Sentences with phrase «dire consequences of global warming»

Nevertheless we read every day about the dire consequences of global warming.

Ignore the temperature data because the projections are what we want to happen.This includes the many predictions of dire consequences of global warming that are projected to occur but haven't yet manifested themselves.

Everyone thought that the tropics would escape the dire consequences of global warming.

Not exact matches

The limit has been set to avoid the dire and the damaging consequences of unchecked global warming activities.

Dr. Mann explained the science of climate change and the possible consequences and showed us pictures from his book «Dire Consequences: Understanding Global Warconsequences and showed us pictures from his book «Dire Consequences: Understanding Global WarConsequences: Understanding Global Warming.»

While the Earth seems to be managing the steady increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide relatively well so far (although the effects of this increase may not be felt for many decades to come), there are concerns that passing the 400 parts per million atmospheric carbon dioxide threshold will bring the Earth's atmosphere closer to a tipping point at which global warming accelerates rapidly with dire consequences for mankind and other creatures on Earth.

Those warning of dire consequences from global warming and those playing down the dangers of heat - trapping greenhouse gases can both find pieces of data to support their views.

The Washington Post has this dramatic headline: Global warming is now slowing down the circulation of the ocean with potentially dire consequences.

Like many other conference speakers and attendees, Secretary - General Ban cited the recent droughts, floods, and Tropical Storm Sandy as proof of the dire consequences of man - made global warming, even though many studies and scientists (including scientists who usually fall into the climate alarmist category) have stated that there is no evidence to support claims that «extreme weather» has been increasing in frequency and / or magnitude in recent years, or that extreme events (hurricanes, droughts, heat waves, etc.) have anything to do with increased CO2 levels.

I'm thinking that a newswriter could start with, «While the basics of global warming are well established, and our greenhouse gas emissions are causing the warming, with many dire consequences, there is still some scientific uncertainty about (or debate on).....»

James E. Hansen, the top climate scientist at NASA, was quoted in The New York Times in January as saying he had been threatened with «dire consequences» by some NASA political appointees if he continued to call for limits on emissions of gases linked to global warming.