Sentences with phrase «study on the climate impact»

«We appreciate the leadership of the Mayor and the pension trustees in requiring a study on the climate impact of the pension fund investments.»

Arvesen and his colleague Francesco Cherubini were among the co-authors of a major study on climate impacts in Norway just published in Scientific Reports.

Arvesen and his colleague Francesco Cherubini were among the co-authors of a major study on climate impacts in Norway just published in Scientific Reports.

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WHITE HOUSE, citing a study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: «If all member nations met their obligations, the impact on the climate would be negligible,» curbing temperature rise by «less than.2 degrees Celsius in 2100.»

Emissions of methane — which is a potent greenhouse gas - are already subject to control, but I am today commissioning a study of the possible impacts of shale gas development on greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.

Her research focuses on global change ecology and climate adaptation; she was among the first to propose and study ways to reduce the impact of climate change through new techniques in conservation management.

But the impact these gases have on the climate has until now not been as widely studied as the effects of carbon dioxide emissions.

Four News stories focus on past and future impacts of climate change and the techniques that researchers are using to study them.

In 2010, we went to Mongolia for a month, but in actuality we only had 10 to 15 days in the field, during which time we hoped to study the impact of climate change on wildfires in some of the country's larch forests.

Although we have been aware of the impact of volcanism on the climate for quite some time, the results presented in the study have disclosed that the opposite is also possible.

Katharine, you've studied the impact of climate change on specific locations around the world.

Tropical birds are also an interesting case study for climate change impacts on ecosystems.

Climate change may be harming the future of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) by impacting the survival rates of pups, according to one of the first studies on how shifting temperatures are impacting tropical species.

Building on this study's findings, ZSL is conducting further research to explore whether and how climate change impacts on wild dogs might be mitigated.

Matthew Thomas, a professor at The Pennsylvania State University who is studying the impact of climate change on the transmission of infectious diseases, says that his group had applied for funding in late 2008.

Nadeau also studies the potential impacts of climate change on species around the globe, using modeling, field observation and experiments to predict where species are most vulnerable and determine how conservation groups can best mitigate the negative impacts of climate change on animal populations.

An example of such translational engagement is the NOAA - funded Climate Impacts Group at the University of Washington, Seattle, which studies the impacts of climate change on water, fishery, coastal, and forest resources in the Pacific NorClimate Impacts Group at the University of Washington, Seattle, which studies the impacts of climate change on water, fishery, coastal, and forest resources in the Pacific NorImpacts Group at the University of Washington, Seattle, which studies the impacts of climate change on water, fishery, coastal, and forest resources in the Pacific Norimpacts of climate change on water, fishery, coastal, and forest resources in the Pacific Norclimate change on water, fishery, coastal, and forest resources in the Pacific Northwest.

The researchers measured the length, width and height of moose skulls to study the impact of climate change on the iconic Northwoods species.

Although the draft decision expresses «its utmost concern» regarding the impacts of climate change on the World Heritage reefs, any action is delayed by a call «to further study the current and potential impacts of climate change» for possible action when the committee meets in 2018.

In the study, the researchers used a 3D computer model of the atmosphere to determine the impact of VSLS on ozone and climate.

Professor Jim Haywood, from the Mathematics department at the University of Exeter and co-author of the study added: «This research shows how a global temperature target such as 1.5 or 2C needs to be combined with information on a more regional scale to properly assess the full range of climate impacts.»

The study, which involved collaboration with British Trust for Ornithology, Aberystwyth University and the University of Leeds and part - funded by the RSPB, showed that the humble crane fly, more commonly known as «daddy longlegs», is a crucial link in determining the impact of climate change on these peatland bird species.

«The crane fly link was made as part of several longer - term studies — funded by The Natural Environment Research Council and Defra — investigating blanket bog ecosystems across several UK upland sites, including the Yorkshire Dales, Peak District and North York Moors.Dr Heinemeyer, who is currently leading a # 1m Defra - funded SEI project to further study the impacts of climate change and management on blanket bogs, said it wasn't only rare birds that were at risk from climate change.

A study provides the first evidence that pollen production is significantly stimulated by elevated carbon dioxide in a grass species as a result of climate change, which may have significant impact on human health.

The Michigan State study, released this week, sheds new light on this issue, showing that farmers applying more nitrogen than plants can use are likely having an outsized impact on the climate.

A scientific study to understand the impact of climate change and other factors on plant - pollinator interactions, geographic distributions and seasonal abundances

For example, he says, several high - profile studies have used banded penguins to investigate the impact of climate change on the birds.

The latest research by the University of Exeter reveals that less than 4 % of climate - change studies have tested the impact of ocean acidification on males and females separately.

A new study linking paleoclimatology — the reconstruction of past global climates — with historical analysis by researchers at Yale and other institutions shows a link between environmental stress and its impact on the economy, political stability, and war - fighting capacity of ancient Egypt.

A study published in ACS» journal Environmental Science & Technology has found that because the newer engines emit higher levels of the climate - warming pollutant black carbon than traditional engines, their impact on the climate is uncertain.

«Study reshapes understanding of climate change's impact on early societies.»

The study found that a rapidly warming climate would cause many species to expand into new regions, which would impact on native species, while others with restricted ranges, particularly those around the tropics, are more likely to face extinction.

In a study published in the journal Nature Climate Change an international research team modelled the impacts of a changing climate on the distribution of almost 13 thousand marine species, more than twelve times as many species as previously sClimate Change an international research team modelled the impacts of a changing climate on the distribution of almost 13 thousand marine species, more than twelve times as many species as previously sclimate on the distribution of almost 13 thousand marine species, more than twelve times as many species as previously studied.

Most recently, he reported on the diversity of oceanic viral communities in a special issue of the journal Science featuring the Tara Oceans Expedition, a global study of the impact of climate change on the world's oceans.

«The idea that [the impact] is on par with doubling of CO2, that's just nonsense,» agrees climate scientist Gavin Schmidt of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York.

Implications of livestock farming on climate change should not be drawn from aggregate statistics, reveals a study based on a new method of carbon footprinting for pasture - based cattle production systems that can assess the impacts of individual animals.

«Our study suggests that the cumulative survival from hatchling to maturity, which may take 30 years, combined with present - day climate effects on mature females, has a greater influence on annual nesting population size than does the exclusive impact of survival during the first year of life as hatchlings,» Saba said.

«Most modeling studies that look at the impact of climate change on crop yield and the fate of agriculture don't take into account whether the water available for irrigation will change,» Monier says.

Saba, who has conducted modeling studies on the impacts of climate change on endangered leatherback turtles in the eastern Pacific Ocean, says the Northwest Atlantic loggerhead study offers a new approach in understanding how climate variability affects sea turtle populations.

Until now, those landscape changes have never been studied on a national or international scale, Schimel said, adding that research suggesting a climate impact, either global or local, is «kind of a new thing.»

And a new study shows that biochar could have an impact on agriculture's other greenhouse gas emission: nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, which is no laughing matter when it comes to climate change.

The study supports calls for improved monitoring of wetlands and human changes to those ecosystems — a timely topic as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change prepares to examine land use impacts on greenhouse gas emissions, says Prof. Merritt Turetsky, Department of Integrative Biology.

Other studies have resorted to modeling to understand the effects of contrails, which have shown that they can have an appreciable impact on global climate, despite their transient nature.

The study, published in the Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, measured the impact of polyvictimization — exposure to multiple forms of victimization — on school climate at the middle and high school levels.

While previous studies had examined the impact of climate change - induced weather patterns on violence and the increased danger of violence in weak or failing states, this is the first study to demonstrate that the combination of the two risk factors is even more dangerous than they would be separately.

Virginia Burkett, a U.S. Geological Survey scientist who co-authored a 2008 study on climate change's impact to transportation systems on the Gulf Coast, said last week that an average temperature change of 2 or 3 °F in the Gulf Coast region could have a significant effect on train tracks buckling, causing more derailments.

«Looking back on 2500 years, there are examples where climate change impacted human history,» says the study's lead author, Ulf Büntgen, a paleoclimatologist at the Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape in Zurich.

A recent study by Michael J. E. O'Rourke from the University of Toronto, published in Open Archaeology, provides a new perspective on the severe impacts of escalating climate change on the heritage resources of Canadian Arctic.

«Climate warming may have unexpected impact on invasive species, study finds.»

A University of Colorado study published in April assessing the impacts of climate change on the Navajo Reservation in the Southwest said climate change - related sun kinks are a major concern for the Navajo Nation because derailments could lead to the disruption of coal production there.