Sentences with phrase «change as a consequence of climate change»

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It has also had significant environmental consequences — set aside climate change and, if nothing else, think of industrial toxicity at the scale of Lake Michigan's southwest shoreline, New Jersey's Chemical Coast, or the chemical plants and oil refineries immediately north of Louisiana's State Capitol grounds in Baton Rouge, the long - term effects of which remain unknown — and has prompted not only environmentalist discontent and backlash, but also a neo-pagan anthropology and cosmology in which nature itself is increasingly understood as sacred.

With growing concerns around the known and unknown consequences of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change on natural systems, food producers are experiencing greater consumer demand for environmental and social credentials as well as various decarbonisation initiatives from governments.

The evidence is stark as to the serious and urgent nature of climate change and the consequences we face from our every - day actions.

Varner's primary public engagement is through citizen science engagement programs, which she views as an opportunity help volunteers appreciate the natural world, consider local consequences of climate change and participate in all aspects of science.

It allows greenhouse gases to increase for another decade until the commitments each country made (known as Intended Nationally Determined Contributions or INDCs) mature in 2025 or 2030 and it provides very few specific targets with the exception of a financial target that «strongly urges» wealthy countries to contribute ($ 100 billion / year by 2020) to support developing countries that are suffering the consequences of climate change but don't have the ability to adapt to it.

Little coverage has raised public health consequences of climate change such as higher incidence of asthma, allergies, disease and heat stroke amongst many.

As a result, their range shifts are largely a secondary consequence of climate change, but like rattlesnakes, they may not be able to move fast enough.

Citizens empowered through education will be better able to improve their own living conditions, as well as the conditions of their societies, and will be better prepared for adapting to the consequences of climate change.

Experiments at UC Davis» Bodega Marine Laboratory show that the snails lose this escape response as waters become more acidic, a consequence of climate change.

As the public debate shifts from the diminishing possibility of avoiding climate change to adapting to its consequences, some steps are being considered to help the poor.

The results affirm the strong and growing scientific consensus developing from the understanding of the physical origins and consequences of climate change, as outlined in the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Working Group 1 report last September.

A surge in major wildfire events in the U.S. West as a consequence of climate change will expose tens of millions of Americans to high levels of air pollution in the coming decades, according to a new Yale - led study conducted with collaborators from Harvard.

Climate change has been identified as one of the main threats to this group and the atlas provides the most comprehensive evaluation of the likely consequences this will have.

«As we learn more about deep sea ecosystems and the role of oceans in mitigating climate change, it seems wise to take precautions to avoid damage that could have long - lasting and unforeseen consequences.»

«If water temperatures increase as a result of climate change, this could have far - reaching consequences not only for the individual species, but also for the balance of the ecosystem, which has developed over a long period of time,» says Luckenbach.

According to Sharp, the focus of the findings also marks an important milestone from the perspective of glaciology, which traditionally focuses on sea level as the most direct consequence of the impact of climate change on glaciers.

«Studies that aim to predict the consequences of climate change on insect populations should consider additional factors that may ultimately limit growth and survival, such as the risk of being eaten by a predator,» Culler says.

As a consequence, the model results were important during the preparatory negotiations leading up to the Paris Agreement that came into effect in November 2016 with the intention of mitigating climate change.

Yet, many long - running volunteer efforts did not originate with the specific purpose of understanding the consequences of global climate change, and as a result, most of these projects were not designed to foster communication of scientific findings back to project participants; this is particularly true for studies using data from online repositories.

The challenge is to investigate the consequences and viability of different schemes, while being careful that it is not being (ab) used as an alibi not to work on emission reduction, which should be the first and foremost strategy to prevent dangerous climate change.

Climate change alters the availability of prey for fish and as a consequence may affect their growth and reproduction.

If we looked at climate change as a predictable consequence of intelligent life — and a process that tends to follow specific patterns — we might be better equipped to figure out how to stop it.

The consequences of climate change are being felt not only in the environment, but in the entire socio - economic system and, as seen in the findings of numerous reports already available, they will impact first and foremost the poorest and weakest who, even if they are among the least responsible for global warming, are the most vulnerable because they have limited resources or live in areas at greater risk... Many of the most vulnerable societies, already facing energy problems, rely upon agriculture, the very sector most likely to suffer from climatic shifts.»

(In English and Spanish with subtitles) The Island President (PG for violence, smoking and mature themes) Climate change documentary chronicling the effort of Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed to save his low - lying island nation from being sinking into the Indian Ocean as a consequence of global warming.

A resource for teachers and facilitators to explore the causes and consequences of climate change on our own environment, as well as to impact on those who live in some of the poorest communities in the world.

Learning about topography can deepen student's understanding of consequences of climate change, such as sea level rise.

However, the scene quickly turns into a dystopia, as one realizes this virtual reality might be our future, as a consequence of the global climate changes and environmental problems.

As a Research Fellow for the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, Etienne Turpin's research considers the consequences of climate change on urban settlements and develops potential design responses.

Reframing dematerialization as both a formal consequence of 1960s conceptualism and radical climate change — the exhibition examines a process that shapes public memory and responsibility.

Reframing dematerialization as both a formal consequence of 1960s Conceptualism and radical climate change, Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen examines a process that shapes public memory and responsibility.

As with inadvertent human - induced climate change, the consequences of such actions would almost certainly not be the same for all nations and individuals, thus raising legal, ethical, diplomatic and even national security concerns.

My concern is that the thrust of Climate Change control, is the west will still consume and pollute as we always and always will, while we tell 3rd world countries that they can't have what we have, because the «consequences» are too severe.

But, having written about the panel ever since it was created in 1988, I can't think of any other effort that serves as a better compass for tracking the trajectory and level of understanding of the causes and consequences of climate change, and options for responding to them.

As the consequences of climate change become increasingly apparent, I am optimistic that over the coming decades most of the countries of the world will see it in their interest to maximize their efforts.

The climate science also sure is subject to severe political pressures from varying lobbyist groups, first and foremost the oil an coal interests which are huge financial powerhouses especially in the US Senate — a body which in reality dictates the whole global «climate policy» or rather the absence of any such — serious climate politicans round the globe in reality have — as we now have seen — no chance at all against the denying forces and their huge media apparatus, as long as the public don't see some very serious consequences of climate change, fx.

Fires have been largely excluded from the climate change discussions, but fortunately this is changing to include consideration of fire as both a consequence and driver of climate change.

He lauded me for having some skeptical Web sites on the blogroll here, as evidence that at least one mainstream reporter paid attention to the full range of voices on the causes and consequences of climate change.

And, as I've said before, his engagement clarifies that while science paints the general picture of the causes and consequences of climate change, it is values and circumstances that will largely shape what societies do, or don't do.

Given that I've covered the causes and consequences of climate change since the 1980s, you might perceive this as me throwing in the towel.

As we learn from our 2010 experience what a sustained heat wave of +5 °C to +10 °C implies for human health, water resources, and agricultural productivity, a more meaningful appreciation for the potential consequences of the projected climate changes will emerge.

Compare the year - to - year scale at which humans make policy decisions, reflected in our political frameworks, to the multi-millennial consequences of today's energy choices, as delineated in «Consequences of twenty - first - century policy for multi-millennial climate and sea - level change,» the important recent commentary in Nature Climate Change by a host of top climate scientists, including Piconsequences of today's energy choices, as delineated in «Consequences of twenty - first - century policy for multi-millennial climate and sea - level change,» the important recent commentary in Nature Climate Change by a host of top climate scientists, including PiConsequences of twenty - first - century policy for multi-millennial climate and sea - level change,» the important recent commentary in Nature Climate Change by a host of top climate scientists, including Pierrehclimate and sea - level change,» the important recent commentary in Nature Climate Change by a host of top climate scientists, including Pierrehuchange,» the important recent commentary in Nature Climate Change by a host of top climate scientists, including PierrehClimate Change by a host of top climate scientists, including PierrehuChange by a host of top climate scientists, including Pierrehclimate scientists, including Pierrehumbert.

(i) assessing the scientific information that is related to the various components of the climate change issue, such as emissions of major greenhouse gases and modification of the Earth's radiation balance resulting therefrom, and that needed to enable the environmental and socio - economic consequences of climate change to be evaluated,

The institution was created in 1988 under United Nations auspices to offer periodic assessments of the causes and consequences of climate change, as well as possible responses.

It's fine to talk about climate change generally, the remediation and adapation as the 2 formal statements do, but it would reflect a higher level of commitment to detail the worst of the consequences.

The scientific discussion is misframed in the press, in the public mind and in the policy sector, as being between the consensus position and the «skeptics» who are so confident that nothing of consequence is at stake in anthropogenic climate change that they feel comfortable advocating an essentially trivial policy repsonse to it.

Rather, climate change is a consequence of changed physical conditions...» and further down states this: ``... climate is the same as weather statistics -LSB-...] This statistics, however, -LSB-...](is not) a force that influences the outcomes.»

The science of climate change is sufficiently settled that it is unlikely that what we learn in the future — and we have much to learn — is unlikely to significantly alter the likely consequences of a business as usual approach.

Schmidt & Shindell, 2003, Atmospheric composition, radiative forcing, and climate change as a consequence of a massive methane release from gas hydrates.

As long as the collapse of civilization is a potential (if unlikely) consequence of global warming (climate change leads to agricultural collapse leads to war leads to the end of civilization), it's worth paying those premiumAs long as the collapse of civilization is a potential (if unlikely) consequence of global warming (climate change leads to agricultural collapse leads to war leads to the end of civilization), it's worth paying those premiumas the collapse of civilization is a potential (if unlikely) consequence of global warming (climate change leads to agricultural collapse leads to war leads to the end of civilization), it's worth paying those premiums.

Nature is kicking back on us because we're just slow learners about hurricane infrastructure preparations as well as not paying enough attention to the real world consequences of human - induced global warming and climate change.