Sentences with phrase «questions whether climate change»

This pamphlet, circulated to both U.S. and international policy - makers questions whether climate change is man - made and if so, the extent of contribution of fossil fuels to the problem.

But ecologist Thomas Quinn of the University of Washington (UW), Seattle, questions whether climate change is threatening salmon as much as some experts think and therefore says corrective measures might not be necessary.

The ranking member of the NYS Senate Environmental Conservation Committee, Manhattan Democrat Brad Hoylman, convened the panel after two top Republican senators said recently that this winter's cold temperatures and snow prompted them to question whether climate change is occurring.

In this moment when the incoming president of the United States has questioned whether climate change is real, documentaries about the environment are a hard sell at movie theaters.

Under the same grant the contrarian scientist also published two papers questioning whether climate change was dangerous for polar bears and whether the Arctic was warming, without disclosing the fossil fuel companies that funded his work.

The paper questioned whether climate change was dangerous for polar bears and whether the region was warming at all, even as NASA reported that the 2007 minimum sea ice levels were at an all - time low, falling to nearly 40 percent below the 1979 - 2000 average.

Not exact matches

Young said climate change was a fact, but she still has «questions» as to whether it is «human induced.»

As you can see, the answer to the question about whether or not climate change is man - made has a direct impact on which policies should be enacted to solve this problem.

The question of whether or not humans cause climate change matters because for many people an answer of «no» will remove the need to act, and even if the answer is «yes» it helps determine who should pay.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office on Thursday continued to question the legitimacy of a review by House Republicans into an investigation over whether ExxonMobile understated the impact of climate change.

Research scientists question whether the order will reduce international collaborations and remain troubled by confusion surrounding communications restrictions placed on employees of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Agriculture, two agencies that have played vital roles in the collection of scientific data on climate change.

«We looked into the question of whether — and if so, to what extent — the public's attitude to climate policy and the risks of climate change can be influenced,» explains Thomas Bernauer, professor of political science at ETH Zurich.

In his speech, Kerry noted that the president «has repeatedly questioned the underlying science of climate change and attempted to reignite the debate over whether the threat is real.»

Some question whether the engineers who planned the railway made the proper calculations to account for long - term climate change.

Whether that is due to climate change is an interesting question,» Tim Lovett, director of public affairs at the British Beekeepers» Association, said last month at the annual Hampton Court Flower Show about 10 miles southeast of central London.

The recent slowdown in global warming has brought into question the reliability of climate model projections of future temperature change and has led to a vigorous debate over whether this slowdown is the result of naturally occurring, internal variability or forcing external to Earth's climate system.

The questions of whether Venus is geologically active and how the planet has resurfaced over the past billion years have major implications for interior dynamics and climate change.

The crucial question now is whether the temperature changes in the Pacific reflect a natural variability in the climate that might reset itself in a few years or whether the shift to weaker long rains is a permanent result of human - induced climate change.

An emphatic 2008 report by economist Ross Garnaut, a former global warming agnostic who became, in his own words, «a late - life convert» to the green cause, did much to dispel any lingering questions among most Australians about whether the threat of climate change was real.

Aside from waffling a bit on questions about the wisdom of nuclear - weapons testing and whether climate change represents a global crisis, Perry generally said the right things, says Michael Lubell, a physicist at the City College of New York.

There is the question of whether the primary purpose of a target is to motivate mitigation efforts or to minimize harm (whether from climate change, incurred mitigation costs, or geoengineered disasters).

Climate skeptics pounced on this change as proof that earlier estimates had been overblown, while some climate bloggers questioned whether the IPCC had lowballed its estimates to avoid confrontation with skClimate skeptics pounced on this change as proof that earlier estimates had been overblown, while some climate bloggers questioned whether the IPCC had lowballed its estimates to avoid confrontation with skclimate bloggers questioned whether the IPCC had lowballed its estimates to avoid confrontation with skeptics.

Responses to climate - linked factual questions, such as whether Arctic sea ice area has declined compared with 30 years ago, were politicized as if we were asking for climate - change opinions.

Political divisions are less apparent with factual questions that do not infer climate change, such as whether the melting of Greenland and Antarctic land ice, or of Arctic sea ice, could potentially do the most to raise sea levels.

Playing the climate blame game The question of whether climate change is responsible for extreme weather events like the heatwave that set Russia alight in 2010 is one of the hottest topics in climate science.

The question remains as to whether this is due to changing climate, soil quality, modified crop management, or a combination of these factors.

President Trump's nominee to lead the premier science office at the Interior Department sidestepped a question yesterday about whether climate change is a core mission of the U.S. Geological Survey.

So as President Obama heads for Copenhagen, the question is whether his trip signals a willingness to make climate change a high - enough priority to cut through the legislative thicket and drive a bill home.

«There are real questions about whether we are beginning to see a shift in vegetation types driven by fire activity fueled by fire suppression and climate change.»

In recent years, a brand of research called «climate attribution science» has sprouted from this question, examining the impact of extreme events to determine how much — often in fractional terms — is related to human - induced climate change, and how much to natural variability (whether in climate patterns such as the El Niño / La Niña - Southern Oscillation, sea - surface temperatures, changes in incoming solar radiation, or a host of other possible factors).

Scientists want to use NEPTUNE Canada to study how different systems interact, answering questions such as whether earthquakes trigger methane release, and how climate change is affecting the ocean.

«Every time some unexpected change in any climate parameter happens (e.g., sea level going down), the question will be raised on whether this will be a continuing trend.

So here comes the crux of the thing — a question not of whether climate change is real, but whether you can ascribe blame for it.

The real question we are faced with is not whether humans are changing climate.

The judge in the case did not, in his specific questions to the parties, ask if there was a consensus on the science, or whether climate change would present catastrophic risks.

«The question is whether people are going to be basing their real estate decisions on climate change futures,» said Hugh Gladwin, professor of anthropology at Florida International University, who says his research suggests higher - standing areas of Miami are becoming increasingly gentrified as a result of sea level rise.

The unprecedented amount of rainfall accompanying Hurricane Harvey immediately raised the question whether and to what extent climate change is to blame.

So perhaps the single most important question for attributing Harvey to climate change is whether such stationary hurricanes will become more commonplace in the future.

«There's always been a question about whether climate change had any influence on when our species left Africa,» said Jessica Tierney, UA associate professor of geosciences.

The danger of uncontrollable and irreversible consequences necessarily raises the question of whether it is feasible to extract CO2 from the atmosphere on a large enough scale to affect climate change.

Other research is looking into questions about how seamount populations change in response to climate - induced shifts in ocean circulation and whether habitats disturbed by human activity can recover.

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

I have a question for you — as you know, «climate change» is happening... whether human caused or not, it certainly feels like we are seeing more extreme weathers of late.

RE # 77 & «The answer to the oft - asked question of whether an event is caused by climate change is that it is the wrong question.

«The answer to the oft - asked question of whether an event is caused by climate change is that it is the wrong question.

The question, then, is whether it is realistic to think that this well - documented change can affect planetary climate.

I don't think anyone denies that the sun matters for climate, but the question is whether the variability of the sun in recent history has had the impact that we project from greenhouse gases over the next 100 — and there, I think, a majority of your «AGW» ers» would think the evidence suggests that changes in human forcing will likely be several times (at least) larger than any solar variability we've seen in a thousand years or more.

How is your question relevant to the issue of whether humans are causing climate change IN ADDITION to the natural changes?

whether I believe in a serious risk posed by AGW or not (I'm not convinced of the worst - case outcomes), the biggest question in my mind is whether we can afford to launch a crash - program against climate change.

Here's my uneducated question — while I respect Gavin's comments about not abusing the science, it seems to me that many measurable indicators of climate change are (to the extent I can tell) occurring / progressing / worsening faster than predicted by most models, whether we're talking about atmospheric CO2 levels, arctic ice melting, glacial retreat, etc..