Sentences with phrase «be-catastrophic warming of the planet»

«Adopting an ambitious amendment to phase down the use and production of hydrofluorocarbons — or HFCs — is likely the single most important step that we could take at this moment to limit the warming of our planet,» Secretary of State John Kerry said in Kigali, in remarks before the passage of the agreement.

This is a familiar dodge - emphasizing uncertainty about the precise amount of humanity's contribution while ignoring the broad scientific consensus that human activities are largely responsible for dangerous warming of our planet and that action is urgently needed before it is too late.

It does indeed cause some warming of our planet, and we should thank Providence for that, because without the greenhouse warming of CO2 and its more potent partners, water vapor and clouds, the earth would be too cold to sustain its current abundance of life.

Whether it is the sprawl of deserts or the loss of tropical forests as the world's poor cut trees for firewood and clear land for agriculture, or the ineluctable warming of the planet as vehicles and factories deposit millions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, «economic pressures lie behind them all» (Tolba 1991, p. 10).

In her first major environmental proposal, Nixon called on New York State to commit to 100 percent renewable energy sources by 2050 — a benchmark that has been something of a Holy Grail for activists concerned about the warming of the planet as a result of the burning of fossil fuels.

Although, Santiago adds: «Continued warming of the planet would eventually cause widespread tree mortality.»

Analysis of the first seven years of data from a NASA cloud - monitoring mission suggests clouds are doing less to slow the warming of the planet than previously thought, and that temperatures may rise faster than expected as greenhouse gas pollution worsens — perhaps 25 percent faster.

The endeavour of being a scientist is a global one: to help mankind to survive population growth, disease, pollution and warming of the planet.

Findings of thousands of scientists have determined that the biggest driver of warming of the planet and the resulting climate change is industrial - scale coal burning.

The continual warming of the planet's atmosphere as heat - trapping greenhouse gases accumulate is also a factor.

This trend continues a long - term warming of the planet, according to an analysis of surface temperature measurements by scientists at NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies (GISS) in New York.

There is some debate about when the «Little Ice Age» — the last time when global average temperatures were falling — ended, but it is well documented that glaciers started receding around that time as a result of the relative warming of the planet.

If true, warming of the planet will fall toward the high end of the range offered in every expert climate assessment of the past 3 decades.

The prediction, based on computer modeling of published studies, blames warming of the planet's oceans (ScienceNOW, 22 January, 2001).

«Although these results are «good news» in the sense that the underlying physiology of plants is not going to make the warming of the planet radically worse, the problem we have created in the first place with our greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel burning still exists,» he says.

We know, however, that rapid warming of the planet increases the risk of crossing climatic points of no return, possibly setting in motion large - scale ocean circulation changes, the loss of major ice sheets, and species extinctions.

While weather and natural climate patterns play a role in temperatures across the U.S., the overall background warming of the planet has tipped the odds in favor of heat records and away from cold ones.

With a personal focus on the sciences of cosmology, astrophysics, electromagnetics and astrophysics I am quite convinced that the warming of our planet is quite natural and inevitable.

While a strong El Niño has given global temperatures a boost, the main reason for the spate of intensely warm months is the long - term warming of the planet caused by the accumulation of heat - trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, scientists have found.

But this new record may not stand for long, as one of the strongest El Niños ever measured combines with the continued warming of the planet to potentially push 2016 to yet another record.

The two agencies use slightly different methods of assembling the global temperature data, leading to the slightly varying numbers, though both datasets show the clear warming of the planet.

«There is no agreement among climatologists as to the relative contributions of Man and Nature» to the warming of the planet that has already been observed, they claim.

While heat waves are a regular part of summer weather, the steady warming of the planet means those heat waves are getting ever hotter, making record heat more and more likely

The long - term warming of the planet, as well as an exceptionally strong El Niño, led to numerous climate records in 2015, including milestones for global temperatures, carbon dioxide levels and ocean heat, according to the World Meteorological Organization's annual State of the Climate Report.

Sea levels, they noted, are higher today than they were when similar storms affected New York in the past — and nobody really disputes that the warming of the planet is driving sea level rise.

While weather patterns have a big impact on monthly temperatures — as the cooler weather of early August shows — the overall warming of the planet is tipping the odds in favor of record heat.

The first of these is a long - term warming of the planet.

But it would be considerably more powerful to say that because of the warming of the planet, a storm like Harvey was statistically more likely to occur — and give the odds.

Such changes are driven in large part by the greenhouse effect, the trapping of greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere and consequent warming of the planet.

Assaults on human rights; inadequate disaster aid; threats of thermonuclear war; and the slow, steady warming of our planet.

The reason, the warming of our planet is making for less and less places for the bean to thrive.

Considering the impact of greenhouse gases on the warming of the planet - which has been forecasted to detrimentally affect global environments and make the Earth less inhabitable — the U.S. and China have come together to address and mitigate their emissions as the major contributors.

You ever think that perhaps the warming of the planet hits a particular threshold and kickstarts the next glaciation?

With a personal focus on the sciences of cosmology, astrophysics, electromagnetics and astrophysics I am quite convinced that the warming of our planet is quite natural and inevitable.

We've been adding carbon dioxide from fossil fuels to the atmosphere at increasing rates since the dawn of the Industrial Era, and the result has been a steady warming of the planet's surface.

A new theory may well come along which supplants CO2 as the most important cause in warming of the planet.

The result is a haunting sequence that traces the warming of our planet year by year since the late 19th century.

Population growth is considered a major factor in the warming of the planet.

Scientists now have consensus that the warming of the planet was a natural pattern... humans had no effect on the system.

A positive cloud feedback loop posits a scenario whereby an initial warming of the planet, caused, for example, by increases in greenhouse gases, causes clouds to trap more energy and lead to further warming.

«Earthquakes trigger methane release, and consequent warming of the planet triggers earthquakes, as reported by Sam Carana at the Arctic Methane Emergency Group (October 2013)»

Most scientists believe that the ensuing scandal, while noteworthy, does little to undermine the fundamental notion that human activity — chiefly spewing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere — is contributing to a warming of the planet.

Global warming, is just that, a warming of the planet's average temperature.

The polution will hardly compare as an isue for species survival compared to the warming of the planet.

«Many believe greenhouse gas emissions are contributing to the gradual warming of our planet and changing of our climate.

The geoengineers can create toxic cool - downs over large regions, at the expense of worsening the overall warming of the planet.

The warming of the planet is so rapid that it is more correctly categorized as a «climate shift» (abrupt climate change).

The likes of Tom Harris, better known for his lobbying work on behalf of the Canadian energy industry, and Fred Singer, formally a tobacco company expert - for - hire, are trying to make headlines again claiming that the warming of our planet has significantly slowed down.

The scientific evidence for warming of the planet's climate system is unequivocal.

About 90 % of the warming of the planet is absorbed in heating the oceans.