There are many examples
of the effects of climate change, but the biggest financial impact is from rising sea levels, which have been increasing since we came out of the industrial revolution.»
It also suggests that mitigating dust in the region could counteract
some of the effects of climate change.
Dec 10, 2007 — Scientists from Columbia University's Lamont - Doherty Earth Observatory will report this week on vital topics including new evidence
of the effects of climate change; technologies to confront it; studies of eastern U.S. earthquake risk; and previously unseen inner workings of the deep polar ice caps.
Her article looks at
some of the effects of climate change and how it is affecting wine - producing regions of the world.
The imminent demise of the Qori Kalis glacier, the main component of the Quelccaya ice cap in the Peruvian Andes, offers the starkest evidence yet
of the effects of climate change, according to Lonnie Thompson, of Ohio State University.
Now, it's front page news all the time because we're beginning to see
some of the effects of climate change.
The goal is to increase awareness
of the effects of climate change on the world's coldest regions and to inspire changes in behavior that can slow it down.»
Last year the President announced that he was looking to buy an alternative homeland for his country because of his fears
of the effects of climate change.
Less than two weeks into 2012 and we've got some really interesting climate news we're watching, both in terms
of the effects of climate change currently and far in the future (delaying the next Ice Age anyone?).
Mitigation
of the effects of climate change are still important, but changes in industrial and social practices have to come first and fast.
dealt with how multiple companies are knowledgeable
of the effects of climate change, but chose to hide the truth and cover it up.
Growth rings in the ear stones of rockfish and the trunks of trees are giving researchers glimpses
of the effects of climate change on biodiversity.
CSW director Rick Piltz was interviewed on July 21 on the new federal scientific assessment
of the effects of climate change on human health and welfare in the US, the Bush administration's record, Al Gore's speech on transforming the energy... Continue reading →
Climate engineering (CE) is an umbrella term for a set of mostly prospective technologies that might be developed and used to counteract
some of the effects of climate change.
Just as it is true that our understanding
of the effects of climate change is rudimentary.
The director of membership for INTO said that his organization was a regular attender at COP conferences where it hoped to persuade heads of government «to take more notice
of the effects of climate change on cultural sustainability».
Introduced are
some of the effects of climate change.
[16] An increase in rainfall rates is one of the more confident predictions
of the effects of climate change on tropical cyclones.
These are the countries most at risk from a climate change «apocalypse» These maps claim to show which countries would be most vulnerable in the event
of the effects of climate change reaching life - threatening levels - if they already haven't.
Many
of the effects of climate change are already being felt; the more serious effects, however, are still a way's off.
Many
of the effects of climate change are already and unequivocally being felt now, today.
Those observations have prompted researchers to argue for another «unlearning» writing, «our understanding
of the effects of climate change on marine ecosystems based on flipper - band data should be reconsidered.»
India, however, finds itself a «victim»
of the effects of climate change that are caused largely by Western nations» industrialization long ago.
Some of the effects of climate change are likely to include more variable weather, heat waves, heavy precipitation events, flooding, droughts, more intense storms such as hurricanes, sea level rise, and air pollution.
«As far as I'm concerned, this issue isn't on the list of government priorities,» said Ahmed Hassan, of the Save Alexandria Initiative, a group that works to raise awareness
of the effects of climate change on the city.
The prize is awarded for «ground - breaking work that provides a powerful estimate
of the effects of climate change on the... Continue reading →
Given the multiple drivers of migration (Black et al., 2011a and b) and the complex interactions which mediate migratory decision - making by individual or households (Raleigh, 2008; McLeman and Smit, 2006; Kniveton et al., 2011; Black et al., 2011a and b), the projection
of the effects of climate change on intra-rural and rural - to - urban migration remains a major challenge.
«The Lancet [study] digs deeper, and reports the most advanced projections so far
of the effects of climate change on food and health,» according to professors Alistair Woodward at the University of Auckland and John Porter at the University of Copenhagen in a commentary on the work.
«Whales certainly could offset
some of the effects of climate change.
New Zealand has a very detailed analysis
of the effects of climate change which takes the areas down to just a few hundred square miles.
The prize is awarded for «ground - breaking work that provides a powerful estimate
of the effects of climate change on the global hydrological cycle, with a clear explanation of the global water budget.»
«Plant science is a great topic because people are much more aware
of the effects of climate change and the challenges of food and energy production right now,» says Burke.
As discussed throughout this assessment, the interplay of many variables complicates differentiation
of the effects of climate change from other driving factors.
«Plant science is a great topic because people are much more aware
of the effects of climate change and the challenges of food and energy production right now,» said Burke.
The imminent demise of the Qori Kalis glacier, the main component of the Quelccaya ice cap in the Peruvian Andes, offers the starkest evidence yet
of the effects of climate change, according to Lonnie Thompson, of Ohio State University.
These remnants of the Cold War are also an example of an unanticipated political issue that could arise because
of the effects of climate change, particularly as countries seek to establish a presence in the Arctic as warming makes it increasingly accessible.
This new report, scheduled for completion by July 2012, will for the first time focus on understanding demand because
of the effects of climate change.
The large error bars on that number inject uncertainty into our projections
of the effects of climate change — from changing storm patterns to sea level rise.
The study
of the effects of climate change in this area and historical variation of chemical elements in trees can highly contribute to discover the potential effects that could stand many of the coniferous forests in the 21st century, according to the authors.
A decade in the planning, NEON hopes to collect long - term, continent - wide measurements
of the effects of climate change, land usage, and invasive species.
«Above all, this study shows the broad geographic connections
of the effects of climate change — conservation efforts need to be facilitated by cooperation among countries to have any real chance of combating the potentially severe biodiversity losses that a changing climate might impose.»
Based on these findings, we identify knowledge gaps and fruitful areas for research that will further our understanding
of the effects of climate change on ecosystems.
Because of that, they haven't allowed an accurate assessment
of the effects of climate change on carbon in the region.
IRRI has released 230 improved rice varieties that produce more grain, are pest resistant, and tolerant
of the effects of climate change such as flooding, drought, and salty soil.
In particular, it will be more careful about ensuring that it lays out the evidence for any assertion it makes about the likelihood
of any effect of climate change, said Chris Field, a U.S. scientist and a leader of the panel's 2014 report.
The top priorities should be reducing uncertainties in climate sensitivity, getting a better understanding
of the effect of climate change on atmospheric circulation (critical for understanding of regional climate change, changes in extremes) and reducing uncertainties in radiative forcing — particularly those associated with aerosols.
We can now give a first scientific assessment
of the effect of climate change in a relatively short time.
Not exact matches
The more the world feels the powerful
effects of climate change and the longer we wait to reduce emissions the more attractive nuclear energy could become.
But these cooler streets also reflect less heat onto buildings, saving on air - conditioning costs and reducing the
effects of climate change.
That's not soon enough if the world wants to mitigate the worst
effects of climate change while providing cheap, clean energy to the poor — a point not lost on a handful
of American billionaires including Jeff Bezos, Paul Allen, and Peter Thiel.