Sentences with phrase «suggests human influence»

There have always been extremes of weather around the world but evidence suggests human influence is changing the odds.

So, the same logic applied to models of 1988 vintage suggests human influence is negligible.

It is also worth noting that while the IPCC - AR2 used the Hotspot invention to argue that the «balance of evidence suggest a human influence,» later IPCC reports no longer use the Hotspot argument.

Not exact matches

The report suggests that combining human rights priorities with broader Canadian strategic interests — including trade and investment policies — can support a prosperity strategy that strengthens Canada's influence in the region.

Griffiths suggests that the secular cultural field may emerge in part from the influence of the capitalist market economy, which results in «market - states» and the identification of human beings as primarily «consumers» or «choosers.»

What Heidegger seems to suggest, comments Macquarrie, is that the discovery of truth is not just the result of human striving, does not involve ridding the psyche of all distorting influences so as to hear the truth plainly, but is an event «above and beyond our willing and doing» in which Being gives itself to be known.

This analogy suggests two things: (1) God, like the mind of a human being, may have specific intentions for part of his body that do not pertain (except very indirectly) to the rest; and (2) God may wish to influence part of the created order by his desires or preferences for it and not be certain of success.

One may suggest at least three topologies that have influenced modern thinking on this: Humans above nature; humans in nature, and humans with nHumans above nature; humans in nature, and humans with nhumans in nature, and humans with nhumans with nature.

The New York Times reports that many studies have strongly suggested that the trillions of microorganisms that inhabit the human body influence our current and future health and may account for the rising incidence of several serious medical conditions.

A new study suggests that epigenetic effects — chemical modifications of the human genome that alter gene activity without changing the DNA sequence — may sometimes influence sexual orientation.

This suggests one obvious conclusion, says Shannon McPherron at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany: «Neanderthals were being influenced by the modern humans.»

The inverse holds true as well, suggesting that a baby's preferences for human faces is influenced by the gender of his or her primary caregiver.

She suggests instead that these biases were present in the common ancestor of both species, which lived approximately six million years ago, and may have influenced human language.

He suggests that a database of human values could clarify the diversity of behavior in different cultures and help show how genetic and social factors influence ideas.

The researchers, who presented their findings at the Human - Robot Interaction conference today (March 9), suggest that robot anxiety may influence older adults» perception of how easy it is to operate robots and their intentions of buying a robot.

In the 1995 second assessment report (SAR) the IPCC made the widely quoted statement that «The balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate».

«Their results do suggest that the lunar cycle can influence human sleep,» says Marie Dumont, a researcher at the University of Montreal in Canada, who was not involved in the work.

«While ciclopirox and deferiprone were developed for unrelated uses, Hartmut's knowledge of enzymes and pharmacology suggested that both drugs could influence some of the most basic processes that occur within human cells,» he says.

The findings suggest that the passenger pigeons» extinction may not have been solely due to human influence.

The researchers also suggest their study may shed light on how fear disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develop in humans, which research shows can be influenced by social environment; PTSD symptoms can be acquired from friends or family who have suffered trauma, for example.

Beck is careful to note that his relatively simple model failed to correctly predict present land uses up to one - third of the time, suggesting history and culture do influence how humans use the land.

In the hunt for the beginning of the much - debated «Anthropocene» — a supposed new geologic era defined by human influence of the planet — the new research suggests a need to look back farther in time than the arrival of human - caused climate change, atomic weapons, urbanization or the industrial revolution.

Because of large natural variability, the first approach results in an outcome suggesting that it is appropriate to conclude that there is no increase in precipitation by human influences, although the correct interpretation is that there is simply not enough evidence (not a long enough time series).

«Alarmist» suggests someone sticking his / her head in the sand and ignoring the data in order to justify a pre-conceived irrational notion (human influence on climate will lead us to certain disaster unless immediate action is taken).

Attribution of precipitation trends suggest evidence of human influence at latitudes similar to that of the UK29.

For example, in a 1999 paper based on a speech to Exxon's European affiliates, Flannery derided the second IPCC assessment that concluded in 1995 that the scientific evidence suggested «a discernible human influence on climate.»

This parallels findings by Beyth et al 190 suggesting that human MSCs interfere with normal APC maturation, thereby indirectly influencing T - cell activation.

«Denier» suggests someone sticking his / her head in the sand and ignoring the data in order to justify a pre-conceived irrational notion (there can be no human influence on our climate so no action is required).

Walter's team has also found that the unfolded protein response influences memory consolidation in rodents, suggesting a role in human cognitive impairment.

We have previously shown that epigenetic modifications may accumulate during aging (5,6), and that DNA methylation in humans is influenced by diet, birth weight, and exercise (7 — 10), suggesting that epigenetics could be involved in age - related and life style — related diseases such as T2D.

This is despite the fact that in 1995 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said «the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate.»

«Emerging studies have suggested that pathogenic and non-pathogenic gut bacteria might influence mood - related symptoms and even behaviour in animals and humans.

Current evidence from studies in rodents and humans suggests that IER is capable of promoting weight - loss and / or favourably influencing an array of cardiometabolic health indices, with equal or greater efficacy than conventional continuous ER approaches.

(4) The demonstration of a melatonin receptor in human ovary suggests a direct influence of this hormone on the ovarian function, and possibly oestrogen production.

Michael Feuer, dean of The George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development, suggested the dip in confidence among PDK / Gallup poll respondents might reflect the influence of recent public debates over whether college is worth the money.

Proposed causes for human IBD include defective immunoregulation of the gut - associated lymphoid tissue that may be precipitated by permeability defects, 14 infectious and parasitic agents, 15,16 and dietary allergies.13, 17 There is provocative evidence from clinical observations and animal models to incriminate normal luminal bacteria or bacterial products in the initiation and perpetuation of canine IBD.18, 19 The clinical response to hypoallergenic or elimination diets suggest that dietary factors may influence the pathogenesis of canine IBD.8 - 11 The term «hypoallergenic» refers to a diet that is generally free of additives and preservatives, and contains a hydrolyzed protein source.

Childhood trauma and stressful events have been associated with OCD [6], suggesting that same environmental factors may influence the development of both dog and human compulsive behaviours.

in particular, which suggests the influence of enveloping installations by American textile artist Sheila Hicks, serves as a reminder of the smallness of human life but also offers its own small revelations through particular textures and tactile delights.

Strongly influenced by the Surrealists and the idea of automatism — the belief that the artist's undirected hand could reach deep into the unconscious — he layered skeins of fine, interlaced lines and overlapping luminous forms that suggested microscopic views of human tissue or plant specimens, land masses seen from an airplane or undiscovered worlds exploding into being.

If you subtract (anthropogenic GHG's, sulfates, ozone) the mean increase in RF due to human influence the model rather strongly suggests that the extremes would not be occurring.

The famous conclusion of the IPCC, «The balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate», does not depend on any reconstruction for the past millennium.

The «balance of evidence» suggests that you do need the human influences, and that this is now (and increasingly) significant.

The 1995 report said: «the balance of the evidence suggests a discernible human influence on climate».

Given that atmospheric water - holding capacity is expected to increase roughly exponentially with temperature — and that atmospheric water content is increasing in accord with this theoretical expectation (6 — 11)-- it has been suggested that human influenced global warming may be partly responsible for increases in heavy precipitation (3,5,7).

Dr. Koonin suggests that «the crucial, unsettled scientific question for policy is, how will the climate change over the next century under both natural and human influences?»

The second IPCC report, published in 1995, invoked the «sulfate - aerosol effect» and produced the memorable but essentially meaningless phrase that «the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate.»

«The fundamental problem with this suggested setup is that it virtually guarantees you will find a positive role for human influence in all the most extreme weather events.»

But a new paper says the methods used in many of these studies underestimate the influence of climate change, and suggests a new approach to identify the «true likelihood of human influence».

In fact, they state that the data «clearly show» that «strong natural variability has been characteristic of the Arctic at all time scales considered,» and they reiterate that the data suggest «that the human influence on rate and size of climate change thus far does not stand out strongly from other causes of climate change.»»

The appropriate null hypothesis to use in such studies is that human influence has not increased the probability of occurrence of a particular weather event unless the evidence suggests otherwise.