Sentences with phrase «backgrounds climate change»

BartH notes that «At relatively short time scales (say, a couple of decades), natural variability will dominate over systematic climate change, and there is more added value to expect from ensuring that the projections reflect natural variability adequately than to assess the degree to which the background climate changes.»

You wrote, «Unless we can do that then regrettably all your work is of little value in terms of the background climate changes upon which ENSO is superimposed.»

Unless we can do that then regrettably all your work is of little value in terms of the background climate changes upon which ENSO is superimposed.

Not exact matches

You'll need to be able to «embody United Nations values» and have a background in climate change, sustainable energy, and disaster risk reduction.

Meet the Rainforest Alliance's Leadership Team and Ambassadors Circle, with backgrounds in agriculture, climate change, forestry, communications, human rights, law, business, and biodiversity.

Greening the workplace Background Greening the Workplace aims to encourage trade unions to tackle the growing challenge of climate change.

Trump's likely pick to fill the role of a top scientist at the USDA — Sam Clovis, best known for hosting a conservative talk show in Iowa — is a climate change skeptic with no background in science.

Climate change scepticism is not official party policy, but Wilson has stated: «I think in 20 years» time we will look back at this whole climate change debate and ask ourselves how on earth were we ever conned into spending the billions of pounds which are going into this without any kind of rigorous examination of the background, the science, the implications of it all.Climate change scepticism is not official party policy, but Wilson has stated: «I think in 20 years» time we will look back at this whole climate change debate and ask ourselves how on earth were we ever conned into spending the billions of pounds which are going into this without any kind of rigorous examination of the background, the science, the implications of it all.climate change debate and ask ourselves how on earth were we ever conned into spending the billions of pounds which are going into this without any kind of rigorous examination of the background, the science, the implications of it all.»

This fellowship is designed to provide an opportunity for an accomplished scientist to address global stewardship problems by applying his or her multidisciplinary background toward solutions to societal issues ranging from ecosystems and population to sustainable development and climate change.

«I applied for the fellowship, because my research both in climate change and bio fuel has always been extremely applied, and I didn't have a strong background in policy.

The Persistently Variable «Background» Stratospheric Aerosol Layer and Global Climate Change

And he's surprisingly generous is explaining how, given similar backgrounds and training, they can take stances that he strongly opposes, such as repealing the Affordable Care Act or dismissing the role of humans in climate change.

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In the run - up to Jokowi's election last fall, the environment and climate change seemed to hang in the background, although many hoped they would take a more prominent role (ClimateWire, July 21, 2014).

To provide records for the global background signal of greenhouse gases and climate change, we will investigate areas largely unaffected by methane and use them as control areas.

But the background signal of climate change could be playing a role.

It is this background warming from the heat trapped by greenhouse gases that actually accounts for most of the predictability in future temperature change, said Michael Mann, a climate scientist at Penn State.

By the end of the 21st century, managers will also need to account for background changes in ecosystem functions and services that may not relate to anthropogenic climate change.

Posted on 25 July 2013 in Biomass, Climate Change, Coal - to - Liquids (CTL), Emissions, Forecasts, Fuels, Gas - to - Liquids (GTL), Market Background Permalink Comments (21)

Wallace S. Broecker: Preface 1: Jean - Pierre Gattuso and Lina Hansson: Ocean Acidification: Background and History 2: Richard E. Zeebe and Andy Ridgwell: Past Changes of Ocean Carbonate Chemistry 3: James C. Orr: Recent and Future Changes in Ocean Carbonate Chemistry 4: Andrew H. Knoll and Woodward W. Fischer: Skeletons and Ocean Chemistry: The Long View 5: Markus G. Weinbauer, Xavier Mari, and Jean - Pierre Gattuso: Effect of Ocean Acidification on the Diversity and Activity of Heterotrophic Marine Microorganisms 6: Ulf Riebesell and Philippe D. Tortell: Effects of Ocean Acidification on Pelagic Organisms and Ecosystems 7: Andreas J. Andersson, Fred T. Mackenzie, and Jean - Pierre Gattuso: Effects of Ocean Acidification on Benthic Processes, Organisms, and Ecosystems 8: Hans - Otto Pörtner, Magda Gutowska, Atsushi Ishimatsu, Magnus Lucassen, Frank Melzner, and Brad Seibel: Effects of Ocean Acidification on Nektonic Organisms 9: Stephen Widdicombe, John I. Spicer, and Vassilis Kitidis: Effects of Ocean Acidification on Sediment Fauna 10: James P. Barry, Stephen Widdicombe, and Jason M. Hall - Spencer: Effects of Ocean Acidification on Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function 11: Frances Hopkins, Philip Nightingale, and Peter Liss: Effects of Ocean Acidification on the Marine Source of Atmospherically - Active Trace Gases 12: Marion Gehlen, Nicolas Gruber, Reidun Gangstø, Laurent Bopp, and Andreas Oschlies: Biogeochemical Consequences of Ocean Acidification and Feedback to the Earth System 13: Carol Turley and Kelvin Boot: The Ocean Acidification Challenges Facing Science and Society 14: Fortunat Joos, Thomas L. Frölicher, Marco Steinacher, and Gian - Kasper Plattner: Impact of Climate Change Mitigation on Ocean Acidification Projections 15: Jean - Pierre Gattuso, Jelle Bijma, Marion Gehlen, Ulf Riebesell, and Carol Turley: Ocean Acidification: Knowns, Unknowns, and Perspectives Index

The steady background creep of ocean warming due to climate change, however, is also an important factor.

Background information World Wide Views on Climate and Energy is co-initiated by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat, the Danish Board of Technology Foundation (DBT), Missions Publiques (MP), and the French National Commission for Public Debate (CNDP), with the support of the French Government host of COP21.

In light of the increasingly hostile climate toward immigrants and the insecurity caused by the changing policy landscape, Californians Together is implementing a multi-pronged approach toward creating a safe learning environment for students of all backgrounds.

Students worked in groups with at least one student from every STEM discipline represented: the science students provided background on climate change, the technology students built the flash websites, the...

The book provides historical background on climate change, introduces the work of climatologists, and describes the many costs associated with rising oceans.

[It] provides historical background on climate change, introduces the work of climatologists, and describes the many costs associated with rising oceans.

Kip Andersen & Keegan Kuhn — filmmakers behind the documentary «Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret,» which examines how the animal agriculture industry dwarfs all other causes of global climate change (and other ills), and how the most prominent environmental nonprofit organizations look the other way, and worse — discuss their respective backgrounds and how they teamed up for this project.

With a background in evolutionary ecology and conservation biology from UC Davis, Allen has a particular interest in bird population responses to urban development, climate change, and other human pressures.

Very enlightening for someone with a Maths background and increasing understanding of climate change.

OISM sent their stuff out to many scientists working in meteorology around this time and Papineau may have mistaken it for a legitimate reference, not having much of a background in global climate change himself.

Concern about climate change and China's role must be seen against the background of China's economic and social development.

I have started a blog called the Climate Pioneer (theclimatepioneer.org) in which I aim, among other things, aiming to translate credible climate change science into common - speak for people like myself with a science background but who are at the same time not grounded in climate science Climate Pioneer (theclimatepioneer.org) in which I aim, among other things, aiming to translate credible climate change science into common - speak for people like myself with a science background but who are at the same time not grounded in climate science climate change science into common - speak for people like myself with a science background but who are at the same time not grounded in climate science climate science jargon.

[Response: I wasn't trying to suggest that tacit knowledge was some kind of opinion that all scientists must agree with, but rather it is the shared background that, say, everyone using climate models has — i.e. why we use initial condition ensembles, how we decide that a change in the code is significant, what data comparisons are appropriate etc..

The US National Research Council has been doing a lot recently to expand background knowledge of the climate system and of climate change.

When I talk to people about climate change (and the one time that I gave a talk on climate change at a physics colloquium), I always like to emphasize the fact that I am a PhD physicist who has spent considerable time reading up on the issue, including many of the actual papers in the peer - reviewed journals, but even with that background I still am not arrogant enough to believe that this qualifies me to have a truly independent opinion on the subject.

Since that time I have always recommended your class to people who really want to a background education in the science of climate (change).

There's no doubt that Michael Mann of Pennsylvania State University is right when he says «climate change is present in every single meteorological event» — in the sense that the buildup of greenhouses gases is a background nudge everywhere.

But in terms of serious art on the subject... nothing is coming to mind, though a world under climate change has been a background of several SF novels.

Blair, pardon me if I seemed to be over-reactive, but if you follow the topic of climate change for more than a very short while you'll see that all too often the «argument» of people who disagree with results they don't like is to mount the ultimate personal attack: they try to substitute comments about an author's personal background for substantive comment about the author's work.

As background to this topic, a good paper to read is C02 and Climate Change by Crowley and Berner, Science vol.

Alistair I suspect that part of the answer is that weathermen, as a general rule, have a pretty limited background in science (at least as evidenced by what comes out of the mouths of those on CNN and the various news stations around DC) and expecting them to be able to explain what is causing climate change would be sort of like expecting an EMT to explain brain surgery.

There's a long list of interesting background papers * and a packed agenda, from the opening discussion to closing sessions including one on climate change and children.

Having said that, RC posts and the subsequent comments are the best resource for people like me who have a science background (or for people are well read on the topic of climate change) but who are not experts in the many fields associated with climate change.

[6:54 p.m. Updated I added some background below on a new Nature Climate Change study on current and predicted North American drought.]

Combine that reality with the prospect of populations doubling by 2050 and the persistence of anarchy in vulnerable regions, and any impact from human - driven climate change has to be considered a background issue, at best, compared to the forces already killing thousands and deepening vulnerability of millions more.

The climate change acts in background in all these cases and is a pervasive influence.

Climate Change — One Year of Emissions Trading On the background of rising CO2 emissions, particular emphasis is put on major instruments of climate change mitigation: The Compendium analyses the first full year of regulated emissions trading in the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU Climate Change — One Year of Emissions Trading On the background of rising CO2 emissions, particular emphasis is put on major instruments of climate change mitigation: The Compendium analyses the first full year of regulated emissions trading in the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU -Change — One Year of Emissions Trading On the background of rising CO2 emissions, particular emphasis is put on major instruments of climate change mitigation: The Compendium analyses the first full year of regulated emissions trading in the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU climate change mitigation: The Compendium analyses the first full year of regulated emissions trading in the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU -change mitigation: The Compendium analyses the first full year of regulated emissions trading in the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU - ETS).

As Harris, a man with absolutely no scientific background in climate change, reassures us like a bunch of schoolchildren, «don't be scared.»

SEJ: Co-winner of 2010 Gulbenkian International Prize The Gulbenkian Foundation praised SEJ for giving journalists of varied backgrounds and experience «a high degree of understanding of multifaceted environmental issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss and increasing pressure on essential water resources.»

As background, the term «carbon removal» is used to describe any process or system capable of cleaning the air of excess carbon dioxide — the most prevalent of the «greenhouse gases» causing climate change.