Sentences with phrase «of human effects on climate»

That's close to the 97 % in Cook's «survey» that found agreement to an equally vague statement of human effects on climate change.

Since the late 1970s, it has been recognized that the identification of human effects on climate is inherently a signal - to - noise (S / N) problem [Hasselmann, 1979; Madden and Ramanathan, 1980; Wigley and Jones, 1981; Wigley and Raper, 1990; Allen et al., 1994; Santer et al., 1994, 1995].

Look at the pile of junk that you are calling «evidence» for the existence of human effects on the climate in the last 16 years.

The bottom line is that the identification of human effects on climate is a signal - to - noise problem.

Second, recent weather and temperature anomalies have not been unusual and are not evidence of a human effect on climate.

Now I haven't asked all of them, but I'm pretty confident that no climate scientist has ever used a picture of a dolphin — even a cute, smiling one — as «evidence of human effect on climate.»

These are not evidence of human effect on climate.»

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We're representing loads of different points of view here, but 95 per cent or more of scientists believe that human beings have had an adverse effect on the climate — we have created it.

The model calculations, which are based on data from the CLOUD experiment, reveal that the cooling effects of clouds are 27 percent less than in climate simulations without this effect as a result of additional particles caused by human activity: Instead of a radiative effect of -0.82 W / m2 the outcome is only -0.60 W / m2.

While natural sources of climate variability are significant, multiple lines of evidence indicate that human influences have had an increasingly dominant effect on the climate warming observed since the mid-twentieth century.

Although the magnitudes of future effects are uncertain, human influences on the climate are growing.

«Our study suggests that the effect of human capital on economic growth is larger in high - quality - of - life counties — natural amenities such as clean air and temperate climate, could potentially attract human capital and perhaps increase labor productivity, thus boosting the effect of human capital on growth,» said Fan.

«Because the complexity of the climate makes accurate prediction difficult, the APS urges an enhanced effort to understand the effects of human activity on the Earth's climate, and to provide the technological options for meeting the climate challenge in the near and longer terms.

«There is no scientific body of national or international standing that rejects the findings of human - induced effects on climate,» Peter Gleick, a scientist and president of the Pacific Institute, an environmental group, said on a conference call on Wednesday.

Overall, improving our understanding of one of the largest natural aerosol sources is critical if we are to understand the effects of human - made aerosols on climate,» says Matt Salter.

It had major effects on the world's oceans, climate and biology, and perhaps even triggered the evolution of humans.

The review, «Population, development, and climate change, links and effects on human health», examines the interconnections between population growth and climate change, from the perspective of global health.

While the effects of human activity on the seal population can be detrimental — for example through a high rate of fishing bycatch mortality as observed on Lake Saimaa — a novel conservation method can help the seal population to cope with climate change.

The lifetime effects of coal on humans — from mining to climate change — gets attention tomorrow at the National Press Club.

The results suggest that climate change will convert much of the area currently occupied by temperate grasslands and deserts to subtropical vegetation with effects on associated wildlife and human populations.

Highly motivated people openly cast doubt on well - established evidence — the theory of evolution, the human effects on climate change, the value of vaccines and other findings that have achieved an overwhelming consensus in the scientific community.

To single out the effects of human - caused climate change, the researchers used statistical methods to remove the effects of the AMO and PDO on rainfall variability during the period from 1920 to 2013.

With a new grasp of global dust traffic, scientists are now working to understand the often subtle effects that dust has on climate, human health, and the biosphere.

«The human influence on the climate system has the effect of intensifying precipitation extremes,» Zwiers notes.

Dr Li said the latest research findings give a better understanding of changes in human - perceived equivalent temperature, and indicate global warming has stronger long - term impacts on human beings under both extreme and non-extreme weather conditions, suggesting that climate change adaptation can not just focus on heat wave events, but should be extended to the whole range of effects of temperature increases.

In the time since the 2007 version of this report, the human effect on the climate has grown more than 40 percent stronger, thanks to continued emissions of greenhouse gases and more precision in measurements, with carbon dioxide leading the charge.

While significant research has explored the environmental impacts of climate change, far fewer studies have considered its psychological effect on humans, said UA researcher Sabrina Helm, an associate professor of family and consumer science in the UA's Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Jaap Nienhuis, a graduate student in the MIT - WHOI Joint Program in Marine Geology and Geophysics, says the effects of climate change, and the human efforts to combat these effects, are already making an impact on river deltas around the world.

On the international stage, an apparatus is needed to financially compensate poorer countries facing the brunt of climate change and its associated effects on human well - beinOn the international stage, an apparatus is needed to financially compensate poorer countries facing the brunt of climate change and its associated effects on human well - beinon human well - being.

The researchers suggest that modeling the effects of future climate variations should focus on human response to transient short - term changes in addition to the traditional focus on long - term mean changes in climate.

Climate change effects on the geographical distribution and incidence of vector - borne diseases in other countries where these diseases are already found can also affect North Americans, especially as a result of increasing trade with, and travel to, tropical and subtropical areas.63, 197 Whether climate change in the U.S. will increase the chances of domestically acquiring diseases such as dengue fever is uncertain, due to vector - control efforts and lifestyle factors, such as time spent indoors, that reduce human - insect cClimate change effects on the geographical distribution and incidence of vector - borne diseases in other countries where these diseases are already found can also affect North Americans, especially as a result of increasing trade with, and travel to, tropical and subtropical areas.63, 197 Whether climate change in the U.S. will increase the chances of domestically acquiring diseases such as dengue fever is uncertain, due to vector - control efforts and lifestyle factors, such as time spent indoors, that reduce human - insect cclimate change in the U.S. will increase the chances of domestically acquiring diseases such as dengue fever is uncertain, due to vector - control efforts and lifestyle factors, such as time spent indoors, that reduce human - insect contact.

If the human population continues to grow, more pressure will be put on carbon dioxide emissions — leaving future generations vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

In 1996, when climate research was more certain about the link between fossil fuel combustion and climate change than during the time of Shaw's memo, Exxon's new chairman and chief executive Lee Raymond said in a speech in Detroit: «Currently, the scientific evidence is inconclusive as to whether human activities are having a significant effect on the global climate.»

Axel Timmermann and Tobias Friedrich constructed a numerical model that quantifies the effects of past climate and sea - level change on global human migration patterns over the past 125,000 years.

According to one study that looked at eight fuel aridity metrics in the Western U.S. and modeled climate change's effects on them, human - caused climate change accounted for about 55 percent of the observed increases in fuel aridity between 1979 and 2015 (Figure 6), and added an estimated 4.2 million hectares of forest fire area between 1984 and 2015.7 Based on all eight metrics, the Western U.S. experienced an average of 9 additional days per year of high fire potential due to climate change between 2000 and 2015, a 50 percent increase from the baseline of 17 days per year when looking back to 1979.

I have wanted to learn more about the effect of human - caused climate change on the natural world.

, but rather «are we sure that the human effect on climate over the last 8,000 years has helped to prevent the occurrence of another glaciation?»

The loss of Arctic sea ice caused by climate warming is having world - wide effects on shipping, fishing, and human life.

Abstract: Models investigating the effects of climate change and human - led land - use change on biodiversity have arrived at alarming conclusions, with the worst case scenarios suggesting extinction rates at such a level as to constitute a sixth mass extinction event in the earth's history.

The signature effects of human - induced climate change — rising seas, increased damage from storm surge, more frequent bouts of extreme heat — all have specific, measurable impacts on our nation's current assets and ongoing economic activity.

Human influences on the climate (largely the accumulation of CO2 from fossil fuel combustion) are a physically small (1 %) effect on a complex, chaotic, multicomponent and multiscale system.

These results imply a greater potential than previously thought for fossil fuel industry efficiency improvements to mitigate the effects of human activity on the climate.

His research interests include studying the interactions between El Niño / Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the monsoons of Asia; identifying possible effects on global climate of changing human factors, such as carbon dioxide, as well as natural factors, such as solar variability; and quantifying possible future changes of weather and climate extremes in a warmer climate.

The effects of human activity have long been cited as a primary cause of global climate change, but new research from NASA has revealed that our use of technology also appears to be having an impact not just on the planet, but on Earth's near - space environment as well.

Now the new study says the drought had a catalytic effect on the unrest in Syria, and human - caused climate change has made the chances of such a severe drought between two and three times more likely.

We were well on our way toward a warmer and profoundly different North, essentially free of summer sea ice, with effects on climate and human systems potentially spanning the globe.

The positive energy imbalance in 2005 — 2010 confirms that the effect of solar variability on climate is much less than the effect of human - made greenhouse gases.

The bottom line, according to a group of experts not involved in any of these studies: Scientists don't know much about how sunlight interacts with our planet, and until they understand it, they can't accurately predict any possible effects of human activity on climate change.

To further highlight the blur between reality and fiction, they speak of the future in the present tense, delivering a science fiction documentary that sketches the idea of a world with no distinction between humans, animals, and things, while reflecting on the metaphorical effects of climate change.

Some artists analyze the effects of problems such as climate change and the rising sea level, while other projects put the emphasis on human relations.