In one study, for instance, when political conservatives were shown a fake newspaper article that framed
the science of climate change as supporting an «anti-pollution solution to global warming» — presumably suggesting environmental regulations, perhaps by the EPA — their denial of the science actually increased, relative to a group of conservatives who had not been shown any newspaper article.
The report includes a primer on
the science of climate change as well as examples of adaptation strategies currently being pursued around the country.
In recent years, for example, being a Republican or a Tea Party member has gone hand in hand with branding
the science of climate change as a giant scam.
Monckton also thinks the UN had plotted to overthrow former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who once described
the science of climate change as «absolute crap».
«In the case of the climate, of course, there is only one Earth, so we can't do experiments with multiple Earths and formulate
the science of climate change as if it's an entirely observationally based, controlled experiment.
Not exact matches
On Monday,
as Irma weakened over Georgia, Bossert used a White House briefing to offer more hints
of an emerging
climate resilience policy, while notably avoiding accepting
climate change science: «What President Trump is committed to is making sure that federal dollars aren't used to rebuild things that will be in harm's way later or that won't be hardened against the future predictable floods that we see.
The global demonstration, planned in the wake
of the Women's March on Washington, is aimed at countering the «mischaracterization
of science as a partisan issue» — see
climate change, vaccines, and GMOs — and the dubious policy that has arisen
as a result.
As the
Climate Science Special Report states, the magnitude of future climate change depends significantly on «remaining uncertainty in the sensitivity of Earth's climate to [greenhouse gas] emissions,»» White House spokesperson Raj Shah said Friday in a sta
Climate Science Special Report states, the magnitude
of future
climate change depends significantly on «remaining uncertainty in the sensitivity of Earth's climate to [greenhouse gas] emissions,»» White House spokesperson Raj Shah said Friday in a sta
climate change depends significantly on «remaining uncertainty in the sensitivity
of Earth's
climate to [greenhouse gas] emissions,»» White House spokesperson Raj Shah said Friday in a sta
climate to [greenhouse gas] emissions,»» White House spokesperson Raj Shah said Friday in a statement.
The irony continues with the feting
of Okotoks
as the greenest community in Canada by such pundits
as Prime Minister Stephen Harper and CBC's Peter Mansbridge at the same time the «rurban» community sits in the chosen provincial riding
of Wildrose leader Danielle Smith — a right wing student
of the
climate -
change - denying Fraser Institute and cheerful avower that global warming
science is «not settled.»
I remember watching his
science videos in elementary school but now whenever I see him on the news talking about
science it seems like he is politicizing
science (when it comes to
climate change) and promoting evolution
as the only option to the creation
of the world to try and discredit the religious community.
As of 2016, the mechanism and effects
of climate change are integrated into the Massachusetts
Science, Technology, and Engineering Frameworks for grades 9 - 12.
The format
of the initiatives meant that they not only learnt about the
science of environmental problems such
as climate change, but were also engaged in considering solutions and how to bring them about, both in terms
of their own lives and community and the wider political context.
Varner's primary public engagement is through citizen
science engagement programs, which she views
as an opportunity help volunteers appreciate the natural world, consider local consequences
of climate change and participate in all aspects
of science.
Trump has already nominated a handful
of people to fill these slots, including former Governor
of Texas Rick Perry, who has questioned the
science underlying
climate change,
as energy secretary.
When compared to other religious groups, Evangelicals have often been more wary
of science as evidenced in debates about evolution, stem cell research, and
climate change.
Reaching the goal
of limiting global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius,
as agreed to at the 2015 United Nations
Climate Change Conference (COP 21), will require an unprecedented level of international scientific cooperation in both climate science and technology devel
Climate Change Conference (COP 21), will require an unprecedented level
of international scientific cooperation in both
climate science and technology devel
climate science and technology development.
«Rather than trying to assess the probability
of an extreme event occurring, a group
of researchers suggest viewing the event
as a given and assessing to which degree
changes in the thermodynamic state (which we know has been influenced by
climate change) altered the severity
of the impact
of the event,» notes Dorit Hammerling, section leader for statistics and data
science at the Institute for Mathematics Applied to Geosciences, National Center for Atmospheric Research.
Climate change is yet another science - based global challenge requiring the best efforts of scientists worldwide — a point that ExxonMobil seemed to acknowledge in a statement that described the historic Paris climate agreement as «an important step forward.
Climate change is yet another
science - based global challenge requiring the best efforts
of scientists worldwide — a point that ExxonMobil seemed to acknowledge in a statement that described the historic Paris
climate agreement as «an important step forward.
climate agreement
as «an important step forward.»
The new study covers the entire U.S. West, from the High Plains states to the Pacific coast, and provides the first detailed look at how groundwater recharge may
change as the
climate changes, said senior author Thomas Meixner, UA professor and associate department head
of hydrology and atmospheric
sciences.
«Public opinion regarding
climate change is likely to remain divided
as long
as the political elites send out conflicting messages on this issue,» lead researcher Robert Brulle, a professor
of sociology and environmental
science at Drexel University in Philadelphia, said in a statement.
While the documents show API learned
of potential
climate change risks
as early
as 1968 and had formed committees to examine smog pollution in the 1940s, Exxon CEO Lee Raymond said in November 1996 that
climate science was unsettled.
On
climate science: «As summarized in the 2013 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), there continues to be significant progress in climate s
climate science: «
As summarized in the 2013 report
of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC), there continues to be significant progress in climate s
Climate Change (IPCC), there continues to be significant progress in
climate s
climate science.
Also at the conference Tuesday, a major alliance
of science, research and United Nations bodies launched a 10 - year initiative — Future Earth Research for Global Sustainability — to commence next year to coordinate scientific research into the major social and environmental challenges from
climate change as they emerge over coming years.
As society comes to terms with the scientific consensus on
climate change,
climate scientists are being called on to go beyond a mere understanding
of the phenomenon, says climatologist Gregg Garfin, deputy director for
science translation and outreach at the Institute
of the Environment at the University
of Arizona, Tucson.
The South African minister
of science and technology said Africans will be «full participants» in solving global challenges such
as climate change and pandemic disease.
The initiative encourages Americans to think
of climate change as a risk management issue; the panel aims to clarify and contextualize the
science so the public and decision - makers can be more adequately informed about those risks and possible ways to manage them.
In a paper published in the current Journal
of Political Economy, Bård Harstad, an associate professor
of managerial economics and decision
sciences at Northwestern's Kellogg School
of Management, argues that the most effective strategies to combat
climate change do not focus on demand - side solutions such
as carbon taxes or emission caps.
Under the next White House Administration, Holdren said,
science - based challenges that will require sustained, robust investment include efforts to ensure safe and sustainable food, water, and energy for everyone, reduce greenhouse gases, minimize harm from
climate change already underway, combat diseases such
as Zika, defeat cancer, improve quality -
of - life for those who are aging, prevent devastating asteroid impacts, and send humans into space «not just to visit, but to stay.»
The effort is the brainchild
of two retirees frustrated by what they see
as the orthodoxy
of «settled
science» on
climate change.
That representation matches the public discourse around global warming, in which previous studies have shown that media characterize
climate change as unsettled
science with high levels
of scientific uncertainty.
Cooney himself made 294 edits to the administration's 364 - page Strategic Plan for the U.S.
Climate Change Science Program posted July 24, 2003, «to exaggerate or emphasize scientific uncertainties or to deemphasize or diminish the importance of the human role in global warming,» and Cooney and the CEQ played a role in eliminating climate change sections in the EPA's draft Report on the Environment as well as its National Air Quality and Emissions Trends
Climate Change Science Program posted July 24, 2003, «to exaggerate or emphasize scientific uncertainties or to deemphasize or diminish the importance of the human role in global warming,» and Cooney and the CEQ played a role in eliminating climate change sections in the EPA's draft Report on the Environment as well as its National Air Quality and Emissions Trends R
Change Science Program posted July 24, 2003, «to exaggerate or emphasize scientific uncertainties or to deemphasize or diminish the importance
of the human role in global warming,» and Cooney and the CEQ played a role in eliminating
climate change sections in the EPA's draft Report on the Environment as well as its National Air Quality and Emissions Trends
climate change sections in the EPA's draft Report on the Environment as well as its National Air Quality and Emissions Trends R
change sections in the EPA's draft Report on the Environment
as well
as its National Air Quality and Emissions Trends Report.
Holt said that
climate change was selected as the inaugural training topic, under the Leshner Leadership Institute, because «the problem is both pressing and timely» - coinciding this year with the United Nations Climate Change Conference set to take place in Paris; the 50th anniversary of the first climate - change statement by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; and President Barack Obama's proposal to cut greenhouse gas emi
climate change was selected as the inaugural training topic, under the Leshner Leadership Institute, because «the problem is both pressing and timely» - coinciding this year with the United Nations Climate Change Conference set to take place in Paris; the 50th anniversary of the first climate - change statement by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; and President Barack Obama's proposal to cut greenhouse gas emis
change was selected
as the inaugural training topic, under the Leshner Leadership Institute, because «the problem is both pressing and timely» - coinciding this year with the United Nations
Climate Change Conference set to take place in Paris; the 50th anniversary of the first climate - change statement by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; and President Barack Obama's proposal to cut greenhouse gas emi
Climate Change Conference set to take place in Paris; the 50th anniversary of the first climate - change statement by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; and President Barack Obama's proposal to cut greenhouse gas emis
Change Conference set to take place in Paris; the 50th anniversary
of the first
climate - change statement by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; and President Barack Obama's proposal to cut greenhouse gas emi
climate -
change statement by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; and President Barack Obama's proposal to cut greenhouse gas emis
change statement by the President's Council
of Advisors on
Science and Technology; and President Barack Obama's proposal to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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.
Journalist Naomi Klein (
of No Logo and The Shock Doctrine fame) doesn't pull any punches
as she examines
climate change, its
science, the deniers and all those with vested interests.
The problems facing society, such
as global
climate change, are so complex and immense that nothing short
of a full transformation
of science will help us solve them, said Heide Hackmann, executive director of the International Council for Science
science will help us solve them, said Heide Hackmann, executive director
of the International Council for
Science Science (ISCU).
Such a transition has been made possible by the convergence
of several factors: a stream
of new
science showing an accelerating pace
of climate change and its impacts; the everyday experience of people witnessing the change around them (and seeing it on the evening news); the compelling portrayals of what is happening and why, such as Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth and the 2007 reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; and the shifting stances of constituencies as diverse as evangelical Christians (who argue for protecting the climate on grounds of stewardship of God's creation) and military leaders (who argue on grounds of national sec
climate change and its impacts; the everyday experience of people witnessing the change around them (and seeing it on the evening news); the compelling portrayals of what is happening and why, such as Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth and the 2007 reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; and the shifting stances of constituencies as diverse as evangelical Christians (who argue for protecting the climate on grounds of stewardship of God's creation) and military leaders (who argue on grounds of national secu
change and its impacts; the everyday experience
of people witnessing the
change around them (and seeing it on the evening news); the compelling portrayals of what is happening and why, such as Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth and the 2007 reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; and the shifting stances of constituencies as diverse as evangelical Christians (who argue for protecting the climate on grounds of stewardship of God's creation) and military leaders (who argue on grounds of national secu
change around them (and seeing it on the evening news); the compelling portrayals
of what is happening and why, such
as Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth and the 2007 reports
of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change; and the shifting stances of constituencies as diverse as evangelical Christians (who argue for protecting the climate on grounds of stewardship of God's creation) and military leaders (who argue on grounds of national sec
Climate Change; and the shifting stances of constituencies as diverse as evangelical Christians (who argue for protecting the climate on grounds of stewardship of God's creation) and military leaders (who argue on grounds of national secu
Change; and the shifting stances
of constituencies
as diverse
as evangelical Christians (who argue for protecting the
climate on grounds of stewardship of God's creation) and military leaders (who argue on grounds of national sec
climate on grounds
of stewardship
of God's creation) and military leaders (who argue on grounds
of national security).
«Our results highlight the importance
of the interactive effects
of vegetation type, temperature and moisture in determining
of the response
of soil decomposition to
climate change,» says lead author Julia Bradley - Cook, who conducted the study
as part
of her doctorate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Dartmouth and who is now a Congressional
Science Fellow.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — In the run - up to national elections on 21 August, the country's top
science body, the Australian Academy of Science (AAS), has weighed in on the climate change debate with a report backing the mainstream scientific view that human - induced climate change is real and that a business - as - usual approach to carbon emissions will lead to a «catastrophic» four - to five - degree increase in average global temper
science body, the Australian Academy
of Science (AAS), has weighed in on the climate change debate with a report backing the mainstream scientific view that human - induced climate change is real and that a business - as - usual approach to carbon emissions will lead to a «catastrophic» four - to five - degree increase in average global temper
Science (AAS), has weighed in on the
climate change debate with a report backing the mainstream scientific view that human - induced
climate change is real and that a business -
as - usual approach to carbon emissions will lead to a «catastrophic» four - to five - degree increase in average global temperatures.
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.
Our belief that
science is the best tool to combat perils such
as climate change should not be rooted in a vision
of the process
as infallible.
In 2004,
Science published a
climate change study — now widely known
as the «wedges» paper — that drew attention to the question
of how to tackle the challenge
of mitigating carbon pollution in the 21st century.
U.S. geoscientists are accustomed to being used
as a punching bag by
climate change skeptics in Congress, who challenge the
science of global warming.
And, by the same token, evidence that meets the rigorous demands
of science is often discounted if it goes against what people want to believe,
as illustrated by widespread dismissal
of scientific evidence
of climate change.
«This work will help increase our understanding
of climate change, carbon cycling, and ocean acidification in the Arctic, particularly
as it affects marine and fishery
science and technology,» added Chen.
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.
Katharine Mach, who served
as co-director
of science on the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC), will present her most recent findings on the trials and triumphs of achieving a consensus on climate s
Climate Change (IPCC), will present her most recent findings on the trials and triumphs
of achieving a consensus on
climate s
climate science.
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 massive projects needed now — such
as devising a model
of climate change detailed enough to be truly predictive or batteries efficient enough to compete with gasoline — can not wait or depend on chancy funding, he believes.He added that a strong national commitment to goal - centered basic
science could help solve other important problems by drawing America's talented young people into scientific work and providing them with better opportunities for aspiring researchers to build careers with a realistic chance
of making both a significant scientific contribution and a decent living.
Investment in
science will be essential
as nations cope with the impact
of global
climate change, he said.
Results
of a new study by researchers at the Northeast
Climate Science Center (NECSC) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst suggest that temperatures across the northeastern United States will increase much faster than the global average, so that the 2 - degrees Celsius warming target adopted in the recent Paris Agreement on climate change will be reached about 20 years earlier for this part of the U.S. compared to the world as a
Climate Science Center (NECSC) at the University
of Massachusetts Amherst suggest that temperatures across the northeastern United States will increase much faster than the global average, so that the 2 - degrees Celsius warming target adopted in the recent Paris Agreement on
climate change will be reached about 20 years earlier for this part of the U.S. compared to the world as a
climate change will be reached about 20 years earlier for this part
of the U.S. compared to the world
as a whole.