Sentences with phrase «best climate change science»

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Do you seriously think for even one millisecond that the religiously driven anti-intellectual climate in America is not largely due to adults telling kids that evolution isn't true, that climate change is just a big liberal conspiracy, or that generally speaking nobody really needs to be good at math or science anymore?

Well he's a republican, so of course he doesn't believe in science, or climate change.

I confess that I have become somewhat blasé about the range of exciting — I think revolutionary is probably more accurate — technologies that we are rolling out today: our work in genomics and its translation into varieties that are reaching poor farmers today; our innovative integration of long — term and multilocation trials with crop models and modern IT and communications technology to reach farmers in ways we never even imagined five years ago; our vision to create a C4 rice and see to it that Golden Rice reaches poor and hungry children; maintaining productivity gains in the face of dynamic pests and pathogens; understanding the nature of the rice grain and what makes for good quality; our many efforts to change the way rice is grown to meet the challenges of changing rural economies, changing societies, and a changing climate; and, our extraordinary array of partnerships that has placed us at the forefront of the CGIAR change process through the Global Rice Science Partnership.

Providing best climate change education resources and training all Mass Audubon educators so that they can present climate change confidently and accurately through science - based lessons

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.

Obama Secretly Laid Out Why Climate Skeptics Are Bad For Democracy Former President Barack Obama said while debating climate change policy solutions is good for democracy, questioning the underlying science is bad for sClimate Skeptics Are Bad For Democracy Former President Barack Obama said while debating climate change policy solutions is good for democracy, questioning the underlying science is bad for sclimate change policy solutions is good for democracy, questioning the underlying science is bad for society.

He also covered topics including clean energy - taking a dig at climate change doubters by suggesting his party «still believes in science» - as well as renewing manufacturing, easing student loan debt by allowing Americans to refinance them long - term, bringing more people into the workforce and providing equal pay.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) expressed concern over proposed Oklahoma legislation that would encourage the state's public school teachers to question the well - established science behind evolution and global climate Science (AAAS) expressed concern over proposed Oklahoma legislation that would encourage the state's public school teachers to question the well - established science behind evolution and global climate science behind evolution and global climate change.

Some subpopulations of yellow warblers may be genetically better equipped to adapt to climate changes than others, according to a new study in the January 5 issue of Science.

This blog appears in the In - Depth Report Science at the Sochi Olympics Climate change poses a well - documented threat to ecosystems and human populations worldwide.

Climate change is yet another science - based global challenge requiring the best efforts of scientists worldwide — a point that ExxonMobil seemed to acknowledge in a statement that described the historic Paris climate agreement as «an important step forward.Climate change is yet another science - based global challenge requiring the best efforts of scientists worldwide — a point that ExxonMobil seemed to acknowledge in a statement that described the historic Paris climate agreement as «an important step forward.climate agreement as «an important step forward.»

We should get the best science and stay abreast of any threat from human impacts, but I am disturbed that we have spent over thirty billion dollars studying climate change and have little to show for it.

«I think we're at our best when climate scientists connect the impacts of [climate change] to our personal lives, to our economy, to our families, to our communities,» Hill is an associate professor of earth and planetary sciences at the University of California, Davis.

During a 6 - 10 June training program, the 15 AAAS Leshner Leadership Institute fellows also engaged in interactive sessions on the science of science communication, public attitudes about climate change, how Americans consume science news, best practices in leveraging social media, and the fundamentals of engaging policymakers in science - based dialogue.

In 2009 he said, when talking about climate change, that the «science is highly contentious, to say the least» and «the climate change argument is absolute crap», but did accept that precautionary action against it was a good idea.

Cooney himself made 294 edits to the administration's 364 - page Strategic Plan for the U.S. Climate Change Science Program posted July 24, 2003, «to exaggerate or emphasize scientific uncertainties or to deemphasize or diminish the importance of the human role in global warming,» and Cooney and the CEQ played a role in eliminating climate change sections in the EPA's draft Report on the Environment as well as its National Air Quality and Emissions Trends Climate Change Science Program posted July 24, 2003, «to exaggerate or emphasize scientific uncertainties or to deemphasize or diminish the importance of the human role in global warming,» and Cooney and the CEQ played a role in eliminating climate change sections in the EPA's draft Report on the Environment as well as its National Air Quality and Emissions Trends RChange Science Program posted July 24, 2003, «to exaggerate or emphasize scientific uncertainties or to deemphasize or diminish the importance of the human role in global warming,» and Cooney and the CEQ played a role in eliminating climate change sections in the EPA's draft Report on the Environment as well as its National Air Quality and Emissions Trends climate change sections in the EPA's draft Report on the Environment as well as its National Air Quality and Emissions Trends Rchange sections in the EPA's draft Report on the Environment as well as its National Air Quality and Emissions Trends Report.

• $ 1.4 billion for NASA earth science td critical satellite missions including $ 150 million for new NASA earth science missions to measure our ice sheets, climate and atmosphere so we can better predict changes to our planet.

Conference chair Katherine Richardson, a biological oceanographer at the University of Copenhagen, told the opening plenary session that the conference would ensure that policymakers would pay attention by providing compelling messages in three broad areas: how bad the climate science is [that is, how bad the impact of climate change will be], the «good news» that's out there in terms of new ways of mitigating carbon emissions, and the prospects for adapting to the proliferating impacts that scientists are seeing around the world.

Our belief that science is the best tool to combat perils such as climate change should not be rooted in a vision of the process as infallible.

In response, the U.S. Geological Survey began a study on changing Arctic ecosystems to better understand the consequences of lost permafrost and sea ice habitats, and the Interior Department established a Climate Science Center at the University of Alaska to specifically address Arctic issues.

«The holy grail of plant science has long been to bioengineer the photosynthetic pathways in C3 and C4 plants to grow larger, more productive crops that are better adapted to climate change and boost food security.

The massive projects needed now — such as devising a model of climate change detailed enough to be truly predictive or batteries efficient enough to compete with gasoline — can not wait or depend on chancy funding, he believes.He added that a strong national commitment to goal - centered basic science could help solve other important problems by drawing America's talented young people into scientific work and providing them with better opportunities for aspiring researchers to build careers with a realistic chance of making both a significant scientific contribution and a decent living.

The National Science Foundation - funded study, published in the April 27 issue of the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, looked at how marine communities change across natural gradients to better understand the influence of the three climate stressors.

«This quantitative attribution of human and natural climate influences on the IPWP expansion increases our confidence in the understanding of the causes of past changes as well as for projections of future changes under further greenhouse warming,» commented Seung - Ki Min, a professor with POSTECH's School of Environmental Science and Engineering.

Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty has had a well - documented change of heart on climate change science.

guts our Earth science program and threatens to set back generations» worth of progress in better understanding our changing climate, and our ability to prepare for and respond to earthquakes, droughts, and storm events.

That is why discover is teaming up with NBC and the National Science Foundation for two more town hall events exploring how we can best respond to climate change.

BRUSSELS — To get into the spirit of innovation at the European Commission's Innovation Convention here this week, one needed look no further than orange - haired punk fashion designer Vivienne Westwood quizzing Chinese business professor Xue Lan and Olivier Oullier, an expert in behavioral and brain sciences who advises the French government, on how best to address the problem of climate change.

The agency will use this value «until an improved estimate of the impacts of climate change in the U.S. can be developed based on the best available science and economics,» an EPA spokesperson said in an email.

-- The Secretary of Health and Human Services, within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, on the basis of the best available science, and in consultation pursuant to paragraph (2), shall publish a strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the impacts of climate change on public health in the United States and other nations, particularly developing nations.

Better knowledge of Venus could help answer two of the most important questions in modern science: how is Earth's climate changing, and are we alone in the universe?

Becky Oskin covers Earth science, climate change and space, as well as general science topics.

At Exxon's annual meeting in 2015, chairman Rex Tillerson said it would be best to wait for more solid science before acting on climate change.

Climate science still faces the dilemma articulated by the late Steve Schneider and misrepresented by his adversaries — how do we best ensure that the public arrives at an accurate understanding of climate change, when the «sound bite» limits on our speaking time to the media force us to choose between making a few points with all the appropriate caveats, vs presenting details of all the points we believe important but without acknowledging uncertaClimate science still faces the dilemma articulated by the late Steve Schneider and misrepresented by his adversaries — how do we best ensure that the public arrives at an accurate understanding of climate change, when the «sound bite» limits on our speaking time to the media force us to choose between making a few points with all the appropriate caveats, vs presenting details of all the points we believe important but without acknowledging uncertaclimate change, when the «sound bite» limits on our speaking time to the media force us to choose between making a few points with all the appropriate caveats, vs presenting details of all the points we believe important but without acknowledging uncertainties?

It's an idea spawned on Reddit, where several scientists — concerned about the new president's policies on climate change and other issues, and hyped from the success of the Women's March on Washington — were discussing the best way to respond to what they feared would be an administration hostile to science.

With a wealth of research on the science of climate change communication and a focus on practical tips and case studies, this Handbook serves as a valuable resource for IPCC authors - as well as the wider scientific community - to engage audiences with climate change.

Instead, we discussed the global issues we face in science — ranging from climate change, green chemistry, carbon dioxide recycling and renewable energies to personalised medicine, antibiotic resistance and many other globally relevant topics, as well as science careers.

Highlights of the 67th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Chemistry were: the importance of developing environmental friendly technologies, working with green chemistry and facing the climate change problem as well as to link society to science, in terms of divulgation and pertinence of the research.

Stem cell breakthrough by Lanza and colleagues was voted the year's top story, beating the Ebola outbreak, climate change crisis, entangled photons, cosmic inflation, as well as the year's other science stories ranging from topics in space exploration to mathematics, technology, paleontology, and the environment.

«Climate change, as well as human - caused deforestation and biomass burning, can lead to ecological and climatic tipping points that could release massive pools of stored carbon,» said Scot Martin, the Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.

«A better understanding of the human perception of risk from climate change and the behavioral responses are key to curbing future climate change,» said lead author Brian Beckage, a professor of plant biology and computer science at the University of Vermont.

The Institute will spur significant advances in software infrastructure, education, standards, and best - practices that are needed to enable the molecular science community to open new windows on the next generation of scientific Grand Challenges, ranging from the simulation of intrinsically disordered proteins associated with a range of diseases to the design of new catalysts vital to the global chemical industry and climate change.

Year in Review: Calico and the Buck Institute Are Collaborating on Research into Aging and Potential Therapeutics for Age - related Diseases Top Grant from the NIH Faculty Awards Published Research Buck Faculty Share Their Expertise Worldwide Buck Labs Focus on mTOR Pathway Live Longer, Live Well — New Donor Groups Get Behind the Buck's Mission Full STEAM Ahead: Unique Partnership Helps Marin and Sonoma Schools Meet New Science Standards Energy and Climate Change Visionary Jostein Eikeland Pledges $ 5 Million to the Buck Scientific Advisory Board Board of Trustees Financial Summary Buck Advisory Council Cumulative Donors and Sponsors Honor Roll of Donors

UEA is also home to to the Climatic Research Unit; the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research; International Development UEA; and the Water Security Research Centre, as well as important research groups in the areas of Science, Society and Sustainability; Global Environmental Justice; and Globalisation and Corporate Social Responsibility.

Before he was appointed to the White House position, Holdren was a professor at Harvard in both the Kennedy School of Government and the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, as well as director of the nonprofit Woods Hole Research Center, which focuses on climate change science and policy.

He is also participating in projects to better communicate climate change science to the public.

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The severity of Toller's convictions, as well as his disgust at the knowledge that his church has taken money from one of the town's biggest polluters, gives rise to an angry, confrontational question: Why have so many Christians rejected the science of climate change, effectively abdicated their God - given responsibility to look after the Earth?

As the science of climate change gets better, thenews gets worse.

With issues concerning climate change, population growth and movement, regional strife, and job creation, Gardner intends through this study to better understand and enable colleges and universities of America to offer well - crafted educations in liberal arts and sciences and equip future leaders with capacities to think critically, question, collaborate, and solve our most pressing problems.