Sentences with phrase «climate change in the form»

Not all flooded during the 2012 storm, but climate change in the form of rising sea levels is increasing the risk of future damage, and higher flood insurance bills.

The economic constraint on environmental action can easily be seen by looking at what is widely regarded as the most far - reaching establishment attempt to date to deal with The Economics of Climate Change in the form of a massive study issued in 2007 under that title, commissioned by the UK Treasury Office.7 Subtitled the Stern Review after the report's principal author Nicholas Stern, a former chief economist of the World Bank, it is widely viewed as the most important, and most progressive mainstream treatment of the economics of global warming.8 The Stern Review focuses on the target level of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) concentration in the atmosphere necessary to stabilize global average temperature at no more than 3 °C (5.4 °F) over pre-industrial levels.

There's a new hope for climate change in the form of electric vehicles.

Do you agree that — we're going to feel some of the repercussions of climate change in the form of rising sea levels, more intense hurricanes, and we're going to see droughts and wildfires like that start to occur in the future.

They are on the front lines of the impacts of climate change in the form of sea level rise, combining with potentially more dangerous storms that threatens our coastlines.

We are seeing increasingly the direct consequences of climate change in the form of more extreme and more regular weather events.

28 June 2016 — Action on climate change in the form of green policy, finance and market approaches can drive sustainable development in Africa, government, business and civil society representatives heard on the opening day of Africa Carbon Forum.

Not exact matches

So, although «the risk of climate change is clear and the risk warrants action» (in the form of greater energy efficiency and emissions - reducing technology), the big oil company will not be writing down any of its reserves.

Ashley Anderson, a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University, stated that «When people encounter an unfamiliar issue like nanotechnology, they often rely on an existing value such as religiosity or deference to science to form a judgment.»

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»).

Obama's climate - change initiative charges the U.S. Department of the Interior, which protects America's natural resources, with permitting enough renewable energy — in the form of solar panels, wind farms and geothermal plants — to power millions of homes.

In this more nuanced (and arguably more insidious) form of climate denialism, our politicians assure us that they understand and accept the scientific warnings about climate change, but they are in denial about what this scientific reality means for policIn this more nuanced (and arguably more insidious) form of climate denialism, our politicians assure us that they understand and accept the scientific warnings about climate change, but they are in denial about what this scientific reality means for policin denial about what this scientific reality means for policy.

-- The Earth was formed by this giant explosion which took place millions of years ago and somehow ended up in this perfectly rotating planet that has perfectly precise, repeatable days, months and years and rotates at the perfect angle so as to enable defined changes in climate and weather to have predictable seasons.

A new MFM group has just been formed in Taipei, Taiwan, urging people to refrain from eating meat every Mondays to help fight climate change.

This success is largely a result of genetic improvement in the form of high - yielding, climate change - ready, and short - duration rice varieties.

The climate change pact formed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his counterparts in California and Washington state has over the last week grown to include nine new states and Puerto Rico.

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

In addition, Pataki has formed an environmental consulting firm with his former chief of staff John Cahill, the Pataki - Cahill Group [68] and work with the Council on Foreign Relations on climate change issues.

Following Gordon Brown's reshuffle in October 2008, he shadowed Ed Miliband in the newly formed Department for Energy and Climate Change.

While many Americans favor policies that would help the country lower emissions, questions on how much they would personally be willing to pay to confront climate change (in the form of a monthly fee on their electric bill) reveal great disparity.

In the analysis — this was [all] originally published as a scientific paper in Nature last fall and then we see it again here in Scientific American in a more a distilled form — what we show is that in terms of climate change, in terms of nitrogen pollution into our waterways and oceans, and in terms of biodiversity loss, we have already caused irreparable harm to the planeIn the analysis — this was [all] originally published as a scientific paper in Nature last fall and then we see it again here in Scientific American in a more a distilled form — what we show is that in terms of climate change, in terms of nitrogen pollution into our waterways and oceans, and in terms of biodiversity loss, we have already caused irreparable harm to the planein Nature last fall and then we see it again here in Scientific American in a more a distilled form — what we show is that in terms of climate change, in terms of nitrogen pollution into our waterways and oceans, and in terms of biodiversity loss, we have already caused irreparable harm to the planein Scientific American in a more a distilled form — what we show is that in terms of climate change, in terms of nitrogen pollution into our waterways and oceans, and in terms of biodiversity loss, we have already caused irreparable harm to the planein a more a distilled form — what we show is that in terms of climate change, in terms of nitrogen pollution into our waterways and oceans, and in terms of biodiversity loss, we have already caused irreparable harm to the planein terms of climate change, in terms of nitrogen pollution into our waterways and oceans, and in terms of biodiversity loss, we have already caused irreparable harm to the planein terms of nitrogen pollution into our waterways and oceans, and in terms of biodiversity loss, we have already caused irreparable harm to the planein terms of biodiversity loss, we have already caused irreparable harm to the planet.

While the documents show API learned of potential climate change risks as early as 1968 and had formed committees to examine smog pollution in the 1940s, Exxon CEO Lee Raymond said in November 1996 that climate science was unsettled.

«The primary risk that climate change may pose would be any potential increase in the frequency or intensity of strong thunderstorms, hurricanes or brushfires,» the company said on a climate risk disclosure form that California began requiring insurers to file this year.

Although the ions are originally involved in the development of almost one third of all newly formed particles, the concentration of the large cloud condensation nuclei in the course of the 11 - year cycle changes by only 0.1 percent — not enough to have any sizeable influence on the climate.

Understanding these unique areas is important because there are many examples of naturally occurring hybrid zones, and new hybrid zones will form in the future as climate change and human impacts cause species distributions to shift and come into contact.

Climate change, in the form of warmer waters and increasing ocean acidity, may exacerbate economic uncertainties.

For all its many benefits, that energy can also have hidden costs — invisible CO2 forming a thickening blanket in the atmosphere and causing climate change, asthma in inner cities, to name a few — along with the more visible impacts.

Scientists predict that climate change will cause widespread agricultural problems, mainly in the form of drought — especially when fresh water and irrigation infrastructure are not available.

Earth System Threshold Measure Boundary Current Level Preindustrial Climate Change CO2 Concentration 350 ppm 387 ppm 280 ppm Biodiversity Loss Extinction Rate 10 pm > 100 pm * 0.1 - one pm Nitrogen Cycle N2 Tonnage 35 mmt ** 121 mmt 0 Phosphorous Cycle Level in Ocean 11 mmt 8.5 - 9.5 mmt — 1 mmt Ozone Layer O3 Concentration 276 DU # 283 DU 290 DU Ocean Acidification Aragonite ^ ^ Levels 2.75 2.90 3.44 Freshwater Usage Consumption 4,000 km3 ^ 2,600 km3 415 km3 Land Use Change Cropland Conversion 15 km3 11.7 km3 Low Aerosols Soot Concentration TBD TBD TBD Chemical Pollution TBD TBD TBD TBD * pm = per million ** mmt = millions of metric tons #DU = dobson unit ^ km3 = cubic kilometers ^ ^ Aragonite is a form of calcium carbonate.

Thus, «giant chunks of space debris clobbering the planet and wiping out life on Earth has undeniably broad appeal,» Meltzer says, whereas «no one in Hollywood makes movies» about more nuanced explanations, such as Clovis points disappearing because early Americans turned to other forms of stone tool technology as the large mammals they were hunting went extinct as a result of the changing climate or hunting pressure.

In an age when science influences every aspect of life — from the most private intimacies of sex and reproduction to the most public collective challenges of climate change and the economy — and in a time when democracy has become the dominant form of government on the planet, it is important that the voters push elected officials and candidates of all parties to explicitly state their views on the major science questions facing the natioIn an age when science influences every aspect of life — from the most private intimacies of sex and reproduction to the most public collective challenges of climate change and the economy — and in a time when democracy has become the dominant form of government on the planet, it is important that the voters push elected officials and candidates of all parties to explicitly state their views on the major science questions facing the natioin a time when democracy has become the dominant form of government on the planet, it is important that the voters push elected officials and candidates of all parties to explicitly state their views on the major science questions facing the nation.

The United States never signed the Kyoto Protocol, but growing concern in this country over climate change may soon bring some form of regulation here, too.

Such rocks may prove good news for efforts to combat climate change because basalt reacts with carbon dioxide to form carbonate, locking a greenhouse gas in a carbonate mineral that often appears as white as snow.

As world leaders prepare to meet in Paris for the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, UK health professionals have formed an alliance of doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals to advocate for stronger measures to tackle climate Climate Change Conference, UK health professionals have formed an alliance of doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals to advocate for stronger measures to tackle climate cChange Conference, UK health professionals have formed an alliance of doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals to advocate for stronger measures to tackle climate climate changechange.

Since the UN formed the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 1988, charged with documenting the effects of climate change and formulating realistic strategies for action, «neither humanity nor the planet have fared well,» argue Robin Stott co-chair of the Climate and Health Council, and collClimate Change (IPCC) in 1988, charged with documenting the effects of climate change and formulating realistic strategies for action, «neither humanity nor the planet have fared well,» argue Robin Stott co-chair of the Climate and Health Council, and colleChange (IPCC) in 1988, charged with documenting the effects of climate change and formulating realistic strategies for action, «neither humanity nor the planet have fared well,» argue Robin Stott co-chair of the Climate and Health Council, and collclimate change and formulating realistic strategies for action, «neither humanity nor the planet have fared well,» argue Robin Stott co-chair of the Climate and Health Council, and collechange and formulating realistic strategies for action, «neither humanity nor the planet have fared well,» argue Robin Stott co-chair of the Climate and Health Council, and collClimate and Health Council, and colleagues.

Corallith - forming species are robust and resilient to environmental change and physical damage — features that may give them an advantage in the future as climate change progresses.

The acknowledged role of sunspots and cosmic rays in forming clouds has been fertile ground for climate deniers, who have cast doubt on whether anthropogenic climate change (in other words, change caused by humans) is occurring at all.

The Senate, true to form, sustained its 18th year of inaction on global warming since ratifying the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1992.

Those oils, which put the «poison» in poison ivy, can vary in their chemical structure, and high CO2 levels also cause the plants to produce a more toxic form, «so climate change is not doing us any favors there,» Inkley said.

«The purpose of this new form of cyber-bullying seems clear; it is to upset and intimidate the targets, making them reluctant to participate further in the climate change debate,» Hamilton wrote in a column published last week by Sydney's ABC News.

Four counties in the region formed the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact six years ago to coordinate their response and pool funding to deal with its impact.

Tar sands study co-author Shao - Meng Li, a senior research scientist at Environment and Climate Change Canada, said that in highly - polluted regions, some organic aerosols can prevent clouds from forming.

Changing climate patterns have had considerable impact in Texas in recent years in the form of extreme weather events such as droughts, floods, extreme heat.

Methods: To better simulate Arctic and global climate change, it is essential to understand Arctic cloud physics, including how clouds form and are maintained in a mixed - phase state.

Much in the spirit of the Fraser Institute's damp squib we reported on last year, S. Fred Singer and his merry band of contrarian luminaries (financed by the notorious «Heartland Institute» we've commented on previously) served up a similarly dishonest «assessment» of the science of climate change earlier this year in the form of what they call the «NIPCC» report (the «N» presumably standing for «not the» or «nonsense»).

Re 92 and 105: First I just want to reitterate more generally what 105 said — Milankovitch cycles have had climate signals, in ice ages or otherwise, — well probably ever since the Moon formed, although the signal from times past will not always reach us, but I've read of evidence of Milankovitch precession cycle forcing of monsoons in lakes in Pangea (PS over geologic time the periods of some of the Milankovitch cycles have changed as the Moon recedes from the Earth due to tides).

Local fisheries in countries such as Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and East Timor (the six countries forming the Coral Triangle, the world epicentre of marine biodiversity) feed hundreds of millions of people and are under growing stress from development, overfishing and climate change.

Except sod, the problem of climate change is experienced regionally and is nowadays largely explained regionally in the form of extremes.

Given that atmospheric CO2 will likely continue to climb over the next century, a long - term increase in flowering activity may persist in some growth forms until checked by nutrient limitation or by climate change through rising temperatures, increasing drought frequency and / or increasing cloudiness and reduced insolation.

Climate change poses a dual threat to coral reefs in the form of increased ocean temperatures and ocean acidification.