Sentences with phrase «brought by climate change»

And we can expect more, said NOAA head Jane Lubchenco, citing predictions of more severe weather brought by climate change.

I also heard [Mayor Michael] Bloomberg say very clearly right after Sandy that in his view this has been a wake - up call for New York specifically, but also for the broader United States to really understand the vulnerability in particular of coastal cities to the increasing challenges being brought by climate change.

On May 14th, ASP's CEO BGen Stephen Cheney, USMC (Ret) published an op - ed for The Charlotte Observer titled Climate Change is a National Security Threat, Including in the Carolinas, outlining how climate change is a major threat to national security; that responding to disruption brought by climate change isn't the.....

OneWorld South Asia: How do the challenges brought by climate change present an opportunity for better management of natural resources in India?

Exploding coastal development as well as higher seas and more powerful storms brought by climate change will exacerbate an already dire situation.

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Then Obama's State of the Union speech, which sounded off alarm bells in Ottawa and Alberta by unexpectedly bringing up climate change, an issue largely ignored during the president's electoral campaign.

These include: C$ 4.5 billion to support research, training, and infrastructure at universities and colleges; a Strategic Innovation Fund that will provide C$ 1.26 billion for business innovation in the aerospace and automotive sector; a Connect to Innovate Program that will invest C$ 500 million to bring high - speed Internet to remote and rural communities by 2021; and, C$ 70 million over six years to support agriculture innovation with a focus on climate change, and soil and water conservation.

Moreover, it must be ready to withstand the threats brought about by climate change.

At the same time, it enables work with on a bilateral basis to accelerate the development and deployment of climate - smart rice varieties adapted to region - specific conditions of drought, flooding and salinity brought on by climate change.

For example, the initiative could enable member nations to partner in the development and distribution of climate - smart rice varieties adapted to region - specific conditions of drought, flooding, and salinity brought on by climate change.

Although it will be incredibly difficult to ever match his contributions on the pitch, it's vitally important for a former club legend, like Henry, to publicly address his concerns regarding the direction of this club... regardless of those who still feel that Henry has some sort of agenda due to the backlash he received following earlier comments he made on air regarding Arsenal, he has an intimate understanding of the game, he knows the fans are being hosed and he feels some sense of obligation, both professionally and personally, to tell it like he sees it... much like I've continually expressed over the last couple months, this team isn't evolving under this current ownership / management team... instead we are currently experiencing a «stagnant» phase in our club's storied history... a fact that can't be hidden by simply changing the formation or bringing in one or two individuals... this team needs fundamental change in the way it conducts business both on and off the pitch or it will continue to slowly devolve into a second tier club... regardless of the euphoria surrounding our escape act on Friday evening, as it stands, this club is more likely to be fighting for a Europa League spot for the foreseeable future than a top 4 finish... we can't hope for the failures of others to secure our place in the top 4, we need to be the manufacturers of our own success by doing whatever is necessary to evolve as an organization... if Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke can't take the necessary steps following the debacle they manufactured last season, their removal is imperative for our future success... unfortunately, I strongly believe that either they don't know how to proceed in the present economic climate or they are unwilling to do whatever it takes to turn this ship around... just look at the current state of our squad, none of our world class players are under contract beyond this season, we have a ridiculous wage bill considering the results, we can't sell our deadwood because we've mismanaged our personnel decisions and contractual obligations, we haven't properly cultivated our younger talent and we might have become one of the worst clubs ever when it comes to way we handle our transfer business, which under Dein was one of our greatest assets... it's time to get things right!!!

By bringing a big global problem to a local and more manageable scale, we can gain insight on the effects of climate change on our community.

By bringing a big global problem to a local and more manageable scale, we can gain insight on the effects of climate change in our community.

Even climate change, which threatens the living condition of all traditional social orders and civilisations, discloses the scale of calamities brought about by this distinctively novel social sphere.

He warned governments must act now before the effects of climate change become visible in environmental refugees or conflicts brought on by water shortages.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Democratic congressional candidate Colleen Deacon says droughts brought on by climate change are helping terrorist groups like the Islamic State recruit young fighters who have no other options.

Tam McFarlane from the Fire Brigades Union said the effects of climate change were brought home by the «devastating effects» of the summer floods in Yorkshire and Gloucestershire.

A 30 percent cut in emissions from 2005 levels by 2030 is a big number — less than environmental groups want but far more than the president can get via Congress, where climate change skeptics rule the House and the Democratic Senate so far avoiding bringing a climate change bill to the floor during Obama's presidency.

The death and devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy and the Nor» easter that followed it, has brought the issue of climate change to the forefront.

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.

But one of the things that I have been very impressed by here is a lot of the stories of hope; many folks have traveled a long way to share what they are doing on a very local level to help combat climate change, and that's everything from, kind of, rural electrification in Africa and India, you know, bringing light to people who are still using dung or coal for cooking and heating and dying from indoor air pollution to, you know, major renewable energy projects, say, here in Denmark where they now get 20 percent of their electricity from wind power.

In northwest Africa, where what Werz has called an «arc of tension» runs through Nigeria, Niger, Algeria and Morocco, he said the projected massive population growth combined with small - onset changes brought about by climate change — like sea - level rise along the Niger Delta, the loss of hundreds of villages through desertification and the virtual disappearance of Lake Chad — is bad enough.

If so, the increased frequency and intensity of heat waves forecast by climate change models could bring about considerable changes to these environments,» Orizaola concludes.

- «I brought you into this world, and global climate change brought about by excess carbon emissions can take you out.»

But scientists agree that climate change will up the ante considerably by bringing more extreme weather gyrations — searing drought one year, followed by torrential storms that can wash away cracked soil and destroy crops rather than quench their thirst.

The analysis of health data from Brisbane suggests humanity may struggle with the heat waves and cold snaps brought on by climate change

The Bulletin acknowledges that the increased use of carbon - free nuclear energy could help mitigate global warming brought on by fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions but concludes that the possibility of misusing enriched uranium and separated plutonium to create bombs is a «terrible trade - off» for trying to control climate change.

The National Ecological Observatories Network (NEON), a unique string of 80 - some data - collection stations spread from Alaska to Puerto Rico, is designed to bring ecology into the era of Big Data by collecting masses of information on changes in climate, land use, biodiversity, and the spread of invasive species.

Is that theme throughout the album: this changing world brought on by humans — climate change, among other things — that other species having to adjust to?

New weather conditions brought on by climate change may help spread a fungal disease endemic to the Southwest known as valley fever

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The research team showed that prior to the industrial period (pre AD 1800), changes in the North Atlantic Ocean, brought about by variations in the Sun's activity and volcanic eruptions, were driving our climate and led to changes in the atmosphere, which subsequently impacted our weather.

A new study by WCS and other groups offers a glimmer of hope for some amphibian populations decimated by the deadly chytrid fungus: climate change may make environmental conditions for the fungus unsuitable in some regions and potentially stave off the spread of disease in African amphibian populations struggling to adapt to changes brought about by global warming.

Several questions in the 2010 survey addressed the «Climategate» controversy, which brought allegations of flawed science by researchers contributing to the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Climate change deniers exploit disillusion brought on by often gloomy scientific findings, but evolving views on antibiotic use show it needn't be that way

An increasingly common feature of reefs worldwide, it is brought on by thermal stress resulting from seawater temperature anomalies associated with climate change.

But our love of dolphins might not be enough to save them from extinction brought on by overfishing, pollution, climate change and other environmental affronts perpetrated by humans.

«The change in flux described by our model happens over extremely long time periods, and it would be a mistake to think that these processes that are bringing about any of the atmospheric changes are occurring due to anthropomorphic climate change,» he said.

Their research, published in Nature Climate Change on June 29, is the first attempt to examine and document these changes in the air - sea heat exchange in the region — brought about by global warming — and to consider its possible impact on oceanic circulation, including the climatologically important Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.

Time - lapse visualizations of temperature, precipitation, receding sea ice, and collapsing ice shelves create a vivid experience of the natural pulses of the planet and the shifts brought on by climate change.

The extreme events induced by climate change will have drastic consequences on forest functions and services and may bring about important drought - induced die - off events.

And it is none too soon, says paper co-author Kristofer Helgen of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, as the low - lying atolls this bat calls home are likely to be increasingly affected by rising ocean waters brought on by climate change.

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For example, a farm with trees will suffer less to the impacts of climate change because it will absorb some of these impacts so agroforestry is a good response to develop resilience of agrosystems to the challenges brought about by climate change» he says.

Yesterday afternoon, President Obama, with Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, tried to bring the topic down to a level that average Americans can understand by distilling the health impacts of climate change during a roundtable discussion at Howard University.

But outdated maps mean that insurance estimates don't include the increased flooding risk brought about by climate change.

Who's to Blame To avoid price gouging, consumer advocate Newton and scientist Mills urge insurance companies to be transparent about the models they use for setting premiums — specifically how they factor in catastrophes believed to have been brought on by climate change.

If we embark on a path that is equivalent to setting emissions to zero now (say by having a period of negative emissions in the 2035 to 2050 time frame), and call the sequestration we accomplish mitigation then mitigation can arrest climate change, make adaptation unneeded and bring us to a safe concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as Hansen has pointed out.

Severe coastal flooding and widespread power outages have prompted many to ask if it's a new normal brought on by climate change.

A new study published in Scientific Reports finds that bandicoots are not only more ancient than anyone thought, they're probably no strangers to the pressures and shifts brought on by climate change.