Sentences with phrase «to have an effect on climate»
«The melting of continental ice sheets is expected to have an effect on the climate in this century,» he said.
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No one has ever denied that the sun has an effect on climate.
He also points out that a weak cycle may not have an effect on our climate; we simply don't know for sure.
That said however, it would be unwise to assume natural events have no effect on climate change / global warming.
That's the conclusion of a Carnegie Institution for Science study published Tuesday that shows two things: Emissions from burning a lump of coal or a gallon of gas has an effect on the climate 100,000 times greater than the heat given off by burning the fossil fuel itself.
People who believe human activity has no effect on the climate staked a claim on the sun's role, declaring it responsible for the long - term warming trend in global temperatures.
Foukal et al did not claim to show that solar forcing has no effect on climate, merely that there is no positive evidence for a longer term forcing larger than seen over the 11 year cycle.
Their position can be summed up as «Sunspots have no effect on climate but the recent cooler weather is only temporary as there are no sunspots at the moment.»
As well as contributing to a global sea - level rise of several metres, the large volume of meltwater released to the ocean also had an effect on the climate.
«I'm not crazy enough to think that six billion people don't have an effect on climate in the world we live in.»
That's the conclusion of a Carnegie Institution for Science study... that shows two things: Emissions from burning a lump of coal or a gallon of gas has an effect on the climate 100,000 times greater than the heat given off by burning the fossil fuel itself.
A lot of these mitigation options are things we should be doing anyway — improving soil quality, reducing erosion — so this effort is going to help Kansas agriculture whether you agree that humans are having an effect on climate change,» Rice said.
«We need to understand exactly what the magnitude of this [radiation] is and whether it is having any effect on our climate,» Berger says.
I have heard theories that what we are seeing today is the result of C02 released 100 - 120 years ago, and that today's releases will start to have their effect on our climate in 2120.
Therefore, it must be having an effect on the climate.
3) Has this effect on Climate been measured and where?