Sentences with phrase «uncertainty about the effects»

While not writing off biotechnology or GM foods, the researchers say that, until more is known, it's prudent to acknowledge and address uncertainties about their effects on people, animals and plants.

While some physicians are confident in the human body's ability to regulate itself, others express a sense of uncertainty about the effect of the growing presence of new chemicals in our environments.

But, as far as I can see, the «attacks» by vested interests are not even able to make legitimate points (e.g. uncertainty about the effects of clouds or aerosols in climate models).

This is a warming level above which scientific uncertainty about the effects of climate change increases substantially.

«Most often if you have uncertainty about the effects of what you are doing, you slow down until you know more about it.»

Most often if you have uncertainty about the effects of what you are doing, you slow down until you know more about it, yet neither advocate slowing down except as a by - product of looking for energy efficiency and reduced emissions that they suggest would happen anyway without the motivation of their unknown climate change effects.

The review by Doug, which cites passage from the Nature Geoscience, is quite interesting, as a lot of uncertainty about the effects are discussed, including attributing 65 % of the warming to other factors than CO2.

I think that there is very substantial uncertainties about the effects of solar radiation management technologies.

Among other things, the ICAC found profound ambiguities in the purposes, principles and mechanisms of the ALRA (NSW), which, together with uncertainty about the effect of the legislation are likely to cause the conditions in which corrupt conduct it more likely to occur.130

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Finally, Cuban said the outcome of the election ultimately will be all about the economy: «There's so much uncertainty with markets, there's so much uncertainty with international finance, that people could start feeling the effects personally and that could change what they're focused on,» he said.

In the near term, there is considerable uncertainty about the outlook, particularly because the multiplier effects from fiscal drag and sequestration are still unclear.

The respondents have expressed concern regarding the uncertainty about tariffs and the effect on the cost of goods.

The tightening in monetary policy is likely to have contributed to this decline, but the available evidence indicates that uncertainties about the tax package also had some effect.

-- FOMC minutes show uncertainty and concern about markets are affecting officials» decision - making — Officials were cautious when evaluating market conditions and the «damaging effects on the economy» — Worry about «potential buildup of financial imbalances» and a sharp reversal in asset prices» — Members seem oblivious to impact of inflation on households and savings — Physical gold and silver remain the only assets for real diversification and safety

Many situations of choice are unprecedented, and uncertainty about the underlying relation between cause and effect is often present.

Initially, investors were skeptical about any further tightening of monetary policy in coming months, amid escalating tensions between North Korea and the United States, further soft inflation data and uncertainty about the potentially negative effects of hurricanes Harvey and Irma on the economy.

Despite the uncertainty brought about by the various separate judgments delivered in Metcash, the ACCC has indicated it «will continue to assess the likely competitive effect of an acquisition on the basis of a «real chance» test».

Although many artificial sweeteners are legal under FDA rules, the scientists wrote, «there is still uncertainty, particularly about long - term use and about low - level exposure effects on the health and development of children.»

Even a former head of the Health Department's Center of Environmental Health admitted his agency «downplays» risks and stresses uncertainties about PFOA's effects, violating the «precautionary principle» officials are supposed to adhere to.

The administration called for more research and created the Climate Change Research Initiative to concentrate on areas of uncertainty about the scope, pace, and effects of climate change.

The range reflects uncertainty about the health effects of fine particles, and the possibility that airborne exposures to fine particles do not increase mortality risks.

Aside from the huge uncertainties about the climatic effects of extracting power from the wind, our present and near - term usage is far too tiny to make any difference.

It also eliminates much of the uncertainty surrounding potentially ill effects; whereas various mathematical models may disagree about when and at what concentrations Arctic Ocean sea ice disappears, they all agree that at roughly 3 degrees C of warming, the far north will be ice - free.

The economists attempt to attach cash values to physical effects about which there is great scientific uncertainty and dispute.

Of the 796 papers manually reviewed by the Ioannidis team that contained empirical data, only 111 reported effect sizes and only 18 reported confidence intervals (a measure of the uncertainty about the magnitude of the effect).

We all know there might be uncertainties such as feebdback effects (positive or negative) which the article talks about but makes no attempt to quantify.

Presently, uncertainty exists about some proposed benefits of flexibility, including its effect on injury avoidance, muscle soreness prevention, muscular strength training and performance improvement.

The range in claimed impact reflects the fact that they sometimes admit to uncertainty about the exact effect size from a specific program.

Many situations of choice are unprecedented, and uncertainty about the underlying relation between cause and effect is often present.

Based on the above conclusions, they consider that the future integrity of the property is highly at risk, taking into account the possible prospect of offshore oil exploitation, the uncertainty about the impact of invasive species, the already existing threats for which progress on the corrective measures is unclear and the globally increasing effects of climate change to coral reef systems, including the Belize Barrier Reef system.

And then at a global level, you don't want the [climate] perturbation, because it gets you off into a level of uncertainty both about weather and the knock - on effects for ecosystems and species.

It's especially important to fight the efforts of demagogs to claim that uncertainties about climate change and its effects are reason for inaction.

And as for IPCC changing conclusions this has happened many times — Lindzen used to point to statements about upper tropospheric water vapour for instance that became less confident from the 1990, 1995 and 2001 reports, similarly uncertainty in aerosol indirect effects has clearly grown over time.]

We all know there might be uncertainties such as feebdback effects (positive or negative) which the article talks about but makes no attempt to quantify.

The whole business about linearity / non-linearity, and biological effects below the NOAEL levels, is really fascinating and important for public health science, and the uncertainties re-inforce Paul's point about how careful we should be about the accuracy of the «hard» risk science.

In an interview with Yale Environment 360, the Wesleyan University economist talked about why the world needs to start taking steps to adapt to climate change and why strong action must be taken despite uncertainty about the extent of the warming and its ultimate effects.

Disputes within climate science concern the nature and magnitude of feedback processes involving clouds and water vapor, uncertainties about the rate at which the oceans take up heat and carbon dioxide, the effects of air pollution, and the nature and importance of climate change effects such as rising sea level, increasing acidity of the ocean, and the incidence of weather hazards such as floods, droughts, storms, and heat waves.

The potential for specific climate - vulnerable communities to experience highly harmful health effects is not entirely clear in specific regions and on specific time frames due to uncertainties in rates of adaptation and uncertainties about the outcome of public health interventions currently being implemented that aim to address underlying health disparities and determinants of health.249 The public health community has not routinely conducted evaluations of the overall success of adaptation interventions or of particular elements of those interventions.

Third, there are some policy recommendations that are inherently politically conservative, in the sense of being fairly risk - averse in the face of uncertainty about the magnitude of the effects.

The overwhelming uncertainty in determining TCR from historical data is the uncertainty about the historical net warming or cooling effects of aerosols as discussed in Lewis and Curry (2014).

Susan Fitzwater: How low do the uncertainties about climate change have to be before we decide to do something about possible adverse effects?

My statements on policy relate to how think about policy decisions under conditions of deep scientific uncertainty, and to to assess whether policy responses will have their intended / desired effect and what their unintended consequences will be.

Taken in the aggregate, the changes had a cumulative effect of shifting the tone and content of an already quite cautiously - worded draft to create an enhanced sense of scientific uncertainty about climate change and its implications.

There is less uncertainty about the actual climate in 2100 with various CO2 scenarios than about the effects of that climate.

Starting in October 2002, in this final - stage editorial review and clearance process, it came to my attention that CEQ Chief of Staff Philip Cooney was extensively marking up reports in a manner that had the cumulative effect of adding an enhanced sense of scientific uncertainty about global warming and minimizing its likely consequences, while also deleting even minor references to the National Assessment.

What I love most about «skeptics» is that they say that they don't doubt that ACO2 might warm the climate — they only have questions about the certainty related to the magnitude of the effect, but then they turn around and offer an argument like AK's that effectively argue that there is no scientific basis for reducing the uncertainties related to the magnitude of the effect.

That means there is still a lot of uncertainty about the extent of future warming — estimates of the effect of doubling CO2, including all feedback processes, range from 2 °C to 6 °C.

Aftersome back and forth's, with e.g. Dave H noting the apparent disconnect between a strong focus on uncertainty and such a strong statement about positive effects, ecologist Jeff Harvey chimed in:

5.1 There are uncertainties linked to gaps in our knowledge about air pollution and the related health effects.

If you can look past that one sentence, there's a lot in there about the global effects of natural variability, uncertainties in the surface data and so on.