While I find it to be an amazing tool for communication and
global connection there are aspects that drive me crazy (Farmville) and have reduced my overall interest in the site.
Not exact matches
But for all its success as a movement, and for all the political and celebrity
connections and support
Global Citizen attracted,
there was still one person with whom Evans had not connected: Sonny Boy.
There are known
connections and movements of people involved in government policy, scientific societies, and private industry, all with the common thread of influencing the outcome of a set of programs and investments underpinned by the supposed threat of
global warming.
In
connection with the World's Columbian Exposition held at Chicago in 1893 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus's discovery of the New World,
there was held a world parliament of religions, whose purpose it was to draw the religious implications of the discovery that the human race was not exclusively European and therefore not exclusively Christian, but
global and universal.
There is a direct
connection between the current changes in the world's atmosphere and the rise in average temperature; this is known as
global warming or the «greenhouse effect».
«This makes one suspect that if
global climate change is changing these larger circulations, then
there is a
connection between a
global [variability] and tornado activity.»
Richard Hemingway's letter suggests
there is a
connection between obesity and
global warming (10 August, p 31).
There are periods when other factors might temporarily slow that rise such as the much - discussed
global warming «pause» of the last decade, but the overall
connection is clear.
From this starting point,
there exist different approaches to developing this
global awareness, such as: 1) curriculum design which embraces themes of awareness, empathy and a more holistic educational approach; 2) the use of technology that fosters
connections between classrooms and destinations around the world; 3) social action projects that use service - based learning to create a deeper awareness of
global issues; and 4) extra-curricular projects that offer a variety of tools to promote
global citizenship.
There exist four major ways to develop
global awareness within the international schools: 1) curriculum design which embraces themes of awareness, empathy and a more holistic educational approach; 2) the use of technology that fosters
connections between classrooms and destinations around the world; 3) social action projects that use service - based learning to create a deeper awareness of
global issues; and 4) extra-curricular projects that offer a variety of tools to promote
global citizenship.
There is an obvious
connection between
global understanding and intercultural understanding described in the Australian Curriculum (ACARA, 2015) as «an essential part of living with others in the diverse world of the twenty - first century.
There is very little in most formal teacher preparation that emphasizes helping students make
global connections.
While initiatives are still at work to increase
global access to internet
connection — such as programs like Google's Project Loon that literally plans to use high - altitude weather balloons floating over various regions around the world to provide internet access to places that otherwise wouldn't have it for decades —
there's no point in having internet access if you can't afford a device to connect.
There is little evidence for a
connection between solar activity (as inferred from trends in galactic cosmic rays) and recent
global warming.
For example, we discussed the
connection between single storms and
global warming in the post Hurricanes and Global Warming — Is there a conne
global warming in the post Hurricanes and
Global Warming — Is there a conne
Global Warming — Is
there a
connection?
There is no (or at least little / uncertain) connection between climate temperatures and grape growing in medieval, but there is much joy in the Oregon vinewards over global warming: is this not having AND eating our
There is no (or at least little / uncertain)
connection between climate temperatures and grape growing in medieval, but
there is much joy in the Oregon vinewards over global warming: is this not having AND eating our
there is much joy in the Oregon vinewards over
global warming: is this not having AND eating our cake?
There is a
connection between many people who hate captalism and some people who are using
Global Warming as an anti-market weapon.
«You may want to give credit where credit is due to Al Gore and his
global warming campaign the next time you fill your car with gasoline, because there is a direct connection between Global Warming and four dollar a gallo
global warming campaign the next time you fill your car with gasoline, because
there is a direct
connection between
Global Warming and four dollar a gallo
Global Warming and four dollar a gallon gas.
BTW, am I misremembering or has Emanuel said here for the first time that
there's now a clear
connection between
global warming and hurricane activity (albeit not yet detectable in the North Atlantic basin when taken on its own)?
Is
there any
connection between
global climate change and tornadoes?
In the opening paragraph, Lindzen states that others have claimed that
there are
connections between recent rare weather events and
global warming, and asks where they would possibly get such an idea.
As for the last sentence, the RC position that
there is no way to prove that Katrina either was, or was not, affected by
global warming contradicts your assertion that
there is no
connection, unless by «no
connection» you mean only «no inference from an event to GW is possible.»
One therefore needs to be sure that
there is a real solid
connection between increasing CO2 and
Global Warming.
All media inquiries were to be routed instead to a scientist who believed
there was no
connection between
global warming and hurricanes.
Current work1 has provided evidence of the increase in frequency and intensity of winter storms, with the storm tracks shifting poleward, 2,3 but some areas have experienced a decrease in winter storm frequency.4 Although
there are some indications of increased blocking (a large - scale pressure pattern with little or no movement) of the wintertime circulation of the Northern Hemisphere, 5 the assessment and attribution of trends in blocking remain an active research area.6 Some recent research has provided insight into the
connection of
global warming to tornadoes and severe thunderstorms.7, 8
While scientists continue to explore the consequences of climate change,
there is essentially no debate among scientists about
global warming's «
connection to the actions of mankind.»
It really doesn't appear to the unbiased observer at this point in time that
there is strong evidence of a causal
connection between CO2 rise and
global temperature rise that halted and reversed 14 years ago.
(Just trying to understand the
connection between your «
there has been no
global warming for the last 16y.»
There has been growing interest in this possible
connection in recent years, spurred largely by the need to understand the natural causes of climate change, against which the expected
global warming due to man's activities will have to be detected.
Wasn't the HS meant to eradicate the MWP because it, the MWP, was sitting right
there showing an increase in temperature with the combustion engine a long way in the future, so it was critical in making the
connection between human activity and
global temperatures.
... incomplete and misleading because it 1) omits any mention of several of the most important aspects of the potential relationships between hurricanes and
global warming, including rainfall, sea level, and storm surge; 2) leaves the impression that
there is no significant
connection between recent climate change caused by human activities and hurricane characteristics and impacts; and 3) does not take full account of the significance of recently identified trends and variations in tropical storms in causing impacts as compared to increasing societal vulnerability.
There is no meaningful logical
connection between, «Temperatures have actually fallen in the 21st Century,» and, «The
Global temperature is rising much slower in the 21st Century than the 20th Century.»
But, as the self - styled «world capital of the oil and gas industry»,
there's a
connection between rising
global greenhouse gas levels and the extreme weather now being inflicted that some of your residents have understood for decades and had a hand in.
Regarding the sun's
connection to
global warming (or lack thereof),
there is much empirical data and many studies on the topic that have concluded the sun's contribution to
global warming has been minimal.
Gingrich, who in 2007 told The New York Times that it was conceivable human beings were playing a role in
global warming, went further in a recent interview when he said he doubted
there was a
connection between climate change and the burning of fossil fuels.
And even if they corrected their methods; which they can't do, because it would take all the money on the planet to buy enough thermometers; it is all for naught, since
there is no physical cause and effect
connection between a local surface or near surface Temperature measurement, and the energy flows that are occurring at that location at that time; so mean
global temperature tells us nothing about whether the earth is gaining or losing total energy.
Is
there a causal
connection between
global warming and the formation of hybrid storms?
And when they're not hating the Jews
there's always someone else to hate, Rather than climate change
there is a far greater causal
connection between the
global warming alarmism of the Left and a moribund economy, staggeringly high real unemployment, and the Left's war on everyone and everything from William Gray, George Bush, Gov. Palin to oil companies, hamburgers, big Cokes and the Tea Party.
Finally,
there's the intimate
connection between the
global - warming cult and its patrons in collectivist politics, who view climate change as an indispensable opportunity to seize money and power — a claim in which politicians get to represent the Earth itself against the grubby little people they're not terribly fond of, even when they're not trying to promote a scary story about aerosol deodorant, cow farts, air conditioners, and automobiles unleashing the apocalypse.
Climatologists and hurricane scientists now have little doubt
there is a
connection between hurricanes and
global warming.
As a very quick first pass at ballparking what the effect was, I used the above implementation on the HadCRUT3
global average (I realize that
there's land data in this, but I was using this series in
connection with testing a point made by UC and it was handy for me — if I do more work on this, I'll tidy this up.)
Although Syria experienced an extreme drought in the 4 years prior to the conflict, other countries in the wider region, Tunisia, Libya, Yemen, Eritrea, had different climatic conditions before unrest started [although of course
global markets also play a role, and
there too climate
connections exist, like increased food prices following the Russian drought of 2010].
For a discussion of what can and can not be concluded about possible relationships between recent Hurricane activity and climate change, please see our post on Hurricanes and
Global Warming: Is
There a
Connection?.
* «UK rainfall shows large year to year variability, making trends hard to detect» * «While
connections can be made between climate change and dry seasons in some parts of the world,
there is currently no clear evidence of such a link to recent dry periods in the UK» * «The attribution of these changes to anthropogenic
global warming requires climate models of sufficient resolution to capture storms and their associated rainfall.»
You also state in your response to # 32, «
There may well be
connections between hurricanes (in general) and
global warming as have been highlighted in the discussions of the Knutson et al, Emanuel and Webster et al papers.
After in fact stating the rising trend in Hurricane frequency in the Indian ocean Hoarau asks at the end of the article if
there is a
connection between
global warming and the growing number of tropical cyclones in various ocean basins.
Finally, I think what the media really want to know when they ask about Katrina and
global warming is whether the
connection is «significant», and I don't think
there's consensus
there, partly as Gavin says, that's a matter of semantics, partly it's a genuine disagreement as to how important
global warming is where hurricanes are concerned compared to other factors, and how «significant» an argument the influence of
global warming on hurricanes is for deciding energy policy.
There may well be
connections between hurricanes (in general) and
global warming as have been highlighted in the discussions of the Knutson et al, Emanuel and Webster et al papers.
In particular they should not fund any studies of the
connection between CO2 and
global temperature because the theory that
there exists such a
connection is not policy neutral.
Just as Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa, has provided legitimacy to the movement questioning the
connection between AIDS and the HIV - virus, so Lomborg has provided legitimacy to the «
there is no
global warming /
there's nothing we should do about
global warming» movement.