Sentences with phrase «of science pointing»

The «Impacts and Adaptation» chapter prompted press coverage, including a prominent story in the New York Times, on how the chapter suggested a new acknowledgement by the Administration of the science pointing to the reality of human - induced climate change and a range of likely adverse societal and environmental consequences.

In recent weeks I'd been in touch with two scientists involved with a parallel effort *, John Abraham of St. Thomas University, and Scott Mandia of Suffolk County Community College *, as they pondered various responses to the rightward shift in politics and the intensifying challenges to the vast body of science pointing to a human - heated planet.

The PBS Frontline documentary, written and directed by Martin Smith, explores the world to explain why there has been such a persistent gap between the growing body of science pointing to an increasingly human - warmed world and action by policymakers, politicians and the public to limit risks.

Here's the news: A committee of experts recommended by the Royal Society has completed the second of three inquiries into the affair, which foes of restrictions on greenhouse gases tried vigorously to use to undermine public confidence in decades of science pointing to a human - heated climate.

The Facebook page of Aldo Rebelo, Brazil's former minister of sports, who was appointed minister of science, technology and innovation despite his rejection of the science pointing to human - caused climate change.

Many of those promoting stasis in the face of a clear need for a global energy quest have used this saga as a kind of «blackwash» that will long linger like a cloud, tainting public appreciation of even the undisputed basics of science pointing to a rising human influence on climate.

There've been two periods that could be construed as climate shocks along the 100 - year trajectory of science pointing to human - caused heating of the Earth.

The point is that for far too long climate campaigners have had a tendency to speak of the science pointing to rising risks from building emissions of greenhouse gases and their favored solutions in a single breath.

Eric Berger of the Houston Chronicle has weighed in with an excellent post on the letter, noting that none of the complainants are climate scientists; that NASA's position as an agency reflects the brunt of science pointing to a human - heated planet; and that the personal stances of high - profile NASA scientists, Hansen, for instance, are indeed likely to damage the agency's credibility in the eyes of a public divided on global warming.

Schendler's summation of the science pointing to dangerous human - driven climate change is pretty overheated.

Bill McKibben writes on body of science pointing to a very low «safe» long - term threshold for carbon dioxide concentrations — 350 parts per million — which was hit and passed in 1988, around the time McKibben and I began writing on global warming.

For months, the stasist blogosphere has been aflame with «Gates of various kinds — attempts to spin one or two errors or overstatements on particular issues, along with various comments in the East Anglia e-mail messages, into the unraveling of the many lines of science pointing to a rising, and risky, human influence on the climate system.

The work adds to a growing body of science pointing to large changes, with some types of marine organisms and ecosystems seemingly able to adjust and even thrive, while others ail.

We discussed the body of science pointing to troubles ahead from rising carbon dioxide levels during a break after Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's speech on the «tragic lag between what we know and what we do.»

«Living with the greenhouse effect» was the subtitle of my October, 1988, cover story for Discover Magazine — my first lengthy exploration of the science pointing to a growing human influence on climate.

I've written in the past about other issues related to setting a numerical limit for climate dangers given both the enduring uncertainty around the most important climate change questions and the big body of science pointing to a gradient of risks rising with temperature.

Dr. Depledge described signs of a shift in the oil kingdom's stance, including its endorsement of science pointing to big impacts from a building human influence on climate and commitment of money to pursue technologies for capturing carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels and other new energy options.

A group of Australian scientists has begun a new online effort to communicate the body of science pointing to a rising human influence on the climate system.

In turn, the authentic application of science points us back to the truth of God.

We say that the whole of science points to God, not because of what we can't explain but because of what we can.

On the one hand, warnings from the scientific community are becoming louder, as an increasing body of science points to rising dangers from the ongoing buildup of greenhouse gases — mainly those produced by the burning of fossil fuels and forests.

On the one hand, warnings from the scientific community are becoming louder, as an increasing body of science points to rising dangers from the ongoing buildup of human - related greenhouse gases — produced mainly by the burning of fossil fuels and forests.

Not exact matches

One of my overall points in writing this column is that building a business is not rocket science; it's about having an idea and seeing it through with integrity.

Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, pointed out that personal medical data goes for five times the amount that financial or other data does on the dark web.

The mental boost was «equivalent to a ten - point increase in IQ,» according to the Association for Psychological Science write - up of the study.

As the British Psychological Science Research Digest blog points out, this isn't the first study to link tea drinking with improved mental performance, but it is the first to suggest that a cup of Earl Grey or chamomile might enhance creativity specifically.

Yes, he'd understood the science of DNA testing was incomplete, and that there was vigorous debate over the efficacy (and even potential downside) of population screening, and that it still wasn't clear if the process had reached the point where two different testing companies would even arrive at the same results.

And while Bill Vogt or Denise Noel or Dan Weinfurter could offer testimonials about the new science of hiring, the point is not that this system has worked in a handful of cases.

When I was a senior in college I attended an inspiring conference at West Point called the Student Conference on U.S. Affairs, which paired political science majors with cadets in the hopes of building future civilian - military relationships.

Although Tyson, who was Yancopoulos» friend and classmate at the Bronx High School of Science, was quick to point out that he was not a winner or semifinalist in the competition (in fact he didn't even enter), knowing other students who were was a point of pride for him.

Even science - and you know it better than I do - points to an understanding of reality as a place where every element connects and interacts with everything else,» the pope said.

Now the basic science part of it, I actually have two points of view.

He rationalized his decision by pointing out that science has surprisingly little to say on the question of why humans need sleep.

In late 2001, Filippelli, by then a West Point grad with experience in computer science, had been gearing up for the United States» post-9 / 11 invasion of Afghanistan.

But with broad and efficiently concentrated giving, you reach (if you'll forgive another social science buzzphrase) a tipping point at which your reputation as a giver and your accumulation of grateful pals grows to the point that positive effects ensue.

Plus, as UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center recently pointed out, a growing number of studies also show that in specific situations, too much good cheer is actually counterproductive (beyond the obvious like going through the grieving process).

Activist hedge fund Third Point, which owns about 6 % of Yahoo's stock, pointed out that Thompson did not have a computer science degree, as many had thought, but a mere accounting degree.

Watching the New England Patriots — trailing 21 - zip in the second quarter, down 25 points in the third, 19 points in the hole with less than 600 seconds to go in regulation — rally to win the Super Bowl in overtime, I couldn't help but wonder if there was some mysterious science behind «the miraculous comeback»: something measurable, or at least point - to - able, that captures the transformation of human spirit that drives an individual — or, more inexplicably, a team of separate beings — to see «victory» when «loss» is flashing all around them.

Bloomberg's 100 - point scale rated each state in six equally - weighted categories: research and development intensity; productivity; high - tech density; concentration of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) employment; science and engineering degree holders; and patent activity.

A lot of science and fellow meditation experts back him up, pointing out several needless hurdles to getting started.

Four years after Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation was enacted, the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Economic Development has pledged to change it, in response to a parliamentary committee, which pointed to glaring flaws that were creating confusion for those trying to comply with the law.

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In a CNBC interview last Thursday, Pruitt rejected established science pointing to carbon dioxide as the main driver of recent global warming.

Regarding Schumer's point on enrollments, the number of computer science graduates bottomed out in the 2006 - 07 academic year, with only 8,021 students receiving bachelor's degrees in computer science at the 170 Ph.D. - granting institutions tracked by the Computer Research Association.

You miss the point of Science.

The point isn't to argue the merits of your unprovable diety, but whether our children should be confused into thinking creationism is science.

science has mountains of evidence and mountains of proof pointing to the way things began and the way things work.

According to Science Daily, Dr. Nagy, senior investigator at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, there is a «new method of generating stem cells that does not require embryos as starting points and could be used to generate cells from many adult tissues such as a patient's own skin cells.»

I totally get the point of science.

Does anyone else see the humor in the creationists debating their point of view over the Internet (invented by science), filmed on cameras (based on science) in a hall lit by electricity (harnessed by science).