Sentences with phrase «largely by human activities»

Most say past warming has been caused largely by human activities — ranging from a low of 65 % in Utah to a high of 92 % in Rhode Island.

Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for — and in many cases is already affecting — a broad range of human and natural systems,» the report concludes.

(IPCC, 2007) «Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for — and in many cases is already affecting — a broad range of human and natural systems.»

He is reported to have gone from the sublime, back in June, when he said «climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities and poses significant risks», to the ridiculous, all in the space of a few short weeks.

The most recent report concluded both, that global temperatures are rising, that this is caused largely by human activities and, in addition, that for increases in global average temperature, there are projected to be major changes in ecosystem structure and function with predominantly negative consequences for biodiversity and ecosystems, e.g. water and food supply.

Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for — and in many cases is already affecting — a broad range of human and natural systems.

''... while claiming «strong evidence» exists that warming has been caused «largely by human activity», it acknowledges that the size of future temperature increases and other aspects of climate change are «still subject to uncertainty» and that the attribution of forced cl...

That's not the case for Katherine Hayhoe, who's had remarkable success convincing evangelical Christians that climate change is caused largely by human activity.

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Three of these streams drain forested watersheds, with 87 to 100 % tree cover, while the other four drain watersheds largely converted by human activity into pasture, cropland, or pavement and buildings.

However, the two reports agree that Earth is undergoing a long - term warming trend that shows no sign of abating, and that rising temperatures are driven by human activity, largely through the production of greenhouse gasses.

He says that ANWR is the last example of such a system that remains largely unaffected by human activity.

even as we are probably being propelled into a new ice age, by forces independent of human activity, the warming oceans, most probably largely caused by undersea volcanic activity in the pacific ocean, may cause a continuing warming trend in alaska.

The latest report confirms that there is unequivocal evidence for a warming world, largely caused by greenhouse gases emitted by human activities.

«It seems that the debate on the authenticity of global warming and the role played by human activity is largely nonexistent among those who understand the nuances and scientific basis of long - term climate processes.»

In fact, 97 percent of actively publishing climate scientists agree — that's right, there is an overwhelming 97 % consensus position that global warming is real and largely driven by human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels.

The study also confirmed that the improvement of the ozone was largely because of the ban on CFCs by most countries in the Montreal Protocol, meaning that the degradation, too, was largely caused by the initial human activity of releasing the CFCs.

To give one example, she says human activities are contributing to global warming, but she bridles at the IPCC consensus that humans are «largely responsible» — in other words, that more than 50 percent of global warming to date is caused by human activity.

Unfortunately for the EPA, a major pillar of support of the Endangerment Finding — that «most» of the «observed warming» since the mid-20th century is from greenhouse gas emissions from human activities — has been shown by recent scientific research in major peer - reviewed scientific journals to be largely in doubt.

Scientists know that recent climate change is largely caused by human activities from an understanding of basic physics, comparing observations with models, and fingerprinting the detailed patterns of climate change caused by different human and natural influences.

Scientists have high confidence that global temperatures will continue to rise for decades to come, largely due to greenhouse gases produced by human activities.

5 (3) Causes of the climate change This warming is largely attributed to the increase of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide and methane) in the Earth's atmosphere caused by human burning of fossil fuels, industrial, farming, and deforestation activities.

I still believe that CO2 levels are rising largely due to human activities and that they contribute to net mean warming, though not anywhere near the amount estimated by the official climate Team, and far less than natural processes not under human control.

These have emerged largely as a result of the objective set in 1997 by the Secretary - General of the United Nations, Mr Kofi Annan, to mainstream human rights into all United Nations activities.