Sentences with phrase «induced change of climate»

The key issue is of course, if a human induced change of climate can be detected.

While it can not yet be concluded that these changes are caused by human - induced changes of climate, neither can this association be excluded.»

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A known sceptic of human - induced climate change, advocate of fossil fuels, and critic of several government - run climate programs, the ex governor of Texas» nomination have many involved parties worried.

«Human - induced climate change likely increased Harvey's total rainfall around Houston by at least 19 percent, with a best estimate of 37 percent,» Michael Wehner, a co-author on an attribution study recently published in Geophysical Research Letters, said at the American Geophysical Union conference in December.

In a recent analysis of climate events from last year, 2016, scientists determined three events — record - breaking global heat, a heat wave over Asia, and a «blob» of unusually warm water in the Northern Pacific — could not have occurred without human - induced climate change.

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Taylor also claims that human - induced warming has caused rising sea levels and desertification, hence «climate change refugees» which is an issue of human rights.

It is surprising to me that it is often the activists who speak up in support of the scientific consensus around climate change (i.e. that there is overwhelming scientific evidence that climate change is induced by humans and is happening), who are the same activists who don't accept the scientific consensus and evidence that shows that GM crops can be safe.

Massachusetts, along with other states and nations, has a two - part approach to combating the effects of human - induced rapid climate change: emissions reduction (mitigation) and adaptation.

This new characteristic of the climate will make it easier for climate researchers to differentiate between natural and human - induced climate changes, because it can be expected that the human - induced climate changes will not behave in the same way as the natural fluctuations.

The finding suggests that an increase in hurricanes and tropical storms induced by global warming could turn forests into overall emitters of carbon dioxide, fuelling further climate change.

Drought - induced starvation of aardvarks in the Kalahari: an indirect effect of climate change.

The White House also discounted warnings of global climate change induced by greenhouse gases, contending — contrary to near - unanimous findings by U.S. research agencies and international scientific bodies — that climate change was an unproven hypothesis.

This does not mean, of course, that individual extreme events (such as the 2003 European heat wave) can be said to be simply «caused» by human - induced climate change — usually such events are complex, with many causes.

«Drought - induced changes in forest composition amplify effects of climate change.»

For example, the International Panel on Climate Change, the authoritative scientific source about the impacts of human - induced climate change, «had to simply take the projected rise for a century, divide by 100 and say, «We expect sea level to rise this much per year,»» hClimate Change, the authoritative scientific source about the impacts of human - induced climate change, «had to simply take the projected rise for a century, divide by 100 and say, «We expect sea level to rise this much per year,»» heChange, the authoritative scientific source about the impacts of human - induced climate change, «had to simply take the projected rise for a century, divide by 100 and say, «We expect sea level to rise this much per year,»» hclimate change, «had to simply take the projected rise for a century, divide by 100 and say, «We expect sea level to rise this much per year,»» hechange, «had to simply take the projected rise for a century, divide by 100 and say, «We expect sea level to rise this much per year,»» he said.

NEPTUNE's continuous monitoring allowed Thomsen's team to make the first connections between hydrate release and climate - induced changes hundreds of meters above.

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Stephen Schneider A senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University, Schneider assesses ecological and economic impacts of human - induced climate change to identify potential political and technological solutions.

There is a real diversity of informed opinion on how important climate change is going to be to various things that affect humans, and there is a diversity of opinion on how to address this problem, but the debate over human - induced climate change is over.

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which maintains the international «Red List» of threatened species, considers the polar bear «vulnerable» due to climate change - induced retreating sea ice.

Even the force of human - induced climate change, so evident across the planet, does not meet these requirements.

A new study says that climate - induced feedback loops could lead to a change in ocean stratification and the more rapid melting of ice sheets.

Greenhouse gases from transportation may become one of the greatest drivers of human - induced climate change, according to a draft of the forthcoming U.N. fifth assessment report on mitigation of climate change

«In Antarctic dry valleys, early signs of climate change - induced shifts in soil.»

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.

On the current trajectory, greenhouse gas emissions from cars, trains, ships and airplanes may become one of the greatest drivers of human - induced climate change, according to a draft of the forthcoming U.N. fifth assessment report on mitigation of climate change.

Connecting extreme weather to climate change distracts from the need to protect society from high - impact weather events which will continue to happen irrespective of human - induced climate change, say experts.

A weaker sun might slow human - induced climate change slightly but when the sun eventually recovers force, global warming would heat up with even more of a vengeance.

«Although this is a natural event, and we're not aware of any link to human - induced climate change, this puts the ice shelf in a very vulnerable position.

The crucial question now is whether the temperature changes in the Pacific reflect a natural variability in the climate that might reset itself in a few years or whether the shift to weaker long rains is a permanent result of human - induced climate change.

Human - induced climate change, which affects temperature, precipitation and the nature of extreme events, is increasingly driving biodiversity loss and the reduction of nature's contributions to people, worsening the impact of habitat degradation, pollution, invasive species and the overexploitation of natural resources.»

Today, with deforestation accounting for a substantial portion of human - induced carbon emissions, the researchers describe the payment program they studied as «a cost - effective way to avert deforestation in developing countries — and hence a powerful tool to mitigate climate change.»

«Climatic changes are threatening highly prized native trout as introduced rainbow trout continue to expand their range and hybridize with native populations through climate - induced «windows of opportunity,» putting many populations and species at greater risk than previously thought,» said project leader and USGS scientist Clint Muhlfeld.

The first observations of human - induced climate change were published in 1938.

The World Conservation Union ranks the loss of native habitat and the introduction of invasive species as the most crucial problems, but unchecked activities like fishing, hunting, and logging play a role — as does human - induced climate change.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — In the run - up to national elections on 21 August, the country's top science body, the Australian Academy of Science (AAS), has weighed in on the climate change debate with a report backing the mainstream scientific view that human - induced climate change is real and that a business - as - usual approach to carbon emissions will lead to a «catastrophic» four - to five - degree increase in average global temperatures.

Authored by a nine - member panel, the report consists of seven questions and answers laying out the evidence for human - induced climate change.

On the other hand, climate change scenarios estimate that the soil loss rates may increase by 10 - 15 % by 2050 due to an analogous increase of rainfall - induced erosion in Europe.

«We were following up on anecdotal and peer reviewed assessments to date that suggested that there was bias and misrepresentation at the News Corporation of the fact that human - induced climate change is happening, the vast scientific evidence that's out there.»

They found surprisingly, that human - induced emissions of methane and nitrous oxide from ecosystems overwhelmingly surpass the ability of the land to soak up carbon dioxide emissions, which makes the terrestrial biosphere a contributor to climate change.

«I think part of the reason slow feedbacks weren't included [in previous IPCC reports] was that they were assumed to be too slow to be relevant to human - induced climate change,» said Michael Previdi, lead author of the report.

«Scientists have paid a lot of attention to potential climate change signals in forests — like them growing faster than expected due to an overabundance of carbon dioxide, or slower due to climate change - induced extreme temperatures.

The research concludes that for other changes, such as regional warming and sea ice changes, the observations over the satellite - era since 1979 are not yet long enough for the signal of human - induced climate change to be clearly separated from the strong natural variability in the region

However... the scientific consensus is that it can not be established that the recession of snows on Mt Kilimanjaro is mainly attributable to human - induced climate change.

New research shows human - induced climate change increased the amount and intensity of Hurricane Harvey's unprecedented rainfall.

New research finds human - induced climate change increased the amount and intensity of Hurricane Harvey's unprecedented rainfall.

While previous studies had examined the impact of climate change - induced weather patterns on violence and the increased danger of violence in weak or failing states, this is the first study to demonstrate that the combination of the two risk factors is even more dangerous than they would be separately.

The study may help predict how drought - induced tree mortality fits into models of future climate change, Anderegg said.

Human - induced climate and hydrologic change is likely to make many parts of the world uninhabitable, or at least uneconomic.