Sentences with phrase «reasonably stable climate»

Analysis of Earth's history helps reveal the level of greenhouse gases needed to maintain a climate resembling the Holocene, Creation, the period of reasonably stable climate in which civilization developed.

Reality: This statement is basically meaningless because modern Human civilisation has developed within and is dependent upon a reasonably stable climate.

Not exact matches

Protect these four places and the species» future will be reasonably secure, but the Okavango could always dry up in the event of climate change, the Selous is currently managed by sport hunters (a dying industry), the Serengeti is surrounded by a rapidly growing human population whose offtake of bushmeat is close to the tipping point, and, well, Kruger isn't in the most stable country on earth...

Atmospheric CO2 during the Last Interglacial was comparable to the pre-industrial Holocene and reasonably stable, which prevents the period being a good analogue for future climate.

Where response patterns are reasonably stable over time, this ratio can be maximised in a climate change scenario by using long (30 - year or more) averaging periods.