Sentences with phrase «of fear of climate change»

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Isn't the real problem the government's fear of intervening in the economy directly despite the crying need to crowd in emissions - reduction and climate - change - adaptation spending?

As fears grow that climate change is lengthening the time and severity of Australia's bushfire season, government funding to find a solution to the phenomenon is drying up.

Amid the fear of terrorism, war, climate change and intense division on a number of issues, we wanted to put forward a message of hope in the next generation, hence the launch of the «Generation Hope» organic baby gift set.

An example of this are those scientists convinced of the existence of anthropomorphic climate change who wish to silence dissenting voices whose opinions they fear might be used as an excuse for politicians unwilling to act on environmental issues.

«For the sake of future generations who could be harmed by irreversible climate change, I urge New Yorkers to reject this fear mongering and uphold science against ideology,» he said in a statement.

Dismayed by the disconnect between reality and the cartoonish animals populating his young daughter's pajamas, books and view of the natural world, journalist Mooallem sets off to explore often circuitous human - animal relationships: The once - feared polar bear has become the cherished mascot of climate change, and whales, once hunted without restraint, now attract near - fanatical rescue efforts.

Do the huge craters pockmarking Siberia herald a release of underground methane that could exceed our worst climate change fears?

Several speakers expressed concern about U.S. President Donald Trump's denial of climate change, Vice President Mike Pence's creationist beliefs, and Trump's willingness to work with prominent antivaccine activist Robert Kennedy Jr. «In the face of fanaticism and fear, science is regaining its ethical and political stance,» said Rosaura Ruiz Guitiérrez, director of the Faculty of Science at the National Autonomous University of Mexico here.

Fears that climate change will erode progress McCarty is an organizer of a climate change conference taking place in Washington, D.C., this week that has brought together coastal American Indians and indigenous groups from the United States and its Pacific Island protectorates and territories.

If the melting of the polar ice caps injects great amounts of freshwater into the world's oceans, climate scientists fear that the influx could affect currents enough to drastically change the weather on land

John Rennie: Yeah and they are very serious issues about looking into the future about this and possibly a lot of parts of the Southwestern, Western United States, in particular, could really be faced with some very severe drought conditions if the climate starts to the change the way is sometimes feared.

Living in a landscape of fear means more of the greenhouse gas driving climate change gets stored in plants.

The study, «Pathways of Influence in Emotional Appeals: Benefits and Tradeoffs of Using Fear or Humor to Promote Climate Change - Related Intentions and Risk Perceptions,» published in the Journal of Communication, was the result of a partnership grant between Cornell's Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, where Niederdeppe is a faculty fellow, and the Environmental Defense Fund.

At the same time, fear proves to be an equally effective motivator and has the added advantage of increasing people's awareness of climate change's risks.

«What I fear is the command - and - control notion of dealing with climate change, because that will reduce productivity and create more poverty.

But that fear and mistrust may be limiting our options for tackling the big issues of climate change and declining natural resources.

Overfishing, pollution, climate change and destruction of habitats like coral reefs are all putting our seas in trouble but academics fear the risk is not being taken as seriously as concerns for the loss of animals and plants which live on land.

«The administration's new climate change website will further bolster its fear - inducing vision of the future, which sounds more and more like a scene out of a Hollywood movie,» said Laura Sheehan, the group's senior vice president of communications.

Fear that a warming climate will constrict this temperature range underlies recent studies that warn of the detrimental effects of climate change on the activity and survival of cold - blooded animals.

Still another impediment has been fear that the initiative's «avoided emissions» strategy would lead to similar plans being considered as part of future global warming / climate change treaty negotiations.

Stute said the process could eventually be used for direct removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, something that may become necessary if climate change proves to be more catastrophic than scientists fear.

Scientists often measure the effects of temperature on insects to predict how climate change will affect their distribution and abundance, but a Dartmouth study shows for the first time that insects» fear of their predators, in addition to temperature, ultimately limits how fast they grow.

It's an idea spawned on Reddit, where several scientists — concerned about the new president's policies on climate change and other issues, and hyped from the success of the Women's March on Washington — were discussing the best way to respond to what they feared would be an administration hostile to science.

Climate change is also likely to eat up more arable land, contributing to fears of food scarcity, as well as the loss of biodiversity, which is likely to occur at a faster rate.

(Gore has also not addressed this: Another Moonwalker Defies Gore: NASA Astronaut Dr. Buzz Aldrin rejects global warming fears: «Climate has been changing for billions of years» — Moonwalkers Defy Gore's Claim That Climate Skeptics Are Akin To Those Who Believe Moon Landing was «Staged»)

A new study reported in the journal Nature Climate Change questions fears that Europe and North America will experience more days of cold weather over...

Climatologists reporting for the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) say we are seeing global warming caused by human activities and there are growing fears of feedbacks that will accelerate this warming.

Lubbers observed that the issues of an asylum - seeking have henceforth been approached with prudence and led to close scrutiny of both refugee and immigration regulations.37 Refugees and asylum - seekers are the most victims of the growing climate of fear of terrorism and other transnational crimes and thus being treated with suspicion, and sometimes, arbitrary detained and, actually, deported.38 The states are changing their refugee - immigration related policies because of concern that the terrorists may gain entry to the territory through the channel of asylum system.39

Her strategies for climate action include ways to «instill inspiration» vs «fear,» make «climate change part of your curriculum» and «take part in international projects.»

Only time will tell, but we suspect most of the fears out there concerning climate change revolve around an increase in the number of events, not the variance in the number of events.

Her work reflects the fear of catastrophic events, such as nuclear crises or global climate change.

As a far - flung member of the global climate change blogging community, focusing specifically on the possible need for sustainable «polar cities» in the far distant future to house potential survivors of catastrophic global warming events, in say the year 2500 or so (okay, so I am being generous; I don't want to be accussed of fear - mongering in the present).

Already, deep fissures are emerging between, on one side, a base of ideological voters and lawmakers with strong ties to powerful tea - party groups and super PACs funded by the fossil - fuel industry who see climate change as a false threat concocted by liberals to justify greater government control; and on the other side, a quiet group of moderates, younger voters, and leading conservative intellectuals who fear that if Republicans continue to dismiss or deny climate change, the party will become irrelevant.

At the other extreme, understandable economic insecurity and fear of radical change have been exploited by ideologues and vested interests to whip up ill - informed, populist rage, and climate scientists have become the punching bag of shock jocks and tabloid scribes.

What really concerns me is that I've read a lot about climate models not being able to replicate the magnitude of abrupt regional temperature changes in the past, and Raypierre has said here that he fears that past climate records point towards some yet unknown positive feedback which might amplify warming at the northern latitudes.

The new International Union on Conservation of Nature report on Caribbean coral conservation described great opportunities to protect reefs with fairly simple steps, even as it found climate change to be less of a threat than some feared.

One of the texts that we use is With Speed & Violence: Why Scientists Fear Tipping Points in Climate Change by Fred Pearce.

Meat has not been part of the global conversation about climate change for far too long, as governments fear backlash from powerful meat lobbies and the angry public, and as a result many individuals have not yet learned about the impact it has.

This leaves the momentum with the stasists — those lawmakers and constituencies who, either through a profit motive or skepticism of climate risks or simple fear of change — see no need for new energy norms.

I agree with Olson, utterly, that there's not enough experimentation, too much fear of failure and also far too much fear and misunderstanding at scientific institutions, from America's universities to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, about the obligation and responsibility to engage the public in a sustained way.

So far the most popular stories about climate are very conservative; based in the common fear of change, which is a fair way of describing both all of Crichton's work I have read, and disaster movies like The Day After Tomorrow.

Until our schools teach about climate change, share the fears of leading scientists, and start to create an understanding of how we can each be part of the greater solution, I am afraid we have no hope of changing our rather bleak future.

Perhaps some climate activists fear that support of adaptation efforts would be akin to recognizing that climate change is, after all, not as dire a crisis as it is being made out to be through polarizing political rhetoric.

Alexander, certainly you are right, but the question that troubles you, does not solve our problem which is to know who is responsible of the present day climate changes; I fear that changing our Hydrocarbon based economy to a Hydrogene based economy, would send a much bigger green house gas in the atmosphere, I mean water vapor

This is the first evidence of the long - feared positive feedbacks that could rapidly accelerate the rate of climate change, pushing impacts to the extreme end of the scale.

Too often, those pressing the case for action to blunt climate change downplay this gap, perhaps out of fear that it undercuts the longstanding, and wishful, assertion that all we lack is political will.

My fear is candidates turned president will buckle like all those before them, and the medicine for our energy, environment, and climate woes, whatever it is, will be tossed in favor of some quack cure, or rather a whole bevvy of subsidies and other favorites that do not confront all of us with the need to changes technologies, adjust how we live and reformat our expectations.

For most recent sampling see: New Peer - Reviewed Study finds «Solar changes significantly alter climate» (11-3-07)(LINK) & «New Peer - Reviewed Study Halves the Global Average Surface Temperature Trend 1980 — 2002» (LINK) & New Study finds Medieval Warm Period «0.3 C Warmer than 20th Century» (LINK) For a more comprehensive sampling of peer - reviewed studies earlier in 2007 see «New Peer - Reviewed Scientific Studies Chill Global Warming Fears» LINK]

NCSE, with its passion and experience defending science in our schools, will ensure that teachers can educate students about climate change without fear of reprisal.»

Stephen Moore — The Daily Signal — March 22, 2015 National Geographic's latest cover story generated lots of attention for comparing climate change skeptics to those who fear vaccinations, disbelieve NASA's moon landing, and oppose water fluoridation.