Sentences with phrase «in discussions of global warming»

The high - altitude meadows are rarely mentioned in discussions of global warming, but the changes to this ground have a profound impact on Tibetan politics and the world's ecological security.

These two papers, collectively referred to as MBH, formed the basis for what is the most memorable image used in discussions of global warming.

Regarding the issue of whether some «mainstream» scientists are «alarmist» in their discussions of global warming, it is well to remember that, in any controversy, scientific or otherwise, there will be extremists at both ends of the spectrum.

Here in the States we use Fahrenheit for weather, Celsius for science, Fahrenheit for body temperature, and Celsius — often — in our discussions of global warming.

I have been reading now for quite sometime as it seemed one to many «governmental» sites were extremely biased in the discussion of Global Warming and Global Climate Change.

... The most important principle in any discussion of global warming is your commitment to sound science».

Not exact matches

As if all that wasn't enough, there were discussions on #BlackLivesMatter, the impact of global warming on the poorest in our world and the refugee crisis — giving voices to the Silent Stars around the world.

The words, echoing the former US Vice President Al Gore's somewhat optimistic pronouncement on the global warming discussion, are from a speech Cameron made on 9 September on the role of schools in «mending our broken society».

«White House officials and political appointees in the agencies censored congressional testimony on the causes and impacts of global warming, controlled media access to government climate scientists, and edited federal scientific reports to inject unwarranted uncertainty into discussions of climate change.»

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Carbon dioxide is the elephant in the room for any discussion of how to stem global warming.

It follows much discussion on the nature of global change in a warmer 21st Century at the COP23 Climate Negotiations in Bonn last week.

I had just been in a discussion of climate change on a messageboard where someone had triumphantly put up links to various blogs (including one that you noted here) drawing conclusions about the cause of the global warming here on earth on the basis of these recent measurements of Mars's south polar cap!

I think your discussion about anthropogenic global warming is a little «off topic» in this blog entry, which is about due diligence in climate science, but with the permission of those running the blog, I'd like to explore it a little further.

After a decade of frank internal discussions on global warming and conducting unbiased studies on it, Exxon changed direction in 1989 and spent more than 20 years discrediting the research its own scientists had once confirmed.

You can read a more recent discussion of the role the bark beetle and climate change are playing in burning down and reshaping the West in this National Wildlife Federation report, «Increased Risk of CatastrophicWildfires: Global Warming's Wake - Up Call for the Western United States.»

Both have been chosen because of their hopes for a brighter future, but over the decades, Frank (now played by George Clooney) has become disillusioned, and it's up to Casey and Athena to bring him around and in the process save the world from... Well, I won't spoil it, but let's just say this is the sort of movie in which a discussion of global warming plays a supporting role and the senselessness of Hollywood movies and video games receives its obligatory culture - war spanking.

Long, carefully thought out, and articulate discussions such as those found on Real Climate, Rabbett Run and Open Mind have allowed me to remain confident in the scientific basis of concerns over global warming and ocean acidification (well sometimes Eli mystifies me).

Since we know that the earth's surface is significantly warmed by geothermal heat, that geothermal heat is variable, that truly titanic forces are at work in the earth's core changing its structure and alignment, and that geothermal heat flux has a much greater influence on surface temperatures than variations in carbon dioxide can possibly have, it makes sense to include its effects in a compendium of global warming discussion parameters.

In essence, the authors have revisited a question posed earlier in a paper by Willie Soon and Sallie Baliunas (2003: see our previous discussion here), investigating whether or not evidence from past proxy records of temperature support the existence of past intervals of warmth with the widespread global scale of 20th century warminIn essence, the authors have revisited a question posed earlier in a paper by Willie Soon and Sallie Baliunas (2003: see our previous discussion here), investigating whether or not evidence from past proxy records of temperature support the existence of past intervals of warmth with the widespread global scale of 20th century warminin a paper by Willie Soon and Sallie Baliunas (2003: see our previous discussion here), investigating whether or not evidence from past proxy records of temperature support the existence of past intervals of warmth with the widespread global scale of 20th century warming.

There is a need for a platform suitable for in depth technical discussion of innovative ideas for solving the global warming problem.

It has always surprised me that this huge, demonstrated contributor to global warming, in fact one that is essential to maintenance of everyday climate phenomena, is neglected in discussions of climate change.

Although I don't know how the hostess picks themes or manages to manage things, in my brief experience with the blog, you are much more likely to find a sensible and creative discussion of how to actually address the issue (global warming, sustainability, and related matters of living well within our environment) on the family, local, or cultural levels than you are to find a large acrimonious debate among (often anonymous) people.

The ethical dimensions of global warming, and the deep divisions between rich and poor, are likely to shape discussions next month at the next round of international climate - treaty talks in Indonesia.

«Now, an entirely new discussion is capturing the imagination, based on a group of scientists from Germany predicting a pause in global warming last week»

Sorry for lowering a bit the level of the discussion but 30 years into the most dramatic climate change that the Earth has experienced in the past millennium (perhaps since the beginning of the Holocene), I was wondering if this tremendous global warming should not have already become a bit more noticeable for the average person.

Any discussion of global warming, whether in a news story or debate over policy or Gallup poll question, ideally should start with clarity about what's being discussed.

[Response of the author: And usually they tell us Germans we're too serious... But seriously: as a scientist, and perhaps from my European perspective, I have trouble taking certain discussions and arguments seriously, and Crichton's argument that the planet isn't really warming, and that climatologists have basically made this up in a global conspiracy to get more research funding, is clearly one of those.

Joe Bastardi, senior AccuWeather.com meteorologist's open letter to presidential candidates concerning anthropogenic global warming will likely be thoroughly ignored by media far more interested in spreading the unproven junk science of Nobel Laureate Al Gore than advancing the discussion concerning this controversial issue.

The table in the EPA document, for example, was associated with a discussion of global warming potentials.

It is useful to have a thread in which the discussion of potential solutions to global warming can be discussed without straying off topic.

Also, in the article, ExxonMobil mentions (without quantification) its project with Stanford, a project that ExxonMobil features as a highlight in nearly all of its discussions related to alternative sources of energy or global warming.

On Tuesday, the final day of the Heartland Institute's conference examining whether global warming was ever a crisis, there was a fascinating moment in one session when the discussion shifted from questioning warming to assessing humanity's limited energy choices.

I know some here will decry that I am not talking about the issues because I do not try to obsfuscate with a discussion of the spot market price of coal vs long - term contracts, or use of coal in locations other than Kansas, or Al Gore's footprint, but the issue of Global Warming IS politics (non-ratification of Kyoto and negative flag - waving ads about politicians who oppose coal), it IS public relations («Clean Coal», cleanest coal - fired plants, surface mining and mountain - top reoval rather than strip mining, etc.), and it IS about misrepresentation (Peobody framing the debate as coal vs NG when it is really coal vs every other energy source), and it IS about greed (the coal industry doing everything it can to scuttle every other energy alternative).

In considering all of this, I found myself migrating back to a discussion I had in 2006 with Brooke Gladstone for the fine radio show «On the Media,» focused on the pitfalls facing reporters covering greenhouse - driven global warminIn considering all of this, I found myself migrating back to a discussion I had in 2006 with Brooke Gladstone for the fine radio show «On the Media,» focused on the pitfalls facing reporters covering greenhouse - driven global warminin 2006 with Brooke Gladstone for the fine radio show «On the Media,» focused on the pitfalls facing reporters covering greenhouse - driven global warming.

(The difference between CO2 and carbon is a constant source of confusion in many discussions about global warming — one tonne of carbon burnt equals 3.67 tonnes of CO2).

-- Discussions of the need for change in 2007 in «Last - Minute Wrangling on Global Warming Report» (with James Kanter).

This finding sparked a valuable discussion among scientists of how to consider, and communicate, drought risks related to human - driven global warming when truly monstrous dry spells — dwarfing anything in modern experience — are an underlying norm.

[Response: While I wouldn't quite characterize this in terms of a «permanent El Nino», a reasonably up - to - date discussion of possible climate change influences on ENSO is provided in our previous article El Nino and Global Warming — mike]

The connection between global warming and the changes in ocean heat content has long been a subject of discussion in climate science.

In case you missed President Obama's first long discussion of human - driven global warming in recent memory, which came near the end of his news conference on Wednesday, here's the brunt of it, as summarized on Twitter by Will Oremus of Slate (found via Stephen LaceyIn case you missed President Obama's first long discussion of human - driven global warming in recent memory, which came near the end of his news conference on Wednesday, here's the brunt of it, as summarized on Twitter by Will Oremus of Slate (found via Stephen Laceyin recent memory, which came near the end of his news conference on Wednesday, here's the brunt of it, as summarized on Twitter by Will Oremus of Slate (found via Stephen Lacey):

The ostensibly large number of recent extreme weather events has triggered intensive discussions, both in - and outside the scientific community, on whether they are related to global warming.

Since this blog has given considerable space to the discussions of the global warming deniers (who have no real basis in serious academic literature), it would only seem fair to review this book by Speth in the NY Times, and then have a discussion of it on this blog.

Concerning the discussions of influencing public perceptions on global warming, the gentle folk here might be interested in:

An article and related infographic in the Review section of the Sunday Times crystallized the issues that attend discussions of human - driven global warming in the context of drought.

Does anyone remember, it was in this blog also, a discussion about cooling trends in certain regions or demographics but they were simply variations within the larger scheme of global warming?

4:15 p.m. Updated On the tiny patch of American public discourse reserved for the global warming debate (to get an idea of how tiny, find climate, or the environment for that matter, in this news map if you can), a week of blogitation over a sprawling report examining failed efforts to pass a climate bill has started to give way to constructive discussion.

(In a Grist column on the meeting, Samantha Thompson noted there was little discussion of basic hurdles on Capitol Hill to getting traction on divisive problems like global warming.)

It is possible to suggest resources and do so in a polite fashion, but when dealing with someone new to the discussion, this is best done in the context of addressing some of their questions and politely suggesting where they will find more information such as Spencer Weart's The Discovery of Global Warming.

Also, the term «global pattern of warming» implies regional temperature change, which pushes the climate system response discussion to a much higher level of complexity than when simply talking about changes in global - mean climate.

The most amazing thing to me, in this entire discussion of Global Warming is that it remains a political (Republican vs. Democrat) debate.