Sentences with phrase «outspoken scientists»

During the hot summer of 1988, a few outspoken scientists, convinced by new evidence that rapid climate change might be imminent, made the public fully aware of the problem.

Thus Gödel's Theorems of Incompleteness continue to haunt reductionists, and Davies is one of the outspoken scientists who would remind his colleagues that they must at some point come to terms with mystery.

That has led at least one outspoken scientist to question whether traditional attribution downplays the impact people have on the climate.

Whether he's taking on climate skeptics or vouching for a cap - and - dividend system, Hansen is as outspoken a scientist as they come.

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Here's an announcement sure to get some scientists talking: An outspoken creationist is offering thousands of dollars to anyone who can scientifically disprove the Biblical creation story.

Yellowlees is an outspoken role model for female scientists, encouraging them to do whatever works, whether it is working from home when necessary, seeking flexible hours, or working part time.

He is a Renaissance thinker whose ideas crisscross scientific disciplines and an outspoken critic who is fond of reminding scientists that they really understand very little.

As he indicates in an interview with Next Wave, Francis Collins, director of the NHGRI, is outspoken on the need for scientists to address the ethical implications of their research, and he speaks to the importance of the ELSI program.

The other, also an attempt to balance perspectives, finds an outspoken animal rights activist (Greta Gerwig with HUGE hair) stumbling upon a potential conspiracy involving the corrupt mayor and a group of scientists featuring Yoko Ono.

James E. Hansen, the NASA climate scientist who has become an outspoken campaigner against coal burning, was among 31 protesters arrested on charges of obstructing officers and impeding traffic during a protest against mountaintop mining.

Dyson has openly attacked outspoken NASA scientist James Hansen as well as Al Gore, whom he was quoted calling a «propagandist» and «opportunist» in a widely read New York Times Magazine cover story published in March 2009.

In consequence, it is important to be aware of the factors that may cause scientists to take positions that they would be less likely to take in the absence of outspoken public opposition.

I would use my real name, but I have seen what happens to those scientists who are outspoken on AGW — they, like Santer, tend to have eviscerated rats left on their porches, or receive death threats, or become victims of with hunts by the likes of the Virginia AG and Inhofe.

As of late, the North American climate action movement and outspoken climate scientists such as Michael Mann have focused on counteracting the massive propaganda and obfuscation campaign that has delayed climate action.

David Schnare heads the Environmental Law Center at the ATI, which since its inception in 2009 has sued the employers and former employers of a number of climate scientists, including Mann and James Hansen, the outspoken head of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.

President Nicolas Sarkozy's desire to appoint an outspoken climate - change sceptic to a new French super-ministry of industry and innovation has drawn strong protests from party colleagues and environmentalists... Putting him in charge of scientific research would be tantamount to «giving the finger to scientists», said Nicolas Hulot, France's best - known environmental activist.

James Hansen, perhaps the world's most prominent and outspoken climate scientist, had told reporters in recent years that his retirement was coming.

But it gets worse — she's unimpressed by Ken Caldeira, among the most outspoken of the major climate scientists.

And, like most outspoken government scientists who have served under the Bush administration, Hansen was effectively muzzled for his efforts to spread the word about the risks of unmitigated climate change — subject to constant review and censorship.

He began to see questionable motivations in Emanuel's transformation into a scientist outspoken about the possible dangers from global warming.

This photo of the world's best known and most outspoken climate scientist, James Hansen of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, handcuffed and hauled off to jail yesterday may not achieve the iconic stature of the Blue Marble photo, but as a symbol of our times, it's pretty potent.

Who knows, but with enough iron, like Popeye and his spinach, Pico might turn into SuperPlankton: Defender of Outspoken Climate Scientists?

The 74 - year - old historian and political scientist has long been outspoken about his thoughts on the South African economy.