Sentences with phrase «on understanding climate»

If all these people would just focus their energies on understanding the climate, instead of finding crazy ingenious ways of reinventing centuries old logical fallacies, we might make a bit more progress in «climate science», a field which seems more deserving of inverted commas with everything one reads.

I think the focus should be on understanding climate — and unfortunately you can't do that without a theory that predicts substantial warming due to anthropogenic CO2.

In Mysore and Bhubaneswar, a training programme on understanding climate change has been conducted.

It would be nice to have some sense that the money being spent on understanding climate is politically blind.

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The benefit of a small company in an office climate is you can sort of eavesdrop on conversations to see if there's any conflicts and understand the culture that you're in.

He said that if he had to rely on the European Space Agency's limited, difficult - to - access data for his work checking climate model predictions against reality, he'd be «more or less blind» — particularly in the vast, uninhabited stretches of the globe like the Pacific, which are vital for understanding the world climate.

This session will focus on understanding potential perils — from food crises to pandemics and from climate catastrophes to human migration — that aren't top - of - mind in most boardrooms, but could enable CEOs to better navigate changing economic conditions and markets.

Investor Network on Climate Risk is a $ 5 trillion network of investors that promotes better understanding of the financial risks and opportunities posed by climate Climate Risk is a $ 5 trillion network of investors that promotes better understanding of the financial risks and opportunities posed by climate climate change.

What made him shift his focus to climate issues was the state of global climate: «I think it's really important for us to understand how serious the stakes are now given we've made no progress on this for the last 20 years.

He's the Managing Director and Head of ISS - Ethix Climate Solutions — a unit of Institutional Shareholder Services that enables investors to understand, measure and act upon the implications of climate change on invesClimate Solutions — a unit of Institutional Shareholder Services that enables investors to understand, measure and act upon the implications of climate change on invesclimate change on investments.

APF Canada is dedicated to strengthening ties between Canada and Asia with a focus on expanding economic relations through trade, investment and innovation; promoting Canada's expertise in offering solutions to Asia's climate change, energy, food security and natural resource management challenges; building Asia skills and competencies among Canadians, including young Canadians; and, improving Canadians» general understanding of Asia and its growing global influence.

There are many honest, hardworking climate scientists who are trying to understand the effects of CO2 on climate, but their work has fallen under suspicion because of the hockey - stick scandal and many other exaggerations about the dangers of increasing CO2.

My own inclination is to think that the attention given to certain new developments, and their effect on the general theological scene, are largely explicable in terms of the social climate, but that the ideas themselves can only be understood by study of their separate histories.

Scientific study of the Ice Age Floods is contributing to the understanding of cyclical climate change and of very large and destructive contemporary floods on Earth.

Yet, if I understand your views regarding the modern state of Israel and its current conflict with its neighbors correctly, I do have some real concerns — particularly in light of the current political climate (the U.N. vote on Palestinian statehood) as well as a growing trend among certain Christian polemicists against Israel (see Gary Burge and Stephen Sizer).

If, however, the Catholic now sees that despite, and in addition to, his ethics based on essential natures, he must develop an individual ethics of concrete moral decision which goes beyond mere casuistry, and if the Protestant ethical theorist perhaps realizes that in the new and dangerous situation he must perhaps be less carefree in simply leaving the Christian to his «conscience», then perhaps the new situation will bring about a new climate in which, even theoretically, people will be compelled more readily to think towards one another rather than away from one another, and in which people will understand one another more easily and even gradually unite.

Given the secular climate of our age, the aspirations of this little book seem like the highest and steepest mountain to climb, yet for a young person setting out on life and seeking to understand more fully their own vocation, this is definitely a book to be read, to be treasured and to be used as a reference.

The government has created an online Global Calculator to help people understand how their lifestyles and energy use impact on the climate — and which underlines the importance of eating less meat.

Farmers using climate - smart practices understand that trees do a lot on farms: they can act as windbreaks, reducing soil erosion; they can enrich soil; they can filter water, resulting in higher water quality; they provide shade for workers and shade - loving plants; they create habitat for wildlife and wildlife corridors; they suck up and store greenhouse gasses — the list goes on.

«At a local level we are providing farmers with support to understand their emissions and how to identify efficiency opportunities, as we work towards a target of climate neutral growth to 2030 for on farm emissions from a 2015 baseline.»

Although it will be incredibly difficult to ever match his contributions on the pitch, it's vitally important for a former club legend, like Henry, to publicly address his concerns regarding the direction of this club... regardless of those who still feel that Henry has some sort of agenda due to the backlash he received following earlier comments he made on air regarding Arsenal, he has an intimate understanding of the game, he knows the fans are being hosed and he feels some sense of obligation, both professionally and personally, to tell it like he sees it... much like I've continually expressed over the last couple months, this team isn't evolving under this current ownership / management team... instead we are currently experiencing a «stagnant» phase in our club's storied history... a fact that can't be hidden by simply changing the formation or bringing in one or two individuals... this team needs fundamental change in the way it conducts business both on and off the pitch or it will continue to slowly devolve into a second tier club... regardless of the euphoria surrounding our escape act on Friday evening, as it stands, this club is more likely to be fighting for a Europa League spot for the foreseeable future than a top 4 finish... we can't hope for the failures of others to secure our place in the top 4, we need to be the manufacturers of our own success by doing whatever is necessary to evolve as an organization... if Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke can't take the necessary steps following the debacle they manufactured last season, their removal is imperative for our future success... unfortunately, I strongly believe that either they don't know how to proceed in the present economic climate or they are unwilling to do whatever it takes to turn this ship around... just look at the current state of our squad, none of our world class players are under contract beyond this season, we have a ridiculous wage bill considering the results, we can't sell our deadwood because we've mismanaged our personnel decisions and contractual obligations, we haven't properly cultivated our younger talent and we might have become one of the worst clubs ever when it comes to way we handle our transfer business, which under Dein was one of our greatest assets... it's time to get things right!!!

But do you emotionally slag the club, do you understand the financial climate we've operated in and understand the limitations that has placed on us, do you slate other fans cos there more positive, do you irrationally blame Wenger for all the clubs problems?

The same University of Michigan study found that relying too much on «local weather observations» can be an impediment to understanding the worldwide reality of climate change.

«I am worried there is a tendency on the Conservative right wing, a significant part of its parliamentary party, that does not appreciate the importance of being at the table in Brussels when it comes to negotiating the rules for the single market — and does not understand the strength the EU gives us globally in tackling problems like climate change,» the energy and climate change secretary said.

I don't understand why California would sign an agreement with China specifically on the matter, when they have already joined the US Climate Alliance?

Shadow environment secretary Peter Ainsworth said the leaked briefing «blows a massive hold in the government's previous rhetoric on climate change» and shows the prime minister «neither understands nor cares about the need to tackle climate change».

The findings, published on Jan. 26 in Nature Communications, are important because the detailed look into Earth's past climate and the factors that influenced it could help scientists understand how these same factors may influence our climate today and in the future.

There, he worked on the Montana Climate Assessment, a stakeholder - driven initiative to understand and explain climate change impacts at the stateClimate Assessment, a stakeholder - driven initiative to understand and explain climate change impacts at the stateclimate change impacts at the state level.

This helps students understand the climatic differences of moist air traveling over a mountain range and creating lush vegetation on one side and a drier climate on the leeward side.

«Identifying which of these candidate genes actually causes variation in responses to cold snaps will give us the potential to understand whether evolution to climate change can occur in both wild and domesticated animals, allowing us to better predict which species or breeds will be «winners» and «losers» and to better mitigate the effects of anthropogenic climate change on a wide range of organisms from beneficial pollinators to invasive pests,» said Theodore Morgan an associate professor of evolutionary genetics in the Division of Biology at Kansas State University and senior author of the study.

In addition, climate impacts on frogs, toads and salamanders are well - understood.

Hill leads an NSF - supported program for future K - 12 science teachers to help infuse their classrooms with climate change science, and an industry - academic partnership to understand the consequences of ocean acidification on shellfish farmers.

The information those satellites collect is also key to understanding climate change — an unpopular topic on Capitol Hill — but the agency has downplayed that aspect as it presses lawmakers for more cash.

This is because the models are based on equations representing the best understanding of the physical processes that govern climate, and in 2001 they were not fine - tuned to reproduce the most recent data.

The Blue Brain Project Scientists rely on computer models to understand the toughest concepts in science: the origin of the universe, the behavior of atoms, and the future climate of the planet.

Its influence on infectious disease is considered by Altizer and colleagues, who use examples from a wide range of host - pathogen systems to assess whether we are close to a predictive understanding of climate - disease interactions and their potential future shifts.

The physical science assessment focuses on four topics: drivers of climate change, changes observed in the climate system, understanding cause - and - effect relationships, and projection of future changes.

This special section of Science focuses on the current state of knowledge about the effects of climate change on natural systems, with particular emphasis on how knowledge of the past is helping us to understand potential biological impacts and improve predictive power.

Dr Paschalis added: «Understanding the responses of plants to elevated concentrations of CO2 is of major importance with potential implications on the global economy and water and food security under a changing climate.»

The timing of such uplift is important in helping scientists to understand how mountains form, how they erode and what impact this may have on global atmospheric circulation patterns and climate.

«For example, there's no political polarization on climate change with greater understanding of the greenhouse mechanism that drives global warming,» he wrote in an email.

«A trained scientist understands the broader context, but many segments of the general public may not,» said Seth Darling, a nanoscientist at Argonne National Laboratory who has written a book on communicating climate science to the general public.

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It's important to understand how agricultural activity can have «surprisingly strong» impacts on climate change, he says.

«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.

As society comes to terms with the scientific consensus on climate change, climate scientists are being called on to go beyond a mere understanding of the phenomenon, says climatologist Gregg Garfin, deputy director for science translation and outreach at the Institute of the Environment at the University of Arizona, Tucson.

«I think it is very significant for our understanding of effects of deforestation on the climate of Amazonia.»

«It is widely understood that aerosols have a net cooling effect on climate, counteracting the warming caused by greenhouse gases.

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.