Sentences with phrase «effects of a changing climate»

A comprehensive look at the projected effects of our changing climate on our nesting birds by 2050.

But ultimately this cost will be paid by future generations, who will have to cope with the harmful effects of a changing climate that we compound every time we eat meat ---- unless we act today.

Such a move would have a profound impact on the unique languages and cultures including Pacific islanders — and in the Marshalls, locals have been talking about new ideas and phenomena as they've seen the preliminary effects of a changing climate on their coasts.

«It is very possible that improving connectivity and quality of existing habitats over the next few decades may offset the negative effects of a changing climate.»

NASA published an analysis on its website in 2008 explaining that it avoids the term because temperature change «isn't the most severe effect of changing climate.»

Additionally, this information will be useful in estimating the effects of our changing climate.»

The disparity — Antarctica warmed about 11 degrees Celsius, nearly 20 degrees Fahrenheit, between about 20,000 and 10,000 years ago, while the average temperature worldwide rose only about 4 degrees Celsius, or 7 degrees Fahrenheit — highlights the fact that the poles, both the Arctic in the north and the Antarctic in the south, amplify the effects of a changing climate, whether it gets warmer or cooler.

An hour's drive farther north along the rocky coast, at the Australian Canopy Crane Research Station, which is part of the Daintree Rainforest Observatory, conservation biologists are studying the effects of changing climate on this primordial spot.

In the Central Hardwoods, the effects of a changing climate are expected to include rising temperatures due to a rise in greenhouse gas concentrations, leading to longer growing seasons.

As the effects of a changing climate become acute, organizations charged with overseeing refuge areas must take action to adapt.

Central Appalachian forests have been experiencing the effects of a changing climate for decades, and effects such as more heavy rainfall events, more drought, and more hot days are likely to continue, according to a new vulnerability assessment for the region by the U.S. Forest Service and many partners.

The PLOS Responding to Climate Change Channel highlights research efforts from a range of disciplines focussed on understanding, evaluating, predicting, mitigating, and adapting to the causes and effects of the changing climate.

«The best way to reduce the impact of climate change is to adapt to the effects of a changing climate... and to transition to non-carbon-based sources of energy to stop putting greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.»

The gathered nations, as had been anticipated, agreed on little more than a pledge to enter «full negotiating mode» to complete a new climate treaty within a year and a legal structure for a new global fund to help poor countries deal with the effects of changing climate patterns.

The effect of changing climate on the department's operating environment is evident in the maritime commons of the Arctic.

Whereas the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review states that the effects of a changing climate are «threat multipliers that will aggravate stressors abroad such as poverty, environmental degradation, political instability, and social tensions»;

«Our country is feeling the effects of a changing climate.

Resorts need to rebuild to be both more sustainable and more resilient to the effects of a changing climate, she says.

But even this metropolis is feeling the effects of a changing climate — primarily in the form of increased flooding and extreme heat and humidity.

«Much has been said about the ways in which our energy system is affecting the climate, yet very little has been said about the opposite: the effects of a changing climate on our energy system.

«The country can not run away from the effects of a changing climate,» he said, noting that «in the past 40 years, nine out of the top ten natural disasters in Pakistan have been climate - triggered which shows the magnitude of the challenge».

Farmers are also returning to the practice to curb the effects of a changing climate.

Having known the effects of a changing climate would allow us to better understand how climate change affects the way we live and our way of making a living.

NRDC: I found it quite interesting that an Indian city should have a proper «action plan'to tackle the effects of changing climate patterns that have resulted in some severe summer temperatures in the last decade.

As the effects of our changing climate, such as extreme weather events, poorer air quality, and rising surface temperatures, are becoming more apparent, it is key to provide accurate and timely information to those in need.

It provides comprehensive scientific assessments of the scientific community's understanding of climate change and the effects of the changing climate, on both human societies and natural systems.

A new University of Washington study finds that one of Alaska's most abundant freshwater fish species is altering its breeding patterns in response to climate change, which could impact the ecology of northern lakes that already acutely feel the effects of a changing climate.

After years of demanding little action on global warming, voters could suddenly and angrily urge their leaders to shower government aid on the farmers, coast - dwellers and other populations suffering under the effects of a changing climate.

They are seeing the effects of a changing climate on the local flora and fauna and feel that their physical and cultural lives are under threat.