Sentences with phrase «causing changes in climate»

Like pieces of a puzzle, Earth's moving tectonic plates have rearranged themselves on the surface of the globe — shifting the configurations of intervening oceans, altering ocean circulation, and causing changes in climate.

«In addition to causing changes in climate, increasing levels of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels and other human activities have a direct affect on the world's oceans,» the report found, particularly an increase in levels of acidity, which it said are a threat to marine life.

In addition to causing changes in climate, increasing levels of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels and other human activities have a direct effect on the world's oceans.

Matt Jolly, a Forest Service research fire ecologist and the study's lead author, attributed the changes in fire behavior to human - caused changes in climate.

Moreover, notice that many sceptics do not take issue with the propositions that CO2 is a greenhouse gas, much of the increase in atmospheric CO2 can be attributed to industry, that this warming will likely cause a change in the climate, and that this may well cause problems.

7 Natural Processes that Change Climate Earth Motions Geographic changes in Earth's land and water bodies cause changes in climate Changes in the shape of Earth's orbit and the tilt of Earth's axis affect global climates.

External forcing - External forcing refers to a forcing agent outside the climate system causing a change in the climate system.

Global warming has thus caused a change in the climate of the Earth, causing temperatures to rise.

Earth Motions • Geographic changes in Earth's land and water bodies cause changes in climate.

I would have thought that an event large enough to cause a change in climate lasting 1000 years would have to be global in effect.

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The Republican Party's fast journey from debating how to combat human - caused climate change to arguing that it does not exist is a story of big political money, Democratic hubris in the Obama years and a partisan chasm that grew over nine years like a crack in the Antarctic shelf, favouring extreme positions and uncompromising rhetoric over co-operation and conciliation.

More than 170 countries agreed early Saturday morning to limit emissions of key climate change - causing pollutants found in air conditioners, a significant step in the international effort to keep global warming from reaching catastrophic levels.

The new report «Lights Out for the Reef», written by University of Queensland coral reef biologist Selina Ward, noted that reefs were vulnerable to several different effects of climate change; including rising sea temperatures and increased carbon dioxide in the ocean, which causes acidification.

«This is the day we step up, at long last, to one of the world's biggest problems — the pollution that is causing climate change,» Premier Rachel Notley said as she announced her government's new policy in Edmonton on Sunday.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

According to a 2016 Pew Research Center poll, the number of Republican voters who say they believe in human - caused climate change was 23 percent while the number of Democrats was 69 percent.

«In conclusion, while we can not say climate change «caused» hurricane Harvey (that is an ill - posed question), we can say that it exacerbate several characteristics of the storm in a way that greatly increased the risk of damage and loss of life,» Mann wrotIn conclusion, while we can not say climate change «caused» hurricane Harvey (that is an ill - posed question), we can say that it exacerbate several characteristics of the storm in a way that greatly increased the risk of damage and loss of life,» Mann wrotin a way that greatly increased the risk of damage and loss of life,» Mann wrote.

Researchers found that human - caused climate change accounts for 55 percent of the increase in drying out of Western forests, a major factor in wildfires, and has led to a doubling of the area burned.

No single weather event — even an extreme one — can be «caused» by climate change, as Vox's David Roberts has explained in detail.

First off, yes: There's consensus that the science of climate change predicts that in a warming world, hurricanes will become more intense, carry more rain, and cause worse coastal flooding linked in part to sea level rise.

This post about the Suzuki - Pembina report is a case in point: both sides of the debate seemed to think that I was offering aid and succor to the cause of the climate change deniers.

«A full reading of Bernstein's email reveals an important point ---- his assertion that, in the 1980s, we never denied the possible role of human activity as a cause for climate change, and he further makes clear that, at that point in time, there was a great deal of uncertainty and lack of understanding of climate change, even among leading scientists and experts,» said Keil, adding that today, Exxon «believes the risk of climate change is clear, and warrants action.»

Tearfund said a third of all food produced globally is not eaten and waste on this scale is «fueling climate change, causing more droughts, floods and less reliable rain, making life harder for the people in poverty across the world that Tearfund works with».

A scientist that supports the conclusion that atmospheric polution is causing changes in our global climate --(ppst.

And on and on — according to many experts, the extinction spasm caused by climate change and other environmental degradation in this century will equal or surpass those caused by crashing asteroids in geological times.

I can explain climate change as a result of a natural cycle caused by the masses and orbits of the planets, but I don't go around calling believers in humans causing climate change idiots simply because I know what actually causes it.

For Christian climate skeptics, a sort of Pascal's Wager is the very least that could be considered on the issue of climate change: If your skepticism is right — and despite evidence from countless sources — and climate change is not caused by man in any way, than a lack of action will maintain the status quo.

In the face of all the extreme weather we've been getting, and all the supporting science for man - caused climate change, she claims climate change is a hoax.

But declines are occurring in the absence of destruction of habitats, suggesting other causes such as pollution from pesticides, acid rain and increases in ultraviolet exposure or even change in climate (Blaustein & Wake 1990).

According to Giberson and Stephens, you might be an anti-intellectual fundamentalist if you are an evangelical who: dismisses evolution as «an unproven theory»; deny that «climate change is real and caused by humans»; think that «the founders were evangelicals who intended America to be a Christian nation»; defend spanking children; believe in traditional roles for the sexes; think that reparative therapy can «cure» homosexuality; and / or oppose gay marriage.

The goals were crafted to engage all member countries — which are expected to integrate the SDGs into their policies for the next decade and a half — in addressing the root causes of global poverty, gender inequality and climate change.

She hopes to pursue a higher degree in Food Science and Technology in the future so she can work towards mitigating problematic causes of climate change, poor human health, and animal cruelty by providing healthier and more sustainable plant - based food options.

Granted, there are more benefits to reducing particulate and greenhouse gas emissions than just climate change, i.e. PM 2.5 which can be stuck in the human lung and cause cancer / respiratory issues, SO2 which contributes to acid rain (we've already eliminated the majority of this problem), as well as soot (nobody wants the surrounding area covered in ash).

Notebaert museum exhibit drives home climate change - Daily Herald - April 3, 2016 The museum is helping to educate visitors on the causes and effects of climate change, and how they can help, through the exhibit «Weather to Climate: Our Changing World,» which runs in Chicago through Oct. 23 before heading out oclimate change - Daily Herald - April 3, 2016 The museum is helping to educate visitors on the causes and effects of climate change, and how they can help, through the exhibit «Weather to Climate: Our Changing World,» which runs in Chicago through Oct. 23 before heading out oclimate change, and how they can help, through the exhibit «Weather to Climate: Our Changing World,» which runs in Chicago through Oct. 23 before heading out oClimate: Our Changing World,» which runs in Chicago through Oct. 23 before heading out on tour.

Although they're mainly setting out to scaremonger and sell papers, the tabloids are right that, as climate change causes fluctuations in weather, the temperature is becoming bitterer in those winter months.

According to him, the House is in the final stages of providing legal framework to address natural disasters caused by the effects of climate change.

Climate change, population movements and political incitement have added to the many causes of violent clashes between communities in Turkana.

Mr. Gore, a Democrat who has made drawing attention to global warming his signature cause, called the governor's proposed mandate «a terrific and bold action,» noting that it comes a week before the United Nations will hold a conference on climate change in Paris.

The governor has been slow to embrace some environmental causes — he was notably careful in his rhetoric about climate change and he delayed a decision on fracking in the state for years.

«New Yorkers know too well the devastation caused by climate change, and in order to slow the effects of extreme weather and build our communities to be stronger and more resilient, we must make significant investments in renewable energy,» Cuomo said.

There are frequent rail accidents and pipeline explosions, evidence of long term water contamination esp around Dimock PA and in WY, non disclosure agreements forced on people whose health has been damaged from exposure to toxic emissions, secrecy about all of these issues, and climate changes caused by too much fossil fuel emissions.

Later in the debate, State Sen. Brad Hoylman, a Democrat from Manhattan's West Side, grilled Young on investments contained in the budget resolution that, he argued, acknowledged the human role in causing climate change.

«That's not surprising given that, if we carry on treating the planet like a cheap boil in the bag dinner, we risk causing catastrophic climate change.

That rich countries must cut emissions first and furthest in line with their historic responsibility for causing climate change and their capacity to tackle it.

For example, if climate change is being caused by an increase in solar output, then there doesn't seem to be anything we can do to reduce that.

President Obama's landmark agreement with China to cut greenhouse gas pollution is a bet by the president and Democrats that on the issue of climate change, American voters are far ahead of Washington's warring factions and that the environment will be a winning cause in the 2016 presidential campaign.

Still, Cuomo has been hesitant to discuss the cause of climate change in the past, referring to it as a «political debate» that he has tried to avoid while speaking at a State Police graduation in Albany earlier this summer.

The right ignores scientific study, the left ignores the historical perspective that contradicts attributing every negative weather change to human causes - drastic climate changes and bad storms have happened in pre-industrial times.

«Given that the leading cause of power outages is extreme weather — which is exacerbated by climate change — the Trump administration's head - in - the - sand approach would actually undermine grid resiliency and reliability while promoting climate change and its catastrophic impacts,» he said.

Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik is the latest lawmaker to join fellow GOP lawmaker Chris Gibson in backing a resolution that acknowledges climate change is caused by human activity and should be combated.