global warming is man - made, using the words «extemely likely&Climate Change) are now saying that they are 95 percent sure that global warming is man - made, using the words «extemely likely».

Alan Jarrett, Chairman of BASC said: «I welcome the RSPB and scientists» endorsement of pest control as a key action that benefits species, many of which are already of conservation concern, and which could further suffer from climate change.

The former EPA regional administrator under President Obama says scientists who leaked the report on further evidence of climate change to the New York Times should be commended as «whistleblowers.»

Gerald Meehl, a climate scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research who was also an author on the paper, said this research expanded on past work, including his own research, that pointed to the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation as a factor in a warming slowdown by finding a mechanism behind how the Pacific Ocean was able to store enough heat to produce a pause in surface warming.

Climate scientist Steven Sherwood of the University of New South Wales, who proposed the 35 - degree survivability limit, said he was skeptical that this threshold could be reached as soon as the researchers say.

«If the Senate bill in its final form does not allow companies to use international offsets to achieve their targets, then the U.S. as a source of funding for REDD would die,» said Daniel Nepstad, a senior scientist with the Woods Hole Research Center, which is a member of Hurowitz's Tropical Forest and Climate Coalition, meaning other countries might have to fill that gap with their own funding and offset needs.

Although scientists aren't sure exactly how warming temperatures will manifest under climate change, Morgan said that «chances are good as it gets warmer we'll get more dry years in the future.»

As society comes to terms with the scientific consensus on climate change, climate scientists are being called on to go beyond a mere understanding of the phenomenon, says climatologist Gregg Garfin, deputy director for science translation and outreach at the Institute of the Environment at the University of Arizona, Tucson.

Vegetation change underway in boreal forests as a result of climate change creates a feedback loop that prompts more warming, scientists say

If early - career scientists «embark on careers in this field today, they [will] only find greater and greater excitement as they progress,» says Rajendra Pachauri, the Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

«The AAAS Leshner Leadership Institute empowers the fellows to act as change agents within their institutions; each fellow will make it possible for many more scientists in their professional networks or home institutions to engage public audiences on climate change,» said Jeanne Braha, project director in public engagement at AAAS.

«With the headcount constraints in today's economic climate, industry needs to hire leaders as well as technically excellent scientists,» says Scott Reines, newly retired vice president of pharmaceutical research and development at Johnson & Johnson, a pharmaceutical company based in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

«For science issues such as climate change, we might expect scientists to be a credible and neutral authority,» says Benegal.

The NOAA cuts, at least as they are initially laid out by the administration, would be devastating to the agency's scientific research across multiple areas, said Erika Spanger - Siegfried, a senior analyst in the climate and energy program at the Union for Concerned Scientists.

«What this study addresses is what's better described as a false pause, or slowdown,» rather than a hiatus in warming, says climate scientist Michael Mann of Pennsylvania State University, University Park.

Gabriel Vecchi, head of the climate variations and predictability group at NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab and another author on the paper, says decades of weather prediction data show that forecasts have improved — and will improve — as scientists learn more about hurricanes.

may worsen as a result of climate change, scientists say.

NOAA expects its global data for June, which will be released on July 21, to be «in the same ballpark» as the NASA and JMA rankings, Jessica Blunden, a climate scientist with ERT, Inc., and a NOAA contractor who helps write the monthly reports, said in an email.

«Climatic changes are threatening highly prized native trout as introduced rainbow trout continue to expand their range and hybridize with native populations through climate - induced «windows of opportunity,» putting many populations and species at greater risk than previously thought,» said project leader and USGS scientist Clint Muhlfeld.

While some may see evidence of rapid glacier thinning in the past and again today as evidence that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is nearing a collapse driven by human - caused climate change, Steig said at this point, scientists just don't know whether that is the case.

As the science of soot has become clearer, Congress as well as international climate negotiators have begun to consider their options for reducing soot, but scientists testifying at the hearing said they should act fasteAs the science of soot has become clearer, Congress as well as international climate negotiators have begun to consider their options for reducing soot, but scientists testifying at the hearing said they should act fasteas well as international climate negotiators have begun to consider their options for reducing soot, but scientists testifying at the hearing said they should act fasteas international climate negotiators have begun to consider their options for reducing soot, but scientists testifying at the hearing said they should act faster.

Some climate scientists, including James E. Hansen, former head of the nasa Goddard Institute for Space Studies, say we must also consider slower feedbacks such as changes in the continental ice sheets.

Scientists must sharpen their message and do more to engage the public as they seek to influence policy on issues such as climate change, representatives of AAAS and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre said in report issued 3 July at the Euroscience Open Forum 2010 (ESOF2010) in Turin,...

Cziczo says the group's experimental results will help to improve Martian climate models, as well as scientists» understanding of how the planet transports water through the atmosphere.

Better understanding of marsh erosion also may help in modeling carbon storage as it relates to climate change, the scientists say.

Jerry Meehl, a climate scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, says the Pacific has been rising by a millimeter or two a year for a century — largely because the water expands as its surface temperatures rise.

It uses some of the same long - term data as the climate change report and as a «collective statement of both governmental and non-governmental organizations... [it] presents a more accurate picture» of where birds stand, says Mark Eaton, a conservation scientist for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) in Sandy, U.K.

Kevin Trenbeth, a climate scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., said the study didn't account for changes in sea surface temperatures, which are the main drivers of changes in the position of the rain belts (as is seen during an El Nino event, when Pacific warming pushes the subtropical jet over the Western U.S. southward).

Scientists studying whether wildlife can adapt to climate change should focus on characteristics such as what they eat, how fast they breed and how well they survive in different habitats rather than simply on how far they can move, a conservation biologist at the University of Exeter says.

What's more, scientists say the plant's extraordinary sensitivity to temperature makes the industry a strong early - warning system for problems that all food crops are expected to confront as climates continue to change.

Glaciologists and climate scientists of his generation also did not attract as much attention as scientists do today, said Tad Pfeffer, a glaciologist at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

There is hope that attribution of hurricanes and other dynamic weather events will improve as scientists tinker on climate models, said Adam Sobel, a climate scientist at Columbia University.

As climate change unfolds, local appellation laws may have to change to permit irrigation or to allow for grape varietals that can tolerate warmer climates, scientists say.

As for the paper's conclusion that removing atmospheric carbon is necessary in order to achieve the 2 ˚C target, climate scientist Richard Moss of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Joint Global Change Research Institute in College Park, Maryland, says that's a nearly impossible goal «with what we know about today.»

The study's findings may help conservationists, the scientists say, as the elephants face new pressures from climate change and human settlements.

There is evidence that Arctic blasts of frigid air could become more common as a result of climate change, though scientists say more study is needed to firmly draw any conclusions.

For most scientists, moving to France is easier said than done, says Michael Halpern, deputy director of the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists in Washington, D.C. «It's not as if you can just pick up a NASA climate satellite and just reassign it to France,» Halscientists, moving to France is easier said than done, says Michael Halpern, deputy director of the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists in Washington, D.C. «It's not as if you can just pick up a NASA climate satellite and just reassign it to France,» HalScientists in Washington, D.C. «It's not as if you can just pick up a NASA climate satellite and just reassign it to France,» Halpern says.

Solutions: Smart talking and media mastery Surveys show that most people want more information about climate science, Schmidt said, so scientists should engage in public forums such as blogs, question - and - answer sessions and public talks, provided they are not simply stacked with angry debaters.

Eberle and Kim said the early - middle Eocene greenhouse period from 53 to 38 million years ago is used as a deep - time analog by climate scientists for what could happen on Earth if CO2 and other greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere continue to rise, and what a «runaway» greenhouse effect potentially could look like.

Jedediah Brodie, a scientist at the University of British Columbia and study co-author, said a next step of research is determining which ecological changes in the Arctic are completely a result of ice loss, as opposed to climate change factors such as temperature increases.

The presence of juveniles in the herd also strongly hints that these creatures spent their entire lives in the Arctic, the team says; hadrosaurs of that size wouldn't have had the size or stamina to migrate to and from warmer climates during wintertime, as some scientists have proposed.

In May, he said the climate is always changing, suggesting that scientists are using a «handful of decades of research» to serve as evidence of a longer - term trend that is directly attributable to human activity.

As scientists continue their research on CCS, though, one of the biggest remaining questions is whether policymakers want to include it in their climate goals, Stute said.