Sentences with phrase «minds about the changing climate»

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I really don't see what he gains from being indifferent and idiotic about the issue, but for the mere fact he can't make up his mind whether humans are a cause behind global climate changes makes me think this guy isn't fit to run the country.

At a climate change hustings in Exeter, Labour's Ben Bradshaw admitted to once having an antinuclear sticker on his car though he has since changed his mind about how we keep the lights on.

French President Emmanuel Macron says his glamorous Paris charm offensive on Donald Trump was carefully calculated — and may have changed the U.S. president's mind about climate change.

It seems the general public just can't make up its mind about the existence of man - made climate change.

One of the most significant findings is that high percentages of Americans — or roughly a third — say that they could easily change their minds about global warming, said Tom Bowman, president of the consulting firm Bowman Global Change, who has examined how climate scientists communicate to the pchange their minds about global warming, said Tom Bowman, president of the consulting firm Bowman Global Change, who has examined how climate scientists communicate to the pChange, who has examined how climate scientists communicate to the public.

President - elect Donald Trump's meeting with Al Gore yesterday could soften his image on climate change a week after he claimed to have an open mind about man - made warming, according to some observers.

These predictions about an underwater city may sound dire, but officials here say they already are changing infrastructure with climate change in mind.

That's the conclusion of a 5 - year study, which found that when news organizations ran a number of stories on controversial topics like water quality and climate change in close succession, they significantly boosted public conversations about these topics — and even changed some people's minds.

Since 2008, Ed has served as Co-Principal Investigator (with Anthony Leiserowitz and Connie Roser - Renouf) of the Yale / George Mason University Climate Change in the American Mind audience research project, which tracks public opinion about climate change, including the Global Warming's Six Americas audience seClimate Change in the American Mind audience research project, which tracks public opinion about climate change, including the Global Warming's Six Americas audience segChange in the American Mind audience research project, which tracks public opinion about climate change, including the Global Warming's Six Americas audience seclimate change, including the Global Warming's Six Americas audience segchange, including the Global Warming's Six Americas audience segments.

When we think about the impacts of climate change in New England, our minds often go to the ocean and coasts.

In an interview with «Fox News Sunday» host Chris Wallace, Trump said he's «very open - minded» on whether climate change is underway but has serious concerns about how President Obama's efforts to cut carbon emissions have undercut America's global competitiveness.

Orlowski's film about Balog could, in turn, change the mind of other climate skeptics.

December 25, 2017 • There are some topics about which it seems no amount of data will change people's minds: things like climate change, or restrictions on gun ownership.

Well I wanted to let you know that Petcurean has recently launched a brand new line of pet food called «Gather», and the idea behind Gather is to provide food for dogs and cats with sustainability and transparency and organic ingredients are the key aspects of the brand, and we know that one of the biggest trends right now in both the human and pet food arenas are... global warming, climate change, extremes in weather, it's all on their minds, so we just launched Gather in August of this year and we'll be starting to stress the food to reach all stores in October, so we're really excited about that.

Yes, that's right — forget about Legs - it; purge your mind of Trump's climate change idiocy (if only)...

With that in mind, our paper is fundamentally about inter-decadal variability in the climate system and its role in the evolution of the 20th century climate trajectory, as well as in near - future climate change.

To me it's a nice model for how Gavin and others must feel, trying to get facts about anthropogenic climate change integrated into the minds of people who for whatever reason can not or will not accept them.

Keeping in mind that there were some notable exceptions — Sweden's prime minister calling for 25 - 40 % reductions from developed nations, the Maldives president basically accusing the developed world of trotting them out like a climate change show - pony twice a year and then ignoring their plight for the rest of the time, Japan's new prime minister committing to bring about 25 % domestic reductions — the statements made by national leaders were largely absent of truly strong details.

In essence, more than seven months after the disclosures, what — to your mind — was revealed that substantively changed what is understood about the research examining a human influence on climate?

That's all that comes to mind when I read comments about massive flooding, «unprecendented» tornado activity, the east sizzling related to CO2 induced climate change.

There's more in USA Today on whether climate scientists» concerns about their attackers are overblown, given other issues weighing on peoples» minds and blunting interest in climate change.

Daniel Gilbert, a professor of psychology at Harvard, has written about why our inability to deal with climate change is due in part to the way our mind is wired.

He's been looking at the messaging on climate change — as in, which message has the biggest impact on changing people's minds about the issue.

But if you open your mind, you will find it's quite true that billions have been spent to obscure the truth about climate change due to global warming caused by heat - trapping greenhouse gases.

Stewart had claimed, six years ago, that Pat Michaels — who is in the first division of the environmentalist's demonology — had changed his mind about climate change.

Kahan: We examined whether people, in judging the validity of evidence on climate change, would be more or less open - minded based on whether they had just previously been exposed to information either about geo - engineering or carbon limits.

In the early 1990s, a group of sceptics claimed that Roger Revelle, one of the first climate scientists, had changed his mind about global warming and no longer believed it was a serious problem.

Research shows it is very unlikely we can change their minds about climate change.

By the age of 16, most teenagers have already made up their mind about climate change.

When we think about climate change, the main sources of carbon emissions that come to mind for most of us are heavy industries like petroleum, mining and transportation.

Originally posted on Open Mind: Barton Bibler, who works for Florida's DEP (Department of Environmental Protection), actually spoke about climate change at an official meeting.

In contrast, people with a «hierarchical» and «individualistic» mind - set respect leaders of industry and don't like government interfering in their affairs; they're apt to reject warnings about climate change, because they know what accepting them could lead to - some kind of tax or regulation to limit emissions.

One of the authors, Professor Michael Grubb of University College London, admitted past predictions were wrong, and that he had changed his mind about the timescales involved in man - made climate change.

Though Trump has said he would remain open - minded about climate change, he has surrounded himself with appointees who are fossil fuel advocates and climate change contrarians.

I am not saying that it's worth spending time to change the minds of these people about the science of climate engineering.

Our first Climate Change in the American Mind survey, conducted in 2008, revealed that TV weathercasters are highly trusted sources of information about global warming.

In the simple - minded, comic book world in which many environmentalists live there's only one acceptable view about climate change — the one they themselves hold.

The show — I Can Change Your Mind About Climate Change — took a climate science denier and a climate advocate around theClimate Change — took a climate science denier and a climate advocate around theclimate science denier and a climate advocate around theclimate advocate around the world.

We won't change their minds, and their numbers aren't large enough to impact policy in a major way; at least in the U.S. such individuals don't count climate change as very high on the agenda of things they care about (I understand that in several other countries, this is a more salient issue).

Since no one here is going to change anybody else's mind about the transparency required, perhaps we could discuss whether what has been noted about climate science applies equally as well to other sciences or are there special considerations applying to climate science — that we might also discuss.

My real point in all this, aside from pointing out a Cognitive Dualism, is that I think most thinking observers see that many discussions about climate change on BOTH SIDES are infused with a desperation to change minds, and are couched in terms that one would not normally associate with dispassionate science.

The climate change orthodoxy can be a tough proposition to be sceptical about if you mind being accused of betraying the future of the human race.

Right now academia, the media, and think tanks are working very hard and the new Next Generation Science Standards require (I read the NAS workshop program that came out recently) that the focus be on changing beliefs about climate change and new values in ways that discredit the rational mind completely.

Most policymakers concerned about global warming have in mind some ultimate objective for limiting the amount of projected climate change, or atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) accumulations.

When asked why I changed my mind about federal climate policy, this is a large part of my answer.

Re deaths due to climate change, whenever I read about this, a question springs to mind.

More importantly was whom the health pitch spoke to loudest: Americans who to varying degrees haven't made up their minds about just how pressing a threat man - made climate change is.

The night in question was the screening of his documentary — I Can Change Your Mind About... Climate» — to about 700,000 viewers on prime timeAbout... Climate» — to about 700,000 viewers on prime timeabout 700,000 viewers on prime time ABC.

That dilemma was at the top of the editor's mind at Dawn Publications when he first saw the book proposal by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch that became How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate.

It is understandable that many may shed a tear when a great scientific mind like Hawking's descends into utter scientific nonsense about climate change.