Sentences with phrase «state of scientific knowledge»

Such revisions would be consistent with the underlying text and reflect the true state of scientific knowledge in the area.

The 2017 Climate Science Special Report, which lays out the current state of scientific knowledge on climate change, will be rolled into the fourth National Climate Assessment, set to be released in late 2018.

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the first in a series of reports on the current state of scientific knowledge about climate change in September, with the IPCC's fifth assessment slated to be completed in 2014.

Overall, the Panel finds that given the current state of the science and the scope of resources available, the 2013 National Climate Assessment does a reasonable job of fulfilling its charge to inform the President, the Congress, and the nation about the current state of scientific knowledge regarding climate change effects.

He said reconsideration of the carbon dioxide curbs was particularly appropriate» given the incomplete state of scientific knowledge of the causes of, and solutions to, global climate change.»

The committee has prepared a report that, in my view, provides policy makers and the scientific community with a critical view of surface temperature reconstructions and how they are evolving over time, as well as a good sense of how important our understanding of the paleoclimate temperature record is within the overall state of scientific knowledge on global climate change.

Puzzling it Out: The Current State of Scientific Knowledge on Pre-Kindergarten Effects: A Consensus Statement lists six consensus statements on what we know about the effects of pre-k and highlights the importance of gathering further evidence to answer three important questions: What features of pre-k programs, specifically, put children on a positive developmental trajectory?

Chapter Lead Authors will have established the ability to produce text that is scientifically and technically accurate and that accurately conveys the current state of scientific knowledge about the vast variety of factors that may affect the world's climate.

This policy statement aims to summarize the current state of scientific knowledge regarding the effects of virtual violence on children's attitudes and behaviors and to make specific recommendations for pediatricians, parents, industry, and policy makers.»

«This is especially true given the incomplete state of scientific knowledge of the causes of, and solutions to, global climate change and the lack of commercially available technologies for removing and storing carbon dioxide.»

It was prompted by a story over at Forbes on efforts by the National Center for Science Education to support educators being pressured by political interests to misrepresent the current state of scientific knowledge on climate change.

Furthermore, in view of the state of scientific knowledge today, unless one is prepared simply to reject scientific evidence, adjustments to the interpretation of the scriptural accounts are always necessary.

Ultimately, great questions like these both define the state of scientific knowledge and drive the engines of scientific discovery.

The paper, «The State of Scientific Knowledge Regarding Factors Associated With Terrorism,» is published in the Journal of Threat Assessment and Management.

The NRC asked the committee to summarize current scientific information on the temperature record for the past two millennia, describe the main areas of uncertainty and how significant they are, describe the principal methodologies used and any problems with these approaches, and explain how central is the debate over the paleoclimate temperature record to the state of scientific knowledge on global climate change.

A key moment came with the establishment of the Project on Human Potential in the late 1970s (funded by Bernard van Leer Foundation) to «assess the state of scientific knowledge concerning human potential and its realization».

Wallace has a smooth style and a sure hand in combining near tragedy with whimsy, whether she's detailing Carolina and Pietro's social circle, the state of scientific knowledge, or the progression of Carolina's blindness.

The blue lettering in the statement of confidence levels is the current state of scientific knowledge (mostly drawn from the panel's recent Extreme Events special report).

While IPCC's dozens of authors are unpaid, at least three of the NIPCC's four lead authors are paid by the Heartland Institute... The IPCC reviews the current state of scientific knowledge, while the NIPCC's references in its Summary for Policymakers include publications that date back to 1904 and few references from this century other than non-peer-reviewed reports from itself and its authors.

In the face of firm scientific consensus that human - enhanced climate change constitutes a clear and present danger, the President insisted there was still «an incomplete state of scientific knowledge of the causes of, and solutions to, global climate change.»

The suggestion that the scientifically based assessments carried out by the IPCC and the U.S. Global Change Research Program, which EPA used in reaching its greenhouse gas Endangerment Finding, should be set aside shows immense ignorance of the relationship between research, assessment of the state of scientific knowledge, and decision - making.

The report, they contend, misrepresents the state of scientific knowledge about diverse topics — including the rate of melting of Himalayan glaciers and the rise in severe storms — in a way that exaggerates the evidence for climate change.

First set up in 1988 under two UN organizations, the IPCC surveys the research on climate change happening all around the world and reports to the public about the current state of our scientific knowledge.

The state of scientific knowledge at that time was primitive relative to today.

In fact, the IPCC SAR, which Singer says provides an accurate account of the state of scientific knowledge, highlights some of these distinctions, see pp. 168 - 173 of Volume I of the SAR for a discussion of our present scientific

Ultimately, the determination of DAI can not be based on scientific arguments alone, but involves other judgements informed by the state of scientific knowledge.

The assertion betrays profound ignorance of the state of our scientific knowledge (which is that climate change is real, human - caused and already disruptive).

The other half of the statement, that «higher temperatures are triggering self - reinforcing feedback mechanisms in global ecosystems» is a gross exaggeration of the state of scientific knowledge.

«The view that weather extremes are more frequent and intense due to global warming coincides with the current state of scientific knowledge.»

Published by IGBP November 14, 2013 This summary for policymakers reports on the state of scientific knowledge on ocean acidification, based on the latest research presented at The Third Symposium on the Ocean in a High - CO2 World, held in Monterey, California, in September 2012.

5) Explain how central the debate over the paleoclimate temperature record is to the state of scientific knowledge on global climate change.

@John Coochey You can prove that Monckton has a case by presenting a list of his most central claims that bring down the foundations of climate science as it concerns the specific issue of enhanced greenhouse effect due to fossil fuel greenhouse gas emissions, and an accompanying list of evidence directly relevant to these central claims, and an accompanying logical argument based upon the current state of scientific knowledge.

«75... the Tribunals did not have before them expert evidence which seriously called into question the principle underpinning the EPA's renewable energy project regulatory regime — i.e. that wind turbines which are set back 550m from a dwelling house and which do not generate noise levels in excess of 40 dBA at the lowest specified wind speed do not cause serious harm to human health based upon the current state of scientific knowledge.»

The uncertainty of the state of scientific knowledge about the effects on human health of commercial wind farms, according to the Appellants, materially informs the analysis of the Charter adequacy of the review tests found in EPA ss.