Sentences with phrase «science issues such as climate change»

«For science issues such as climate change, we might expect scientists to be a credible and neutral authority,» says Benegal.

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Ashley Anderson, a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University, stated that «When people encounter an unfamiliar issue like nanotechnology, they often rely on an existing value such as religiosity or deference to science to form a judgment.»

Beyond basic subjects such as climate and weather, this site from the U.K. Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs covers a wide range of pressing atmospheric science issues including acid rain, air quality, climate change, global warming and ozone depletion.

The science - related cuts proposed by the Trump administration come in programs that deal with issues it opposes ideologically, such as climate change and the use of regulation to reduce pollution.

Obama, he said, elevated the role of science and technology advisers throughout the executive branch, put in place plans to mitigate and prepare the United States for the impacts of climate change, set up health research initiatives to tackle such priorities as cancer and brain research, worked with international partners on scientific issues and used the White House as a platform from which to herald science and education, particularly for children.

Holdren called on scientists and engineers to dedicate 10 % of their time educating policymakers and the public on issues such as climate change, protecting the world's oceans and public lands, continuing Arctic research and demonstrating the importance of investing in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs for elementary and middle school students.

The Society credits Merkel for boosting German research funding and for «the leadership she has provided on the European and world stages in promoting science - based policy making over issues such as climate change.»

Leaders of several of the nation's top science organizations say they've been shunned by the Trump administration and are alarmed by signs that the administration will muzzle government researchers and reject the scientific evidence that informs such critical issues as vaccine safety and climate change.

So in a 2015 poll, they broke out the question a little to It then asks respondents which areas they would like science and innovation to prioritize over the next 15 years, with areas such as job creation, health and medical care, energy supply, education and skills, and the fight against climate change among the issues they are asked to consider.

His research focuses on the intersection of science communication and the politics of scientific issues, especially energy and climate change, and aims to both broaden citizen participation in scientific issues such as energy and improve the work of groups already active in movements toward a clean energy economy.

In recent years, «science» has increasingly been asked to provide guidance on issues such as climate change.