Sentences with phrase «possible role of climate change»

While the initial focus of Weather@home ANZ is on extreme events that occurred in 2013, simulations will also be performed for other years, allowing scientists to assess better the possible role of climate change in such events as the Black Saturday bushfires in Australia in 2009, the record rainfall event in Golden Bay, New Zealand in 2011 and the record rainfall events in eastern Australia in 2010 and 2011.

You may have read some of the exchange between Roger Pielke, Jr., and John Holdren regarding the issue of the California drought, and the possible role of climate change.

Fine distinctions as to whether the temperature was 42, 44 or 45 degrees C. on those days is as irrelevant as the possible role of climate change in making such conditions more frequent.

Overall, the chances of seeing a rainfall event as intense as Harvey have roughly tripled - somewhere between 1.5 and five times more likely - since the 1900s and the intensity of such an event has increased between 8 percent and 19 percent, according to the new study by researchers with World Weather Attribution, an international coalition of scientists that objectively and quantitatively assesses the possible role of climate change in individual extreme weather events.

Possible role of climate changes in variations in pollen seasons and allergic sensitizations during 27 years

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«A full reading of Bernstein's email reveals an important point ---- his assertion that, in the 1980s, we never denied the possible role of human activity as a cause for climate change, and he further makes clear that, at that point in time, there was a great deal of uncertainty and lack of understanding of climate change, even among leading scientists and experts,» said Keil, adding that today, Exxon «believes the risk of climate change is clear, and warrants action.»

In this program, students define climate, discover carbon's role in climate change by becoming a carbon molecule, explore the possible outcomes of climate change, and brainstorm ways to positively impact their environment.

The PCCO is a state - of - the - art venue for contextualising the role of polar science in issues of major social importance, through innovative installations that possible responses to climate change.

Quantitative integrated assessment of climate change risks is not always possible, but it can play a key role in informing decisions both about local adaptation and about large - scale mitigation policy.

I said that, as a journalist, my role is, where possible, to get beyond labels and convey the context driving a person's views of climate change, whatever their stance:

«Possible Role of Wetlands, Permafrost, and Methane Hydrates in the Methane Cycle under Future Climate Change: A Review.»

Although the situation suggests overt dishonesty, it is entirely possible, in today's scientific environment, that many scientists feel that it is the role of science to vindicate the greenhouse paradigm for climate change as well as the credibility of models.

There are several possible reasons for meteorologists» lack of acceptance of humans» role in climate change:

There is still legitimate debate on how to best interpret d18O records in the tropics, how to best interrogate the cloud feedback problem given our limitations, the role of mesoscale convective systems in climate, the most realistic response of the African Monsoon to climate change, the evolution of the forcing pattern at the PETM, or the possible climates that can exist on extrasolar planets, etc..

Part 2 examines in detail the possible future role of the finance sector in dealing with climate change.

«Exxon's goal of putting off as long as possible any investigation into the critically important question of whether Exxon broke the law and deceived consumers and investors about the role of its products in causing climate change.»