Sentences with phrase «certain aspects of climate change»

And indeed, before the recent media flash broke out, the real discussion amongst experts was about the AR4 having underestimated, not exaggerated, certain aspects of climate change.

From an OSU press release: CORVALLIS, Ore. — An analysis of 35 headwater basins in the United States and Canada found that the impact of warmer air temperatures on streamflow rates was less than expected in many locations, suggesting that some ecosystems may be resilient to certain aspects of climate change.

Michael Mann, another prominent climate scientist, recently said of the unexpectedly sudden Atlantic slowdown, «This is yet another example of where observations suggest that climate model predictions may be too conservative when it comes to the pace at which certain aspects of climate change are proceeding.»

Not exact matches

If we wait to be 100 % certain about such aspects of climate change, by the time we have accumulated that record over decades, it is far too late.

Its a question of time, and I'm a little more interested in certain other aspects of climate change.

One big reason is that while the basics of greenhouse theory have been clear for decades, the most consequential aspects of human - driven climate change remain the least certain.

As I wrote in 2006 («Yelling Fire on a Hot Planet «-RRB- problems that get people's attention (and cause them to change) are «soon, salient and certain» and the dangerous aspects of human - forced climate disruption remain none of those things.

The terminology that the IPCC uses — such as «virtually certain», «very likely», «likely» etcetera and the very careful definitions that are attached to them, are an excellent way of communicating the uncertainties around various aspects of climate change, and are a significant improvement over the traditional way of discussing uncertainties in the scientific literature.

The most certain aspects of global climate change are the radiative forcings due to the greenhouse gas increases.

This activity report presents some examples of the IFAD - GEF partnership from around the world by using brief case studies to highlight certain aspects of various projects, which includes over 43 national and regional projects, covering areas of biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation and sustainable forest management.

As we shall see there are certain aspects of atmospheric conditions necessary to produce violent tornadoes that climate change is enhancing while there are other atmospheric conditions necessary to form tornadoes about which scientists are uncertain exactly how a warming world will affect them.

While many aspects of the response of the climate system to greenhouse gas forcing appear to be linear, regime or mode transitions can not be quantified by a simple number because responses do not scale with the amplitude of the forcing: small perturbations can induce large changes in certain variables of the climate system.

«Some specific features of the climate change threat combine with certain aspects of human psychology to make the challenge of collective national and international action an especially daunting one,» the researchers write.