Sentences with phrase «human influence now»

Because, geoengineered or not, the fact that human influence now reaches deep into the planet's workings at nearly all scales and in many ways is here to stay, and that needs to be worked with.
What's more, the fact that changes have taken place in the past does not rule out human influence now.
... Discernible human influences now extend to other aspects of climate, including ocean warming, continental - average temperatures, temperature extremes, and wind patterns The ASA endorses the IPCC conclusions
... Discernible human influences now extend to other aspects of climate, including ocean warming, continental - average temperatures, temperature extremes, and wind patterns The ASA endorses the IPCC conclusions
The report confirms that most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations and that discernible human influences now extend to other aspects of climate, including ocean warming, continental - average temperatures, temperature extremes and wind patterns.
As Judith says, one of the key conclusions is the paragraph in large red letters «Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations... Discernible human influences now extend to other aspects of climate, including ocean warming, continental - average temperatures, temperature extremes and wind patterns (see Figure SPM.4 and Table SPM.2).»

Not exact matches

A culture, even one of long duration, is modifiable by human effort under the impact of a new ideology — witness the radical transformation of China under Communist influence or the other revolutionary changes now taking place in the Orient from an emergent nationalism.
Though now out of fashion, the writings of these men have had, and continue to have, a huge influence on popular beliefs regarding how human beings «work».
Let us move now to consider options for understanding how God might exert influence at the other end of the spectrum of actual occasions, namely, by proffering subject aims to those actual occasions that constitute moments in the regnant nexus of the human beings involved.
Now, could it possibly be that the reason the answer is out of reach is because the bible was written by numerous, imperfect human beings, under the influence of their own religious biases, and all those writings have been complied, hundreds of years later, by men of equal imperfectness and religious biases, so as to render any logical discussion about what the hell was their intention in writing what the wrote, completely implausible?
It is now recognized that healing influences exist in the relationships of humans to their pets.
Nor does this theory provide any clear answer to the question: Now that further evolution in man is partially subject to his conscious control, toward what goals should he influence future human development?
Now this tendency, through the influence of grace, is not often exhibited in matters of faith; for it would be incipient heresy, and would be contrary, if knowingly indulged, to the first element of Catholic duty; but in matters of conduct, of ritual, of discipline, of politics, of social life, in the ten thousand questions which the Church has not formally answered, even though she may have intimated her judgment, there is a constant rising of the human mind against the authority of the Church, and of superiors, and that, in proportion as each individual is removed from perfection.
some times i wonder it we human some how had been program are we are just following the script now you can't tell me if i was the manager of arsenal and i want to win the premier league are the champions league because I'm Jamaica i have never smoke i don't religious beliefs an i make decision based information observation Fact not influenced by religion race emotion back to foot ball.
Now, a new study of wild mice shows that they, too, can develop signs of domestication — white fur patches and short snouts — with hardly any human influence.
Instead of the neat green and yellow strips that we learned about in geography class, denoting jungle, desert and so on, the planet is now divided into a complex mosaic of different human - influenced ecosystems.
The vast majority of the planet's ice - free land surface — 83 per cent according to one study (pdf)-- is now influenced by humans in some way or another.
Vitamin D — and other nutritional factors — are known to influence the severity of TB in humans but its relationship with cattle and other mammals has not been studied until now.
Does that mean the change we're seeing now is normal, or is the climate behaving in new ways because of human influence?
The researchers say they'd now like to learn more about how these genes influenced humans» ability to survive and what implications they might have for disease.
«So now that we have seen this environmental toxicant - induced inflammation, we can study the beneficial anti-inflammatory foods, like the purple potato and others, in this human development model, and see how a mother's health and her levels of toxicants and beneficial compounds will influence the baby's susceptibility to chronic disease.»
«Human influence is so dominant now,» Baker asserts, «that whatever is going to go on in the tropics has much less to do with sea surface temperatures and the earth's orbital parameters and much more to do with deforestation, increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide and global warming.»
«The more useful question for real - world decisions is: «Is the probability of a particular event statistically different now compared with a climate without human influence?»»
Professor Daniel Bradley, leader of the Trinity team, said: «This is a major new piece in the human ancestry jigsaw, the influence of which is now present within almost all populations from the European continent and many beyond.»
In 2005, Rep. Joe Barton, R - Texas, called Mann before Congress to testify about his now ubiquitous «hockey - stick» graph, showing temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere over the past millennia, with an abrupt spike upward at the end showing human influence on the climate.
«We are now investigating how humans may have influenced tropical cyclones.
I am baffled by the following statement: «the null hypothesis should now be reversed, thereby placing the burden of proof on showing that there is no human influence
Incidentally, as I see it, your reconstruction of Manns data showing the 15th century to be warmer than now is even more damming than Manns original construct, as it indicates a gradual decline in global temperatures until 1850, before human influence reversed that trend.
«The authors clearly demonstrate that a human influence on wildland fire as a consequence of global warming isn't just a prediction for the future — it's happening now,» said Kevin Anchukaitis, a University of Arizona scientist who was not involved with the study.
But there is growing evidence that pressures on water resources associated with poor management, increasing populations, and human - caused climate changes are now influencing regional security in new and disturbing ways.
Given the extent to which bacteria are now understood to influence human physiology, it is hardly surprising that scientists have turned their attention to how bacteria might affect the brain.»
Given that many claim humans are influencing global warming and the number of people that now are on the planet I do not know how a thinking person can not see that most of us have to change our focus on consuming animal products.
It is a fact that humans do not take care of the earth; therefore, human influence has been a severe issue now.
But until now how the tumour cells affect and influence the surrounding tissue between dogs and humans has been unknown.
An exhibit now on display at the Cincinnati Art Museum, «Human - Altered Landscapes,» celebrates the influence of a generation of photographers who, during the 1960's and» 70's, created a new kind of landscape photography.
The artistic practice of Voeed Chao Wang now makes use of subtle language to investigate the human perception of objects and space, as well as the critical relationship between emotions and its influence on perception.
Now a mid-career artist, Zeng's early paintings conjure haunting, psychological qualities that evince a distinctly Freudian influence and style, both in terms of Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, and his theories concerning the depth of the human psyche, as well as the muscular energy of his grandson, the painter.
But Obama faces a reality that many of these groups seem slow to recognize: While the 20th - century toolkit preferred by traditional environmentalists — litigation, regulation and legislation — remains vital to limiting domestic pollution risks such as the oil gusher, it is a bad fit for addressing the building human influence on the climate system, which is driven now mainly by a surge in emissions mostly outside United States borders in countries aiming to propel their climb out of poverty on the same fossil fuels that generated much of our affluence.
The «balance of evidence» suggests that you do need the human influences, and that this is now (and increasingly) significant.
Dr. Lindzen and Dr. Choi will now have their chance to come back with a fresh take on their approach to checking the sensitivity of the climate system to human influences.
This result would be strongly dependent on the exact dynamic response of the Greenland ice sheet to surface meltwater, which is modeled poorly in todays global models.Yes human influence on the climate is real and we might even now be able to document changes in the behavior of weather phenomena related to disasters (e.g., Emanuel 2005), but we certainly haven't yet seen it in the impact record (i.e., economic losses) of extreme events.
Yes human influence on the climate is real and we might even now be able to document changes in the behavior of weather phenomena related to disasters (e.g., Emanuel 2005), but we certainly haven't yet seen it in the impact record (i.e., economic losses) of extreme events.
In many cases, it is now often possible to make and defend quantitative statements about the extent to which human - induced climate change (or another causal factor, such as a specific mode of natural variability) has influenced either the magnitude or the probability of occurrence of specific types of events or event classes.»
Peter Vitousek noted that «We are the first generation with the tools to understand changes in the earth's system caused by human activity, and the last with the opportunity to influence the course of many of the changes now rapidly underway.»
It is now considered even more certain (> 95 %) that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century.
For a very long time now I have been trying every possible way to tell the story of the growing human influence on that sheath of air in a way that catches attention but remains true to what is known, and unknown, about what lies ahead.
Roger Revelle, one of the pioneering researchers in the study of the human influence on the atmosphere, carbon cycle and climate, gave a prescient lecture on carbon dioxide, climate and the oceans in 1980 that was recorded by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and now surfaces via the Web site Climate Science TV.
The country now has a president who says blunting the rising human influence on climate is a high priority.
Noah says: Given that global raining is «unequivocal», and the ark is sailing around the world, the null hypothesis should now be reversed, thereby placing the burden of proof on showing that there is no human influence.
Given that global warming is «unequivocal», and is «very likely» due to human activities to quote the 2007 IPCC report, the null hypothesis should now be reversed, thereby placing the burden of proof on showing that there is no human influence.
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