Sentences with phrase «aspects of global warming in»

Nordhaus, W. D. Economic aspects of global warming in a post-Copenhagen environment Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 2010, 107, 11721 - 11726.
Nordhaus, W. D. (2010): «Economic aspects of global warming in a post-Copenhagen environment,» Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107, 11721 - 11726.

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A new study by a team of researchers from the Joint Research Centre, the European Commission's science and knowledge service, sheds light on another, less well - known aspect of how these ecosystems, and forests in particular, can protect our planet against global warming.
This is a critical issue — indeed, probably the single most troubling aspect of the current U.S. government stance on global warming is the deliberate sabotage of data - gathering missions by politicians in the hire of the fossil fuel lobby.
This aspect of their work is rarely if ever mentioned by the authors themselves, and still less in citations of the work in skeptics» tracts such as that distributed with the «Global Warming Petition Project.»
While the outlook for reefs in the fact of today's rapid global warming is exceptionally serious, the authors provide remedial options for management interventions that will increase reef resilience, including: a) reduce the harvest of herbivorous fish to sustainable levels, b) protect sharks and other top predators, c) manage all aspects of water quality, and d) diminish direct anthropogenic impacts and stressors.
In addition to warming, many other aspects of global climate are changing, primarily in response to human activitieIn addition to warming, many other aspects of global climate are changing, primarily in response to human activitiein response to human activities.
However, Petrenko found that the gradual, natural global warming and rapid regional warming that characterized the deglaciation 12,000 years ago — events that were in some aspects comparable to the current human - driven global warming — did not trigger detectable releases of methane from these reservoirs.
Well I wanted to let you know that Petcurean has recently launched a brand new line of pet food called «Gather», and the idea behind Gather is to provide food for dogs and cats with sustainability and transparency and organic ingredients are the key aspects of the brand, and we know that one of the biggest trends right now in both the human and pet food arenas are... global warming, climate change, extremes in weather, it's all on their minds, so we just launched Gather in August of this year and we'll be starting to stress the food to reach all stores in October, so we're really excited about that.
Update, June 19, 10:30 p.m. Joe Romm has written a long post on Climate Progress on the Orwellian aspects of a «good» Anthropocene — «Words Matter When Talking Global Warming: The «Good Anthropocene» Debate» — and Hamilton has a long essay in Scientific American warning that «The New Environmentalism Will Lead Us to Disaster.
This is a critical issue — indeed, probably the single most troubling aspect of the current U.S. government stance on global warming is the deliberate sabotage of data - gathering missions by politicians in the hire of the fossil fuel lobby.
Might it be speculated that a change in ENSO (more frequent La Niñas) is an aspect of global warming, rather than natural variability?
I've been criticized by some environmentalists in recent years for writing that the long - term picture (more CO2 = warmer world = less ice = higher seas and lots of climatic and ecological changes) is the only aspect of human - caused global warming that is solidly established, and that efforts to link dramatic weather - related events to the human influence on climate could backfire should nature wiggle the other way for awhile.
Peter H. Gleick, a water and climate analyst who has been studying aspects of global warming for more than two decades, in recent years became an aggressive critic of organizations and individuals casting doubt on the seriousness of greenhouse - driven climate change.
Regarding global warming and population growth, in my view anyhow, «job one» should be to try to face and address them wisely, and a subsidiary (but still important) task should be to prepare / adapt / adjust to those aspects of climate change and population growth that we can't fully address.
David Victor, the University of California, San Diego, political science professor and author of «Global Warming Gridlock,» noted some subtler aspects of the announcement that point to ever more efficient coal use in China, but also unrelenting growth in coal use — and carbon dioxide emissions.
This aspect of their work is rarely if ever mentioned by the authors themselves, and still less in citations of the work in skeptics» tracts such as that distributed with the «Global Warming Petition Project.»
The one slightly fortuitous aspect to this is that the forcing from CO2 alone is around 1.5 W / m2, while if you add up all of the forcings, including warming factors (like CO2 and CH4) and cooling factors (like aerosols), you end up with a total around 1.6 W / m2 — i.e. all of the extra stuff we've put in over the years pretty much cancels out in the global mean.
One of the aspects of «global warming» that makes it appear so disreputable to some is the willingness for those who speak for it to do so in alarming, albeit false tones.
If a policy prescription does not account for the real complexity in the climate system, and real gaps in knowledge about aspects of global warming that matter most, is it likely that the public and lawmakers will pursue a big transformation of lifestyles and economic norms to curb CO2 emissions in a growing world still more than 85 percent dependent on burning fossil fuels to drive economies?
There are other video makers who have deconstructed aspects of climate change in novel ways, most notably Greg Craven, the teacher from Oregon who became a YouTube sensation for his deconstruction of global warming (and now has a book out as well).
Or is Paul defending against the charge by making a numbers argument — the scientists in question are on the same side as the consensus, so to challenge any aspect of global warming science or politics is to make a statement about «the majority of scientists» (many of whom are in fact social scientists)?
Other aspects of global warming's broad footprint on the world's ecosystems include changes in the abundance of more than 80 percent of the thousands of species included in population studies; major poleward shifts in living ranges as warm regions become hot, and cold regions become warmer; major increases (in the south) and decreases (in the north) of the abundance of plankton, which forms the critical base of the ocean's food chain; the transformation of previously innocuous insect species like the Aspen leaf miner into pests that have damaged millions of acres of forest; and an increase in the range and abundance of human pathogens like the cholera - causing bacteria Vibrio, the mosquito - borne dengue virus, and the ticks that carry Lyme disease - causing bacteria.
Writing up their findings in the Journal of Climate, the scientists have noted that the «greatest weakness» of most climate prediction models, namely their comprehension of the significance of clouds, may be in «the one aspect that is most crucial for predicting the magnitude of global warming».
But although i've thrown some «myths» on the table, why can't you agree with me that global warming is not a big deal and positive in alot of aspects.
Lets confuse the issue more: «One of the fundamental aspects of global warming is that it increases the amount of moisture in the atmosphere, because warmer air holds more water vapor.»
I doubt anyone in the Senate or employed by the Senate has spent 1 % of the time that most denizens have spent learning about all the aspects of global warming.
The reason for withdrawing is clear: the huge amounts of money now devoted to all aspects of global warming perversely build up constituencies that have an interest in sustaining the distortions of fact, and in proceeding along a path that makes no sense.
And I don't often question your reasoning w / r / t the science, per se, but on your arguments w / r / t the social aspects of the debate and on a few occasions, the rhetoric of your scientific arguments (such as your acceptance of arguments about a «pause» in «global warming
There are in fact some aspects of global warming theory that I happen to agree with.
... incomplete and misleading because it 1) omits any mention of several of the most important aspects of the potential relationships between hurricanes and global warming, including rainfall, sea level, and storm surge; 2) leaves the impression that there is no significant connection between recent climate change caused by human activities and hurricane characteristics and impacts; and 3) does not take full account of the significance of recently identified trends and variations in tropical storms in causing impacts as compared to increasing societal vulnerability.
It is a fascinating story with many aspects to it including the cliques and peer reviews you mention Steve McIntyre has been deconstructing Mann's theory graph by graph, proxy by proxy, formula by formula Heavyweight statisticians like Wegman are now getting on board and the theories are starting to unravel We find ourselves at a very interesting stage in the theory of Global Warming
Why on earth Mr Lacis raves on about the ins and outs of the technical issues under discussion in the area of climate science / global warming when it is the issue of the ethical and legal aspects of Gleick's actions that are the immediate issue.
Gore said that if left unchecked, global warming could lead to a drastic change in the weather, sea levels and other aspects of the environment.»
Belief in global warming is a cultural marker, an aspect of the same vapid credentialism that gives leftists the vapors when someone who doesn't have an Ivy League degree considers running for President.
I have pointed out flaws that I see in certain aspects of the debate, but the central tenant of global warming I have not really written much on.
There are thousands of scientists in climate - related fields (statisticians, geologists, meteorologists, physicists) that have issues with various aspects of the dominant theory of catastrophic anthropogenic global warming.
The amazing aspect of Greenland glaciers is that (despite the specific variation in type, location specific fjord configuration, etc) their response has been as uniform and synchronous to global warming as has been observed.
Dr. Kevin E. Trenberth 11 July 2014 Abstract Seasonal aspects of the recent pause in surface warming Factors involved in the recent pause in the rise of global mean temperatures are examined seasonally.
The American Physical Society strenuously disagreed, saying «In light of the significant settled aspects of the science, APS totally rejects Dr. Lewis» claim that global warming is a «scam» and a «pseudoscientific fraud.»»
The issue is not that no research calling into question aspects of global warming is getting funded; this is why the open question of why Antarctica is cooling still gets papers published in peer - reviewed journals.
No, it didn't obey the normal rules of track and timing but is every anomaly in every aspect of everything proof that global warming has arrived at last?
In addition to warming, many other aspects of global climate are changing, primarily in response to human activitieIn addition to warming, many other aspects of global climate are changing, primarily in response to human activitiein response to human activities.
Global warming is one aspect of climate change (and not the worst one, in my view).
Global Warming, as an aspect of Climate Change, is not about what will one day become obscure albeit accurate references by individuals with polished prose, in obscure journals.
In contrast to Dr Marohasy's piece, a robust discussion of rainfall trends their relationship to the anthropogenically driven component of global warming (AGW) must involve some aspect of risk and uncertainty.
As Judith says, one of the key conclusions is the paragraph in large red letters «Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations... Discernible human influences now extend to other aspects of climate, including ocean warming, continental - average temperatures, temperature extremes and wind patterns (see Figure SPM.4 and Table SPM.2).»
However, climate scientists — including at least one who has disputed aspects of the scientific consensus on global warming — completely reject the notion that short - term changes in weather, let alone an individual winter storm in January, bear any relevance to the global warming debate.
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