Sentences with phrase «climate change in our current»

Some of the methods used to predict at risk species are trend - based — an indicator of what happens gradually over time — while others are trait based, which uses signs of climate change in the current environment.

Nanotechnology will not significantly increase energy efficiency, or help tackle climate change in its current form.

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So the most evident problem with this new venture is that it is illegal and in the current political climate, no matter the lobbying dollars involved, is unlikely to change the laws sufficient to allow this business to ever launch.

Her current job, after all, affords her a platform from which she wields considerable influence in a global conversation on the world's most pressing issues — from rising income inequality to banking reforms to climate change.

Scientists have told an Australian government committee that the current strategy to protect the reef — the Reef 2050 Long - Term Sustainability Plan — is unachievable in light of recent mass bleaching events, especially since the plan doesn't include steps to counter climate change.

Timor - Leste's current minister of commerce, industry, and the environment, Constâncio Pinto, sees Canada's Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, as a potential ally based on her past experience as a UN adviser in Timor - Leste.

This problem is compounded by the fact that Canada has yet to formulate a credible climate change plan to meet its less than ambitious 2020 targets (see here and here) or the 2030 targets put forward in Canada's current INDC.

That document had a number of well - known evangelical signatories and, Wilkinson argues, served as a «watershed document» in setting the tone for current climate change discussions in the evangelical church.

In Resurrecting the Idea of a Christian Society, Rusty Reno offers a brilliant, accessible and modestly optimistic take on the possibilities for positive change in our current cultural climate, upon which I offer some modestly pessimistic thoughtIn Resurrecting the Idea of a Christian Society, Rusty Reno offers a brilliant, accessible and modestly optimistic take on the possibilities for positive change in our current cultural climate, upon which I offer some modestly pessimistic thoughtin our current cultural climate, upon which I offer some modestly pessimistic thoughts.

Responding to a recent article in Nature on the psychology of climate change, The Guardian «s Andrew Brown argues that combatting global warming will require something beyond carbon taxes, recycling programs, and technological innovation: There may be ways of fixing [the current....

Our best plan of action now would be to focus on how to deal with climate change once it arrives in force, instead of the current futile attempts to stop it from happening.

The Bolivian text is broadly in keeping with the Principles of Organic Agriculture.The current UNFCCC agriculture text is likely to be adopted at Mexico unchallenged with most countries not wanting to risk failing to achieve an overarching agreement on climate change due to what is sure to be huge differences on agriculture.

As Andre Leu, the current president of the International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements (IFOAM) noted, «Dec. 1, 2015 will be seen as one of the most important days in history... as the tipping point when the world was saved from catastrophic climate change.»

Job Description: Research interns work directly with Rodale Institute's Research Department to address current and future agricultural needs by conducting high - quality research using regenerative, organic methods for agricultural production and identifying tools and practices to help grow organic agriculture by addressing pest and fertility issues; mitigate and adapt to climate change, and improve human health by addressing nutrient density in crops.

What current atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration tells us about the need to stabilise the global climate and the need for a step change in government, city and business action.

Over the last two years, scientists from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Sweden have examined projections and current data to identify ways in which the dairy industry may respond to challenges such as population growth, urbanisation, and climate change, in order to meet increased demand for dairy products over the next half century.

Powered by billions of earthworms working rapidly in concert with beneficial microbes, the BIDA ® System will begin processing Fetzer Vineyards» wastewater during the 2016 harvest season, accruing energy savings up to 85 % over current wastewater treatment technologies and optimizing water conservation measures in support of the fight against climate change.

Despite rapidly changing public opinions about cannabis, the current political climate is likely to pause any further liberalization in how leagues approach the substance.

Located at the junction of the Delta and the Bay, the park offers an ideal vantage of how climate change, water policy and natural fluctuations in the weather and currents affect our region.

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!!!

It would have been easy to make a lot of changes and Arsenal would probably still have got the job done, but in the current climate, Arsene Wenger wasn't taking any chances.

municipalities may be more amenable to changing laws given the current economic climate and the interest in local food.

The current and projected future impacts of climate change on nature in Massachusetts are very significant, requiring a thoughtful and comprehensive approach and a sustained effort.

June 1: Participate in Environmentalists Respond to the Trump Administration and Congress, a discussion of how current events in Washington impact climate change and energy (Vineyard Haven)

Using the example of the current debate surrounding anthropomorphic climate change, Thompson sought to evaluate the argument from authority through a single prism, the way in which science is handled in argumentation about public policy.

The Liberal Democrat environment minister Chris Huhne outlines the Lib Dem's concerns with the climate change bill in its current form.

David Ray, Buerkle's campaign manager, issued a statement in which he did not address the congresswoman's current position on climate change.

«Given the current political climate in Washington D.C., it's critical that we come together to strategize and mobilize to drive change for Latinos in New York City.We look forward to engaging our partners and allies in a common effort to continue to serve and uplift our community.»

It could also jeopardize America's current role in international efforts to confront climate change.

Earlier he insisted that asking the question in the current climate was a «false question», as the EU was in a state of flux and must first agree treaty change.

The Administration proposes to restructure the current Climate and Land Use Change program, eliminating $ 11.1 million in climate research and development activities and reducing Interior's Climate Science Centers (CSCs) by $ 8.5 million, halving the number of regional CSCs from eight tClimate and Land Use Change program, eliminating $ 11.1 million in climate research and development activities and reducing Interior's Climate Science Centers (CSCs) by $ 8.5 million, halving the number of regional CSCs from eight tclimate research and development activities and reducing Interior's Climate Science Centers (CSCs) by $ 8.5 million, halving the number of regional CSCs from eight tClimate Science Centers (CSCs) by $ 8.5 million, halving the number of regional CSCs from eight to four.

As we recently reported in Nature Climate Change, significantly expanding sugarcane or lipidcane production in Brazil could reduce current global carbon dioxide emissions by up to 5.6 percent.

Since these set of ocean currents are known to influence global climate, the researchers were interested to see if it correlated with rainfall in the Western Hemisphere, and how such a correlation could change over time.

As worldwide temperatures rise and the earth sees extreme weather conditions in both summer and winter, a team of researchers with the University of Florida and Kansas State University have found that that there is potential for insects - and possibly other animals - to acclimate and rapidly evolve in the face of this current climate change.

Although the study does not directly identify a link between this type of variation and current climate change vulnerability, these precipitation - linked variables could be a source of vulnerability in the future, Bay and her colleagues noted.

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In the current context of global warming it is important to assess the impacts that changes in ocean and climate may have on Antarctica, and reconstructing past climate fluctuations provides vital information on the responses and possible feedback mechanisms within the climate systeIn the current context of global warming it is important to assess the impacts that changes in ocean and climate may have on Antarctica, and reconstructing past climate fluctuations provides vital information on the responses and possible feedback mechanisms within the climate systein ocean and climate may have on Antarctica, and reconstructing past climate fluctuations provides vital information on the responses and possible feedback mechanisms within the climate system.

Although current drought worries have been focused in the West — Western states have experienced insect outbreaks; mass tree die - offs; loss of water and carbon; bigger and more costly wildfires; and economic impacts to timber stands due to severe, multiyear drought — in the wake of a changing climate, the report notes that «all U.S. forests are vulnerable to drought.»

Awareness of extreme weather rises Ray Gaesser, chairman of the American Soybean Association, said farmers were sometimes reluctant to talk about climate change because they saw variations in weather on a regular basis and current weather patterns could be part of cycle that would eventually fix itself.

«If we can get a better understanding of the climate in the past, of the consequences of climate change and of how it shaped communities, then we might be able to interpret the future of biodiversity under the current climate change scenario,» says Guénard.

The simulations suggest that, for greenhouse gas emissions at or above current rates, changes in climate will very likely be larger than the changes already observed during the 20th century.

While many previous studies predicted a future increase in humus levels as a result of climate change, based on their current findings, the TUM scientists are critical of this assumption: If the input of organic matter stagnates, soil will lose some of its humus in the long term.

Critics note that although there has been an increase in the number of storms since 1995, the effects of Atlantic currents, rather than climate change, could be responsible.

Despite this effect, the known ice loss at both poles suggests that embedded in the local rises is a signal of current climate change — researchers just have to tease it out.

«For current climate change adaptation research, it is worth looking into the historical record to take into account the cultural, societal, and political factors that hampered adaptation in the past in order to be prepared for the future.

But other researchers believe changes in current solar activity will have a minimal effect, if any, on Earth's climate.

«Using a numerical climate model we found that sulfate reductions over Europe between 1980 and 2005 could explain a significant fraction of the amplified warming in the Arctic region during that period due to changes in long - range transport, atmospheric winds and ocean currents.

But climate change will shift atmospheric currents in the tropics, which could endanger the frigatebird's migratory strategy, says Rob Suryan of Oregon State University.

Another possible issue with attribution science, he says, is that the current generation of simulations simply may not be capable of capturing some of the subtle changes in the climate and oceans — a particular danger when it comes to studies that find no link to human activities.

Although the draft decision expresses «its utmost concern» regarding the impacts of climate change on the World Heritage reefs, any action is delayed by a call «to further study the current and potential impacts of climate change» for possible action when the committee meets in 2018.