Sentences with phrase «questioning human effects»

Not exact matches

An example of what Ottawa could do would be to assess and publicize the effect that any trade or investment agreement is likely to have on human rights in the country in question.

Sociological theology has focused on questions of justice, but as it has recognized that the effects of human beings on their environment are having seriously deleterious consequences for humanity, it has extended its concern to questions of the sustainability of human society.23 Yet in practice the difference of the amount of attention given to these two issues of justice and sustainability still leads to opposing judgements on important issues.

With some entailment of that danger always implicit in superlatives, one may raise the question whether any other single contribution from whatever source since human culture emerged from the stone ages has had the far - reaching effect upon history that Israel in this regard has exerted both through the mediums of Christianity and Islam and directly through the world of Jewish thinkers themselves.

So far our comments have been largely a contrast of stances toward human existence: a plea for a more truly dialectical, less dualistic understanding of the relation between form and energy, a plea for a similar openness toward the past, a question about the future to the effect that the incompleteness of the present ought not to frustrate Dr. Altizer into insisting that the total reversal promised by the glimpsed eschatological future be the only standard or norm of faith.

They'll answer your questions on a variety of topics, including whether the human lifespan will continue to increase, what impact antiaging research could have on global demographics, and what the latest research says about what you can do to combat the ill effects of growing older

Results of research on the voles, presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution in Montreal last month, raises questions about the full effect of radiation on animal populations and on humans.

This raises the tantalising prospect that the decline in canine semen quality has an environmental cause and begs the question whether a similar effect could also be observed in human male fertility.»

Nobody knows if adding the interleukin - 4 gene would have the same effect in a different pathogen, but «the question instantly became what would happen if somebody tried this with smallpox or other human viruses,» says Seamark.

«Studying these effects in model systems such as rats and flies allows us to address these questions by manipulating the likely mechanisms involved, which we can't do in humans.»

«However, while these encouraging results in mice mean that the zinc finger looks like a good candidate to take forward to human trials, we still need to do a lot of work first to answer important questions around the safety of the intervention, whether repeat treatments are effective, whether there might be longer - term side effects, and whether we can extend and increase the benefits beyond six months.

«I think this paper strengthens, substantially, the available body of literature that we have concerning the question of whether humans are having an effect on precipitation at the global scale,» Zwiers wrote in an email.

Meanwhile questions persist about the environmental and human health effects of bamboo product manufacturing.

«This raises the tantalizing prospect that the decline in canine semen quality has an environmental cause and begs the question whether a similar effect could also be observed in human male fertility.»

However, many open questions remain about the effect of dopamine on long - term memory in healthy humans and when these effects emerge.

The efficacy and necessity of these drugs has long been debated in the natural health world — mainly questioning whether the absolute benefit of the drug justifies the lifetime prescription or whether the approach of «blocking» cholesterol makes sense given that cholesterol is vital for so many other areas of human health — but for those that do decide to take Lipitor, Crestor or other statins, it's important to consider the drug's other effects on the body.

However, other studies of weight loss in humans have not demonstrated the effect of lowered resting metabolic rate, which leaves the question open.

Mills sensitively captures the isolating effect of grieving, the impulse to shun human contact in order to avoid questions like «How are you?»

Also students will research the effects of global warming and climate change and evaluate whether this is the biggest threat we face as humans Students will research destruction of natural resources — with an example of deforestation — and evaluate whether humans have the right to do what they want to the planet Students will then summarise our learning from this lesson and will answer some questions to demonstrate learning from this lesson

Details Below: A. NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS HEREIN DCI's: ESS3: Earth and Human Activity, ETS1: Engineering Design Cross Cutting Concepts: Cause and Effect, Scale Proportion and Quantity Scientific and Engineering Practices: Asking Questions and Defining Problems, Planning and Carrying Out Investigations, Designing solutions, Using Mathematical and Computational Thinking B. SUGGESTED USES Prior Knowledge: Students do not need to have any specific prior knowledge to complete this activity.

The teachers in Prince George's County, Maryland have been working throughout this year to coordinate their respective curricula for the year around the question: How do humans use and effect the Earth's natural resources?

Leslie Kirby and Timothy Hursley explore repurposing, with Kirby's collages questioning the effect on human consciousness of converting shipping containers into temporary and permanent low - cost housing, and Hursley looking at former brothels that have been turned into private residences.

Gorelick switches styles, as any artist might, to question the formal success of certain techniques: Is the effect of an abstract form in color and shape more genuine to the human?

These questions will be explored during Feminine Presence: Biology as Craft, a lecture, scientific demonstration, and zine - making workshop exploring the effects of hormones (estrogen and testosterone) on the human body.

Unfortunately for policymakers and the public, while the basic science pointing to a rising human influence on climate is clear, many of the most important questions will remain surrounded by deep complexity and uncertainty for a long time to come: the pace at which seas will rise, the extent of warming from a certain buildup of greenhouse gases (climate sensitivity), the impact on hurricanes, the particular effects in particular places (what global warming means for Addis Ababa or Atlanta).

Without the answer to these questions, how much carbon dioxide is put in the atmosphere by humans and what effect is it having, our actions will be random and have unknown effectiveness.

pg xiii This Policymakers Summary aims to bring out those elements of the main report which have the greatest relevance to policy formulation, in answering the following questions • What factors determine global climate 7 • What are the greenhouse gases, and how and why are they increasing 9 • Which gases are the most important 9 • How much do we expect the climate to change 9 • How much confidence do we have in our predictions 9 • Will the climate of the future be very different 9 • Have human activities already begun to change global climate 9 How much will sea level rise 9 • What will be the effects on ecosystems 9 • What should be done to reduce uncertainties, and how long will this take 9 This report is intended to respond to the practical needs of the policymaker.

Only in her last draft does she add: «Although medical opinion is divided on the question, much evidence exists to support the view that similar effects may occur in human tissues.»

There is no question, for course, that the human addition of carbon dioxide is a major climate forcing, both with respect to its warming influence but also its biogeochemical effect.

Get Involved in th e Geoengineering Debate A lingering but critical policy question for DOD is what its role should be in discussions concerning geoengineering, i.e. the intentional manipulation of the climate, which is often discussed as a means to counter the effects of the climate change generated by human activity.

In examining human - environment interactions as well as human health - environment questions, scientists often uncover scientifically sound reasons for significant concern but for practical or theoretical reasons can not prove cause and effect.

To me all the witnesses and senators are obviously persons of consequence but I don't think your excerpt shows that anyone should think he takes issue with this statement — «No one questions that surface temperatures have increased overall since 1880, or that humans are adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, or that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases have a warming effect on the planet.»

Other responses to this open - ended question included damage to plants, animals and the landscape (12 % of those asked) and effects on human health and local infrastructure (6 % of those asked).

For climate, there are probably simple approximations that could give useful answers to questions like «What is the probable effect of human CO2 emissions on future climate.»

Current air monitoring efforts in the region are more targeted toward measuring compliance with provincial regulations; however, significant questions remain regarding the emissions from point and non-point sources, the chemical transformation of these emissions in the atmosphere, their long - range transport and their effects on the ecosystem and human health.

No mainstream scientist would question that human activity has had an effect on the Earth's climate.

KR asks the correct question finally, as to what we would do if human CO2 production was the cause of significant global warming with significant adverse effects.

Climate skeptic scientists have long questioned whether the effects of relatively minor (compared to other CO2 sources and sinks) human - caused emissions of CO2 have more than a minor effect on global temperatures and some have even questioned whether the UN and USEPA have even gotten the causation backwards (i.e., because on balance global temperatures affect atmospheric CO2 levels).

Thus, I answered Adam's question by trying to walk through the history of climate science starting with Joseph Fourier in 1824 discovering the greenhouse effect, John Tyndall in 1859 discovering H2O and CO2 absorb infrared which confirmed Fourier's greenhouse effect and Svante Arrhenius proposing in 1896 that human CO2 emissions would prevent earth from entering next ice age.

On the vital question of how to approach climate change, the most influential economist is William Nordhaus whose explicit position is that we should decide to reduce greenhouse gas emissions only if cost - benefit analysis or an optimisation model concludes that the net benefits to humans are positive, where the relevant effects are essentially impacts on economic output (Nordhaus and Yang, 1996).

I also don't think anyone doubts that humans are having an effect - the question in people's minds is: «Is the effect serious enough to try to avoid?»

In «fact» the only evidence that emissions produced by human industry have any measurable effect on the «Temperature of the Earth» is that it is proclaimed loudly and often that it is an unchallenged and unchallengeable fact and every effort is made do demonize and / or ridicule and / or prosecute as a criminal anyone who dares to question, no matter how mildly, that it is in fact a «fact».

One question, how would a paper which accepted the basic chain of human emissions - > more CO ₂ in the atmosphere - > warming - > positive feedbacks (water vapour, etc) but then proposed that there were large negative feedbacks which cancel out most of the effect be counted?

And I think you hit the nail on the head with: «5) Once we scientifically - oriented Skeptics accept the reality of the Atmospheric «greenhouse effect» we are, IMHO, better positioned to question the much larger issues which are: a) HOW MUCH does CO2 contribute to that effect, b) HOW MUCH does human burning of fossil fuels and land use changes that reduce albedo affect warming, and, perhaps most important, c) Does the resultant enhanced CO2 level and higher mean temperature actually have a net benefit for humankind?»

If indeed this is the explanation, concerns about catastrophic increases in temperatures are groundless and the relevant question becomes whether Earth's de facto temperature control system overcomes the minor alleged theoretical temperature effects of CO2 increases, not whether human - caused CO2 emissions increase temperatures.

Given that the cosmic ray effect described by Svensmark would be more than sufficient to account for the net estimated temperature change since the Industrial Revolution, the key question becomes: Has human activity actually warmed, cooled or had no net impact on the planet?

As with all new, innovative technologies, nanotechnology has attracted its fair share of controversy, garnering both steadfast advocates who tout its merits in revolutionizing healthcare, surveillance and materials and firm detractors who question its potential effects on human health and the environment.

The father identified three questions as central to the appeal: (i) whether or not the wording in ACA 2002, s 24 (5) could be interpreted to include the application for leave to make an application; (ii) whether or not the wording in s 24 (5) should be interpreted in that way to give effect to the European Convention on Human Rights (the Convention) rights of the father to a fair hearing, and to family life; and (iii), if not, whether or not s 24 (5) was incompatible with the Convention.

Animals exposed to enriched environments high in stimulation have been shown to display increased hippocampal cell proliferation and neurogenesis compared with those reared in relative deprivation.7 Poverty represents a form of human deprivation that may parallel this animal model, raising the question of whether low levels of stimulation and relative psychosocial neglect associated with poverty have a similar negative effect on human brain development.