Sentences with phrase «face of global warming»

Al Gore, the most famous face of the global warming - industrial complex, has been saying for years that the debate is over, that science has declared humans are responsible for climate change.

Can new technology and astute planning keep our cities cool in the face of global warming?

As a result, they often evolve valuable traits that plant breeders could use to create varieties able to resist pests or maintain yields in the face of global warming.

Himalayan glaciers are beating a rapid retreat in the face of global warming, according to a flurry of recent reports by BBC and other mass media.

Are Himalayan glaciers beating a rapid retreat in the face of global warming?

Even China's efforts to combat those rising concentrations — in part by switching from burning coal to capturing the power latent in rivers like the Yangtze — falter in the face of global warming, as a result of less water in those rivers due to drought and the dwindling glaciers of the Tibetan Plateau.

Powerful roots, nourished by plentiful sun and rain dwarf and strangle the ancient temples of Angkor evoking questions about our 21st Century hubris in the face of global warming.

Embracing natural flood protection will strengthen the resiliency of our communities in the face of global warming, and will allow us to pass on a legacy of healthy rivers to the next generation.

Strengthening The Resiliency Of Communities In The Face Of Global Warming: Lessons From The Pacific Northwest

Polar bears were once the face of global warming.

The uncertainty cops argue that in the face of global warming — and the spin campaign to discredit it — we must do whatever it takes to boost the credibility of the experts.

And yet, in the face of global warming caused by fossil fuel use, the current administration has so far moved sluggishly to address our addiction to these fuels and its damaging dovetail with public lands management.

«The existence of so many novel coral symbioses thriving in a place that is too warm for most corals,» Todd LaJeunesse, an assistant professor of biology at Penn State, explained, «gives us hope that coral reefs and the ecosystems they support may persist — at least in some places — in the face of global warming.»

There is plenty of debate surrounding the potential effects of climate change, but a new study published in the journal Ecology offers a glimpse into the future of meadow ecosystems in the face of global warming.

Pictures of stranded polar bears perched on crumbling ice floes, seemingly all - at - sea in the face of global warming, inevitably grab the attention.

The retreat of a massive ice sheet that once covered much of northern Europe has been described for the first time, and researchers believe it may provide a sneak preview of how present - day ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica will act in the face of global warming.