Sentences with phrase «likely by human influence»

Some observed weather events will have been made more likely by human influence on climate, some less likely, and it is a legitimate and very important field of scientific enquiry to work out which are which.

Not exact matches

As for whether the world's recent extreme weather was made worse by human influence, that answer likely won't be available for years — and only if a research effort similar to the one that analyzed the 2000 U.K. floods is undertaken.

All told, about 20 % of the distribution of domesticated species across the Amazon seemed to be driven by human influences, while 30 % was likely due to environmental factors such as soil composition.

By the fifth report in 2013, the IPCC said it was «extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century.»

A new study from the University of Zurich revealed that the honest behavior of humans can be influenced by a simple, non-invasive brain stimulation, making them less likely to cheat.

Anthropocene, as you likely know, is the term applied increasingly by a range of scientists and others to this period in Earth and human history in which our species is influencing a host of planetary systems in big ways with long - lasting consequences.

It is extremely likely that more than half of the global mean temperature increase since 1951 was caused by human influence on climate (high confidence).

The increasing severity of Australian heat waves are part of a long - term global trend towards more heat waves and hot weather in many regions, a trend that is very likely influenced by human - driven climate change.

Since people's beliefs about evolution are influenced by their perceptions of scientific consensus, the total role of science knowledge in shaping a person's opinion likely operates indirectly through beliefs about scientific consensus as well as directly through beliefs about whether humans have evolved over time.

The most recent report of the International Panel on Climate Change says it is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of this warming which is driven by the build up of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion, cement production, and land use changes.

Distortions of this envelope of the magnitude that are underway and in prospect are likely to so badly disrupt the environmental conditions and processes influenced by climate as to adversely affect every dimension of human well - being that is tied to the environment...

This Synthesis Report repeats with greater certainty findings that have figured prominently in earlier IPCC assessments, that the Earth's climate is warming «unequivocally,» that the human influence in this process is «clear» and that the changing climate is very likely to bring impacts:» [w] ithout additional mitigation efforts beyond those in place today, and even with adaptation, warming by the end of the 21st century will lead to high to very high risk of severe, widespread, and irreversible impacts globally.»

Increased global temperatures caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gases are extremely likely to have played at least some role in more than four out of five flooding days from Key West to Fernandina, Florida, and the study indicates that at the locations analyzed, more than 3,500 flood days since 1950 would not have occurred without human influence.

Again, the approach adopted by the Court of Justice on this question is likely to be influenced by the equivalent case law of the European Court of Human Rights.

However, because it was decided by an appellate court, it is likely to influence decisions made under human rights legislation in all Canadian jurisdictions, particularly those involving employer drug use policies in safety sensitive workplaces.

The social influence model86 is also a useful conceptual framework to guide development of media interventions, as it highlights the core principles that promote successful persuasion and influence; for example, to the extent that interventions make use of the power of social validation by similar or liked others (i.e. «others like me are doing it») and of humans» tendency to act in accordance with prior commitments to others and to deep - seated values, they are likely to have more influence on viewers» attitudes, intents and behaviours.