Sentences with phrase «fundamental drivers of climate change»

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Human - induced climate change is increasingly recognized as a fundamental driver of biological processes and patterns, and historically, climate shifts have led to shifts in the geographic ranges of many taxa.

According to the latest science, in most cases (outside of extreme heat waves) the connections between today's extreme weather events and human - driven climate change range from weak (hurricanes) to nil (tornadoes)-- and the dominant driver of losses in such events is fast - paced development or settlement in places with fundamental climatic or coastal vulnerability.

The statement continues: «While the understanding of the drivers and consequences of climate change will continue to advance with additional research, the fundamental premise remains sound that human life has altered the atmosphere and is one of the causes of climate change.»

«Without explicit efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the fundamental drivers of emissions growth are expected to persist,» according to the study by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC.

In the washup AMOC may be a fundamental driver of abrupt climate change in the Quaternary — e.g. but the 20 - 30 year decadal variations have a different origin.

All the GCM's are extremely simple when compared to actual climate, and they all have the same fundamental assumption that the fluctuation of CO2 is a major driver of climate change, even though we have very little real world data to support that claim.