Sentences with phrase «evidence on climate change impacts»

To date, most empirical evidence on climate change impacts have focused on the agricultural sector.

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In addition to providing further evidence of the drying out of the Mediterranean, the research also demonstrates the impact of climate change on the deep Earth.

A study provides the first evidence that pollen production is significantly stimulated by elevated carbon dioxide in a grass species as a result of climate change, which may have significant impact on human health.

A new study found surprising evidence that climate change is rapidly causing coastal changes in the Arctic that could have significant impacts on Arctic food webs and animal populations.

But the arguments are changing as scientists see more evidence of the coming impact of climate change on the Atlantic fisheries.

In an interesting paper that appeared in the journal Global Environmental Change, a group of scholars, including Naomi Oreskes, a historian of science at Harvard, and Michael Oppenheimer, a geoscientist at Princeton, note that so - called climate skeptics frequently accuse climate scientists of «alarmism» and «overreacting to evidence of human impacts on the climate system.»

In its 2012 statement on Climate Change, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) has reconfirmed that there is compelling evidence of human impact on the climate system with potentially far - reaching consequences for ecological and political sClimate Change, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) has reconfirmed that there is compelling evidence of human impact on the climate system with potentially far - reaching consequences for ecological and political sclimate system with potentially far - reaching consequences for ecological and political systems.

«There is strong evidence that ongoing climate change is having broad negative impacts on society, including the global economy, natural resources and human health,» the letter states.

Armed law enforcement officers are not educators, social workers, or counselors, and overwhelming evidence shows that when schools involve law enforcement in minor, non-violent behavioral infractions, students of color are disproportionately impacted.1 In our 2015 policy paper, Climate Change: Creating Safe, Supportive Schools for All Students, E4E - New York members pointed out that there are more police officers than school counselors in New York City schools and called on the NYC Department of Education to turn this shameful number on its head by increasing the amount of school counselors.

The urgency and effects of climate change and its impact on cultural identity are evidenced in the work of Magda Biernat, recipient of CENTER's 2016 Director's Choice award, whose exhibition Adrift is on view through July 8 at photo - eye Gallery in Santa Fe.

Yes, there is strong evidence of impacts of recent observed climate change on physical, biological, and human systems.

The fact that certain analytical conclusions about observed climate change, attribution to human causes, in particular the energy system and deforestation, projected greater climate change in the future, observed impacts of climate change on natural and human systems, and projected very disruptive consequences in the future given our current trajectory, is not due to «group think» but rather to a generally shared analysis based on evidence.

All the case studies draw on observations of impacts that are consistent with, or attibutable to, human - induced climate change based on multiple lines of scientific evidence.

Climate and environmental scientists have frequently invoked the term Anthropocene to highlight the impact of humans on the planet, and even started to think about how and when to date the most significant evidence of change.

This analytical report summarizes the evidence for the impact of climate change on water and sanitation technologies in the near to medium term.

This review seeks to objectively assess the available evidence of the impacts of climate change on glacier hydrology and the wider implications [continue reading...]

Regardless of one's opinions on the degree to which climate change is occurring, there is compelling evidence that policies like those resulting from the Paris agreement will have little impact on global temperatures.

This technical document aims to contribute to the discussion on climate change in light of the available evidence on the possible channels of transmission of the economic impact of this phenomenon and the results of the fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 15), held in Copenhagen from 7 to 18 Decembeclimate change in light of the available evidence on the possible channels of transmission of the economic impact of this phenomenon and the results of the fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 15), held in Copenhagen from 7 to 18 Decemberchange in light of the available evidence on the possible channels of transmission of the economic impact of this phenomenon and the results of the fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 15), held in Copenhagen from 7 to 18 DecembeClimate Change (COP 15), held in Copenhagen from 7 to 18 DecemberChange (COP 15), held in Copenhagen from 7 to 18 December 2009.

2 Jan: Breitbart: Trent Baker: MSNBC Guest: Descriptions Like «Driest Ever,» «Wettest Ever» Evidence of Climate Change's Impacts Joseph Romm, author of the book «Climate Change: What You Need to Know,» appeared on MSNBC Saturday to discuss weather in America.

«Climate impacts are rising and the evidence of warming is increasingly clear, but most economic analysis still does not properly factor in the increasing risks of climate change or the potential benefits of acting on it,» said Commission chair and former President of Mexico Felipe CaClimate impacts are rising and the evidence of warming is increasingly clear, but most economic analysis still does not properly factor in the increasing risks of climate change or the potential benefits of acting on it,» said Commission chair and former President of Mexico Felipe Caclimate change or the potential benefits of acting on it,» said Commission chair and former President of Mexico Felipe Calderón.

To provide members of the public with the opportunity to contribute directly to research on climate change in a vulnerable region and demonstrate the power of an evidence - based approach to climate impact attribution.

In both polar regions, there is strong evidence of the ongoing impacts of climate change on terrestrial and freshwater species, communities and ecosystems (very high confidence).

There is strong evidence that ongoing climate change is having broad negative impacts on society, including the global economy, natural resources, and human health.

«There is strong evidence that ongoing climate change is having broad negative impacts on society....

As of this writing, there is observational and modeling evidence that: 1) both annular modes are sensitive to month - to - month and year - to - year variability in the stratospheric flow (see section on Stratosphere / troposphere coupling, below); 2) both annular modes have exhibited long term trends which may reflect the impact of stratospheric ozone depletion and / or increased greenhouse gases (see section on Climate Change, below); and 3) the NAM responds to changes in the distribution of sea - ice over the North Atlantic sector.

This guidance document presents evidence on today and tomorrow's impact of climate change on agriculture and food systems.

Changes in the frequency of extreme events coinciding with global warming have already been observed, and there is increasing evidence that some of these changes are caused by the impacts of human activities on the cChanges in the frequency of extreme events coinciding with global warming have already been observed, and there is increasing evidence that some of these changes are caused by the impacts of human activities on the cchanges are caused by the impacts of human activities on the climate.

This question is designed to expose that those who seek to rely on scientific uncertainty as justification for non-action on climate change have a strong ethical duty to produce very credible scientific evidence that supports the conclusion that human activities releasing ghgs are not causing climate change and its impacts.

We will discuss the evidence for change, the inability of our climate models to predict these changes, the processes responsible for sea ice reduction and improved representation of these processes in climate models, and the impacts of sea ice change on local and global weather and climate.

Moreover, there is strong evidence that ongoing climate change will have broad impacts on society, including the global economy and on the environment.

The UN's IPCC and its coterie of green - sharia «scientists» have long pursued a political agenda that requires all climate change and global warming to be a result of human CO2 emissions, and in addition, any solar impact on temperatures is absolutely minimal - yet, the empirical evidence does not support said political agenda, including the BEST maximum temperature dataset

This phenomenon is partly attributable to the fact that economic interests opposed to US climate change policies have skillfully and successfully framed the US climate change debate as a matter about which there is insufficient scientific evidence or too much adverse impact on the US economy to warrant action.

• Poles to tropics temperature gradient, average temp of tropics over past 540 Ma; and arguably warming may be net - beneficial overall • Quotes from IPCC AR4 WG1 showing that warming would be beneficial for life, not damaging • Quotes from IPCC AR5 WG3 stating (in effect) that the damage functions used for estimating damages are not supported by evidence • Richard Tol's breakdown of economic impacts of GW by sector • Economic damages of climate change — about the IAMs • McKitrick — Social Cost of Carbon much lower than commonly stated • Bias on impacts of GHG emissions — Figure 1 is a chart showing 15 recent estimates of SCC — Lewis and Curry, 2015, has the lowest uncertainty range.

Synthesis of evidence on the impacts of climate change on elements of human security and the interactions between livelihoods, conflict, culture, and migration.

The text focuses on understanding the impacts of human - induced climate change, but draws on multiple lines of evidence, including paleoecology, modeling, and current observation.

On the basis of current evidence about the observed impacts of climate change on environmental conditions, climate change will be an increasingly important cause of human insecurity globally in the futurOn the basis of current evidence about the observed impacts of climate change on environmental conditions, climate change will be an increasingly important cause of human insecurity globally in the futuron environmental conditions, climate change will be an increasingly important cause of human insecurity globally in the future.

«Evidence for climate change in the satellite cloud record» «Cloud feedback mechanisms and their representation in global climate models» «A net decrease in the Earth's cloud, aerosol, and surface 340 nm reflectivity during the past 33 yr (1979 — 2011)» «New observational evidence for a positive cloud feedback that amplifies the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation» «Impact of dataset choice on calculations of the short - term cloud feedbacEvidence for climate change in the satellite cloud record» «Cloud feedback mechanisms and their representation in global climate models» «A net decrease in the Earth's cloud, aerosol, and surface 340 nm reflectivity during the past 33 yr (1979 — 2011)» «New observational evidence for a positive cloud feedback that amplifies the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation» «Impact of dataset choice on calculations of the short - term cloud feedbacevidence for a positive cloud feedback that amplifies the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation» «Impact of dataset choice on calculations of the short - term cloud feedback»

Thus, if impacted, evidence on the impact of climate change in high latitudes should tell us, with a high certainty, much about the consequence and the magnitude of global warming.

But there is one issue on which the president can, and should, say much more: the strong scientific evidence on human - induced climate change and its impacts on the United States, and the rapidly closing window for action.

«The president can, and should, say much more [about] the strong scientific evidence on human - induced climate change and its impacts on the United States, and the rapidly closing window for action,» say Harvard Prof. Jim McCarthy and UN Foundation President Tim Wirth, giving voice to what Climate Science Watch has argued repeatedly since before President Obama's inauguclimate change and its impacts on the United States, and the rapidly closing window for action,» say Harvard Prof. Jim McCarthy and UN Foundation President Tim Wirth, giving voice to what Climate Science Watch has argued repeatedly since before President Obama's inauguClimate Science Watch has argued repeatedly since before President Obama's inauguration.

Last year, on behalf of the U.S. Global Change Research Program, an expert team of scientists summarized the science of climate change and the impacts of climate change on the United States, now and in the future, and called the evidence of a warming climate «unequivocal,» primarily due to the use of fossil fuels — coal, oil, and gas — and the loss of foChange Research Program, an expert team of scientists summarized the science of climate change and the impacts of climate change on the United States, now and in the future, and called the evidence of a warming climate «unequivocal,» primarily due to the use of fossil fuels — coal, oil, and gas — and the loss of fochange and the impacts of climate change on the United States, now and in the future, and called the evidence of a warming climate «unequivocal,» primarily due to the use of fossil fuels — coal, oil, and gas — and the loss of fochange on the United States, now and in the future, and called the evidence of a warming climate «unequivocal,» primarily due to the use of fossil fuels — coal, oil, and gas — and the loss of forests.

Draft: Impact of Climate Change on Residential Electricity Consumption: Evidence From Billing Data.

This review seeks to objectively assess the available evidence of the impacts of climate change on glacier hydrology and the wider implications upon water resources within the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra basins.

In combination, these two research efforts add to the massive amount of scientific evidence that climate change is always occurring; and, most definitely does not require human consumer / industrial greenhouse gases to produce significant impacts on planetary environments and those associated civilizations.

The IPCC reports predict that, if the temperature were to rise by 1 - 3C, there would be increased coral bleaching and widespread coral mortality unless corals could adapt or acclimatise, but while there is increasing evidence for climate change impacts on coral reefs the IPCC concluded that separating the impacts of climate change - related stresses from other stresses such as over-fishing and pollution was difficult.

Written by thousands of science, policy, and economics experts from around the world, the UN International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports represent a synthesis of existing climate research knowledge, focusing on the evidence of a warming climate («virtually certain»), the global impacts, and the ways we might avert its most catastrophic eClimate Change (IPCC) reports represent a synthesis of existing climate research knowledge, focusing on the evidence of a warming climate («virtually certain»), the global impacts, and the ways we might avert its most catastrophic eclimate research knowledge, focusing on the evidence of a warming climate («virtually certain»), the global impacts, and the ways we might avert its most catastrophic eclimate («virtually certain»), the global impacts, and the ways we might avert its most catastrophic effects.

Unfortunately, despite this clear empirical evidence, the climate change and global warming doomsday alarmists attempt to portray the 2017 season as a sign of CO2 - induced climate catastrophe - and that is not being well accepted by the actual hurricane experts (here, here, here) who have been on the front lines of tropical cyclone activity and impact research.

Dr. Mann invokes the 97 % consensus argument that «of scientists publishing in the field have all concluded, based on the evidence, that climate change is real, is human - caused, and is already having adverse impacts on us, our economy, and our planet».

So the question is: does this review take into account «the full range of the new evidence» on the impacts of climate change?

On the other hand, if abrupt climate changes don't happen on their own — if they only happen due to extraterrestrial causes — then one would want to see evidence of impacts for at least a few more of them, not just onOn the other hand, if abrupt climate changes don't happen on their own — if they only happen due to extraterrestrial causes — then one would want to see evidence of impacts for at least a few more of them, not just onon their own — if they only happen due to extraterrestrial causes — then one would want to see evidence of impacts for at least a few more of them, not just one.