Sentences with phrase «range of natural causes»

They also show that recent, long term changes are inconsistent with a range of natural causes.

Not exact matches

A stressful situation, like an important presentation or meeting, causes many to push their voices outside of their natural vocal range, which makes it sounds thin and weak.

«Africa is the last place on Earth with a wide range of large mammals, yet today there are more African plants, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and large mammals threatened than ever before by a range of both human - induced and natural causes.»

It also limits our natural movement patterns and causes our muscles and range of motion to atrophy over time.

A wide range of substances, both natural and manmade, are thought to cause endocrine disruption, including pharmaceuticals, dioxin and dioxin - like compounds, polychlorinated biphenyls, DDT and other pesticides, and plasticizers such as bisphenol A. Endocrine disruptors may be found in many everyday products — including plastic bottles, metal food cans, detergents, flame retardants, food, toys, cosmetics, and pesticides.»

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To make sure that your puppy gets the right balance of nutrients for him include a wide range of fresh, natural, human - grade ingredients and a variety of meals, and never feed old, moldy or sub-par food as it can cause illness.

First the question: What causes gas in dogs?Unfortunately, there is not one simple answer as the reason can range from bad food to parasites to illness.To get to the, uh, bottom, of what's causing gas in your particular furry friend, you first need to look at the whole animal.Is the dog healthy and in good condition other than having gas?If your dog is not in good health, then a trip to your favorite veterinarian (preferably one who practices alternative medicine) is in order.If your dog is in good health, other than occasionally clearing the room, then it may be time to try a few simple natural remedies.

Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for — and in many cases is already affecting — a broad range of human and natural systems.

Past mass extinctions caused by runaway GW (then, obviously, triggered by a convergence of natural events), resulting in few left to breath out CO2 (among other constraints), leading to stabilization and retreat back to a climate more hospitable to a wide range of biota.

[4] While a range of positions is possible, it seems particularly strange that ExxonMobil takes the position that it does in that future global warming will be caused most by emissions from use of coal rather than by emissions from use of petroleum or natural gas.

The warming of approximately 0.1 — 0.2 °C per decade that has resulted is very likely the primary cause of the increasing loss of snow cover and Arctic sea ice, of more frequent occurrence of very heavy precipitation, of rising sea level, and of shifts in the natural ranges of plants and animals.

In a wide - ranging interview with the Miami Herald, Pawlenty said that «the weight of the evidence is that most of it, maybe all of it, is because of natural causes.

Hypothesis 2a: Although the natural causes of climate variations and changes are undoubtedly important, the human influ - ences are significant and involve a diverse range of first - order climate forcings, includ - ing, but not limited to, the human input of carbon dioxide (CO2).

(IPCC, 2007) «Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for — and in many cases is already affecting — a broad range of human and natural systems.»

% of the warming is human caused (Judith picks 90 % as the upper bound): so, that means a 1 - 10 % chance that the anthropogenic fraction is not in that range: does that mean 1 - 10 % chance that the warming is either 0 - 50 % or 91 - 100 % (or more — after all, if natural variability would have been cooling, then anthropogenic causes could be more than 100 %)?

Climate change is occurring, is very likely caused primarily by the emission of greenhouse gases from human activities, and poses significant risks for a range of human and natural systems.

You have not cited a third possibility (out of the infinite range of possibilities), no climate change associated with CO2 (due to, for example, cloud cover providing negative feedback), with current increase due to natural variability; or how about possibility four, that increase in CO2 concentrations are caused by the temperature rise, which is in turn caused by (for example) increased solar activity resulting in increased biomass activity etc. etc..

A new study shows that human - caused climate change has impacted a wide range of natural systems, from Arctic permafrost thawing to African lakes declining in productivity.

Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for — and in many cases is already affecting — a broad range of human and natural systems,» the report concludes.

Yes, it is possible that natural variability could cause actual temperatures to fall outside the range of model predictions without invalidating the models, but I'm not yet ready to accept model outputs under these conditions.

If we are not three standard deviations from the norm, we are still within the range of natural variation and there is no reason to look for any cause.

What the paleoclimate information does indicate is that the warmth of the past 50 years is not outside the range of natural variability and is no cause for alarm.

Some of the dead zone phenomenon itself is within the range of natural variability; sometimes rivers do flood with natural nutrients and cause some natural die back.

Unless the range and causes of natural variation, as seen in the natural temperature quasi-periodicities, are known within reasonably narrow limits it is simply not possible to even begin to estimate the effect of anthropogenic CO2 on climate.

«There has been a little bit of warming... but it's been very modest and well within the range for natural variability, and whether it's caused by human beings or not, it's nothing to worry about.»

Further, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) defines land degradation as a reduction or loss in arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-humid areas of the biological or economic productivity and complexity of rain - fed cropland, irrigated cropland, or range, pasture, forest and woodlands resulting from land uses or from a process or combination of processes, including those arising from human activities and habitation patterns, such as: (i) soil erosion caused by wind and / or water; (ii) deterioration of the physical, chemical, and biological or economic properties of soil; and (iii) long - term loss of natural vegetation.

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification defines land degradation as a reduction or loss in arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-humid areas, of the biological or economic productivity and complexity of rain - fed cropland, irrigated cropland, or range, pasture, forest, and woodlands resulting from land uses or from a process or combination of processes, including processes arising from human activities and habitation patterns, such as (i) soil erosion caused by wind and / or water; (ii) deterioration of the physical, chemical and biological or economic properties of soil; and (iii) long - term loss of natural vegetation.

Circumstantial evidence of this type may be caused by a range of natural factors, including some key ones which are not even included in the IPCC models.

«Given our understanding of both the climate system as embodied in the current range of models, and the known forcings both natural and anthropogenic, it is very likely that not more than half of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is due to causes other than the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations.»

Roy Spencer, principal research scientist at the University of Alabama - Huntsville, says, «The main thing they're trying to show is that the recent warming and moistening in the last 30 years is outside the range of natural variability, and that man is causing the warming.

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