Sentences with phrase «significant than the certainty»

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We don't get any closer to science by denying the significant possibility that we are causing significantly adverse changes in climate than we do by the ridiculous assertion that we understand the chaotic complexity of climate well enough to say with certainty how many parts per millions of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will lead to how many degrees of global warming.

We know with absolute certainty that a doubling of CO2 can produce no more than half a degree C (actually the number is a lot closer to 0.3 °C) because the 14.77 micron band of the Earth's radiation is already so close to saturation that there is not enough energy left in this band to have any further significant effect regardless of how much the CO2 concentration increases.

As discussed previously, there is little danger of significant increases in temperatures, while it is almost a certainty that Earth is headed for a new ice age since interglacial periods rarely last much more than the current one has.

Unless there is a re-engagement with Indigenous Australians on the basis of mutual respect and equality, with clear processes and certainty of structures for Indigenous representation and advocacy, it remains uncertain whether the new arrangements can produce tangible, significant and lasting benefits rather than amounting to little more than an administratively complex repackaging of existing programs.