Sentences with phrase «global climate studies»

Reports are available which indicate a massive melting of the arctic ice sheet in the 1920's and 30's, long before the era of global climate studies.

However scientists look at these events, the success of climate - change skeptic McIntyre hints at why the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report and other mainstream, peer - reviewed global climate studies have failed to persuade Congress and the Bush Administration that action is needed to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

And because these floating plants absorb as much of the atmosphere's carbon dioxide - a major greenhouse gas - as do terrestrial plants, they are important to any global climate study.

Not exact matches

WASHINGTON — Biofuels made from the leftovers of harvested corn plants are worse than gasoline for global warming in the short term, a study shows, challenging the Obama administration's conclusions that they are a much cleaner oil alternative and will help combat climate change.

Unfortunately, there are examples of at least one study, which claims 97 percent of climate scientists agree global warming is happening and is manmade, which may have done a not - so - great job of reaching such a conclusion.

A new study that looks at climate change over the past 11,300 years — a record length of time for any study — suggests that the current trend of global warming is unprecedented.

Although MIDAS is studying climate change's effect on Antartica, they said they weren't sure whether or not global warming was actually the culprit in this particular calving (although they said it does leave the ice shelf in a «vulnerable position.»)

She cites a study which analyzes survey data revealing that, since the mid-1970s, a falling percentage of college - educated conservatives claim to «trust science,» compared to relatively stable numbers among liberals, and argues that those who oppose contraception, question the Neo-Darwinist narrative of evolution, or disagree with certain political measures to address global climate change, are opposed to science in general....

A number of studies are now linking food losses and waste to rises in inflation, food security, resource inputs and climate change as the global food industry experiences its third bout of inflation in five years due to poor agricultural harvests in the US, Russia and South America.

Study links California drought to global warming: Now a study is asserting a link between climate change and both the intensifying California drought and the polar vortex blamed for a harsh winter that mercifully has just ended in many placStudy links California drought to global warming: Now a study is asserting a link between climate change and both the intensifying California drought and the polar vortex blamed for a harsh winter that mercifully has just ended in many placstudy is asserting a link between climate change and both the intensifying California drought and the polar vortex blamed for a harsh winter that mercifully has just ended in many places...

Working with Worms to Fight Climate Change Global studies show that water scarcity and water stress are increasing, and as much as 15 % to 35 % of human withdrawals of water for agriculture are considered unsustainable.1 Achievement of climate change - related commitments like those made at last year's Paris Climate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum efficacy while mitigating negative iClimate Change Global studies show that water scarcity and water stress are increasing, and as much as 15 % to 35 % of human withdrawals of water for agriculture are considered unsustainable.1 Achievement of climate change - related commitments like those made at last year's Paris Climate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum efficacy while mitigating negative iclimate change - related commitments like those made at last year's Paris Climate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum efficacy while mitigating negative iClimate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum efficacy while mitigating negative impacts.

The resolution states that the House will «create and support economically viable, and broadly supported private and public solutions to study and address the causes and effects of measured changes to our global and regional climates, including mitigation efforts and efforts to balance human activities that have been found to have an impact.»

«We knew that forests have a role in regulating surface temperatures and that deforestation affects the climate, but this is the first global data - driven assessment that has enabled us to systematically map the biophysical mechanisms behind these processes,» explains Gregory Duveiller, lead author of the study.

Since 2014, when the U.N. Environment Programme created the U.N. Environment Inquiry to study ways to make the global financial system less reliant on fossil fuels, central banks, regulators and the private sector have noted more and more that climate change poses an economic threat to the world.

The study concludes that incorporating this new insight into soil models will improve our understanding of how soils influence atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and global climate.

If so, the interaction between hydrofracturing and ice - cliff collapse could drive global sea level much higher than projected in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)'s 2013 assessment report and in a 2014 study led by Kopp.

Her research focuses on global change ecology and climate adaptation; she was among the first to propose and study ways to reduce the impact of climate change through new techniques in conservation management.

Researchers found that having a teacher who believed climate change was occurring — as 92 percent of students in the study did — was a «strong, positive predictor» of students» belief in global warming.

Studies of past climate indicate each 1 °C rise in the global mean temperature eventually leads to a 20 - metre rise in sea level

Oceanography postgraduates, for example, might study how coastal dynamics affect amphibious warfare, or how decreasing polar sea ice might influence global climate patterns.

KATHARINE HAYHOE is an atmospheric scientist at Texas Tech University, where she studies climate modeling and the regional impacts of global warming.

A new study shows how starting and stopping efforts to reverse climate change could speed up global warming

These extreme weather patterns make this area an ideal location for climate scientists to study the delicate interconnected web of the global climate system.

Previous research has suggested a connection between coal - burning and the Sahel drought, but this was the first study that used decades of historical observations to find that this drought was part of a global shift in tropical rainfall, and then used multiple climate models to determine why.

Three British investigations focused on the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, site of the stolen e-mails and a leading center for studying global warming.

The study's lead author, Professor Rosie Woodroffe of ZSL's Institute of Zoology, said: «Our study shows the truly global impact of climate change.

Sitting at the edge of the Patagonian Shelf, in an area rich in marine resources, the Falklands are a unique natural laboratory in which to study sustainable fisheries, global climate change, coastal erosion, and plant and animal evolution.

McCright's study, «Cool dudes: The denial of climate change among conservative white males in the United States,» was published online in July and printed in the October 2011 issue of Global Environmental Change, which ranks first out of 77 journals on environmental studies.

A new study attempts to estimate the effects of climate change on global agriculture — and outline ways to mitigate its most dire consequences

Tippett notes that more studies are needed to attribute the observed changes to either global warming or another component of climate variability.

Cutting the amount of short - lived, climate - warming emissions such as soot and methane in our skies won't limit global warming as much as previous studies have suggested, a new analysis shows.

The study found that none of the «dismissive» group — those who don't think the climate is changing or want legislation — believe global warming will harm the United States in 50 years.

Professor Jim Haywood, from the Mathematics department at the University of Exeter and co-author of the study added: «This research shows how a global temperature target such as 1.5 or 2C needs to be combined with information on a more regional scale to properly assess the full range of climate impacts.»

Two new studies look far back in geologic time to determine how sensitive the global climate is to atmospheric CO2 levels

A U.S. Forest Service (USFS) study found that between 53 and 97 percent of natural trout populations in the Southern Appalachian region of the U.S. could disappear due to warmer temperatures predicted by global climate change models.

The study was based on reconstructions and climate modelling of a period of global warming 56 million years ago.

Authors project with high confidence that continued growth in emissions from global passenger and freight activity could «outweigh future mitigation measures,» says a preliminary version of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) study obtained by ClimateWire.

The lower bound of the study is an important benchmark worldwide; in 2015, the international Paris Climate Agreement set a global target of constraining warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

The two studies will help scientists to understand the natural variability of past climate and to predict tropical glaciers» response to future global warming.

A new study by scientists from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and other groups predicts that the effects of climate change will severely impact the Albertine Rift, one of Africa's most biodiverse regions and a place not normally associated with global warming.

Academic: includes lectures by international leaders in the different fields of science diplomacy (energy, environment, climate, water, global health, nuclear nonproliferation, space, etc.), exclusive online learning tools, interactive case studies, and experiential learning through role - playing exercises and simulations.

Said Dr Tom Evans, WCS Director of Forest Conservation and Climate and joint lead author of the study: «Even if all global targets to halt deforestation were met, humanity might be left with only degraded, damaged forests, in need of costly and sometimes unfeasible restoration, open to a cascade of further threats and perhaps lacking the resilience needed to weather the stresses of climate Climate and joint lead author of the study: «Even if all global targets to halt deforestation were met, humanity might be left with only degraded, damaged forests, in need of costly and sometimes unfeasible restoration, open to a cascade of further threats and perhaps lacking the resilience needed to weather the stresses of climate climate change.

The models can be incorporated into global or regional models for studying climate change, visibility and air quality.

Climate is increasingly controlling synchronous ecosystem behavior in which species populations rise and fall together, according to the National Science Foundation - funded study published in the journal Global Change Biology.

To avoid multiple climate tipping points, policy makers need to act now to stop global CO2 emissions by 2050 and meet the Paris Agreement's goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, a new study has said.

That representation matches the public discourse around global warming, in which previous studies have shown that media characterize climate change as unsettled science with high levels of scientific uncertainty.

The NCAR studies, collectively titled «Benefits of Reduced Anthropogenic Climate Change,» are an effort to show the benefits and the costs of global efforts to reduce greenhouse gases.

The study, published today in PNAS and led by scientists at Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK - F), the University of Vienna and UCL, analysed a global database of 45,984 records detailing the first invasions of 16,019 established alien species from 1500 until 2005 to investigate the dynamics of how alien species spread worldwide.

The study has revealed a connection between one global climate pattern and tornado activity, specifically in the state of Oklahoma.

«The tropicalisation of temperate marine areas is a new phenomenon of global significance that has arisen because of climate change,» says study lead author, Dr Adriana Verges, of UNSW Australia.