Sentences with phrase «which moderates the climate»

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Science Editor - in - Chief Marcia McNutt moderated the Hill event, which included climate symposium speakers J. Marshall Shepherd of the University of Georgia and Chris Field of the Carnegie Institution and Stanford University.

Anne Thompson, NBC's chief environmental affairs correspondent, moderated the expert panel, which included (from left): Heidi Cullen, a correspondent for Climate Central, a nonprofit that reports on climate science; Bill Richardson, former governor of New Mexico and a board member of the World Resources Institute, an environmental think tank; Grady Gammage Jr., a practicing attorney and a senior scholar at the ASU Global Institute of Sustainability; and Pat Mulroy, general manager of the Southern Nevada Water AutClimate Central, a nonprofit that reports on climate science; Bill Richardson, former governor of New Mexico and a board member of the World Resources Institute, an environmental think tank; Grady Gammage Jr., a practicing attorney and a senior scholar at the ASU Global Institute of Sustainability; and Pat Mulroy, general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Autclimate science; Bill Richardson, former governor of New Mexico and a board member of the World Resources Institute, an environmental think tank; Grady Gammage Jr., a practicing attorney and a senior scholar at the ASU Global Institute of Sustainability; and Pat Mulroy, general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority.

Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, about one third of the CO2 released in the atmosphere by anthropogenic activities has been absorbed by the world's oceans, which play a key role in moderating climate change.

Using these much smaller climate sensitivities, which are drawn from careful and long - running observations of the natural world, the projected warming will be moderate and beneficial for the foreseeable future.

New Zealand is unique among meat - producing regions in the world because its climate is moderate so the grass in the pastures grows fresh and grows green year - round which means the cows and sheep can eat the food that's healthiest for them every day of the year.

New Zealand is unique among meat - producing regions in the world because its climate is moderate so the grass in the pastures grows fresh and grows green year - round which means the cows can eat the food that's healthiest for them every day of the year.

The fact that I stay in a place which has moderate but unexpected (say sunny days and cold evenings) climate all year long, gives me the opportunity to wear my denims often and not only at a specific time.

Ranked among the top five beaches in the world, Poipu Beach, which means «crashing waves» in Hawaiian, offers a moderate, year - round climate with average temperatures in the mid 70s to 80s.

Home to one of the nation's fastest - growing and most acclaimed wine regions, a stretch of relatively uncrowded yet spectacular beach communities, the legendary Hearst Castle, a sunny and moderate to warm year - round climate, and the lively and welcoming college town for which it is named, San Luis Obispo County occupies a gorgeous stretch of California's legendary Central Coast and ranks among the best spots in the state for a fun, action - packed weekend getaway.

This kind of forecast doesn't depend too much on the models at all — it is mainly related to the climate sensitivity which can be constrained independently of the models (i.e. via paleo - climate data), moderated by the thermal inertia of the oceans and assuming the (very likely) continuation of CO2 emissions at present or accelerated rates.

Yesterday, Senator Richard Lugar, a moderate Republican from Indiana, proposed breaking the impasse with the Lugar Practical Energy and Climate Plan, which lacks the most contentious element, an emissions cap and trading system for pollution credits.

The two most important ones relate to a) the impact of natural climate variability and forcing factors and b) the sign and magnitude of the net overall feedback that could be expected to occur, which could either amplify or moderate the warming expected from a climate forcing.

The moderate range of variation in annual balance makes distinguishing which geogrpahic characteristics are most important in determining climate sensitivity difficult.

Mr Lovelock is best known for his Gaia theory, which states that the world is a living organism and that life helps to moderate the climate and conditions to allow it to continue flourishing.

These focus in particular on building the capacity of communities to adapt to climate change in ways that allow them to moderate potential damage, to take advantage of new opportunities and to cope with the consequences of climate change, and on enhancing the resilience of communities and the ecosystems on which they depend.

In one of the more comprehensive definitions, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) defines climate change adaption as an «adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities: (IPCC TAR, 20Climate Change (IPCC) defines climate change adaption as an «adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities: (IPCC TAR, 20climate change adaption as an «adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities: (IPCC TAR, 2001)[1].

Eli and yours truly haven't been all that persuaded with Kahan's interpretation of his own work, which is very critical of climate hawks and pretty silent about the denialists, but in Lewandowsky's presence he moderates it and comes off much more persuasively.

They are basically worthless because they are trying to model a coupled non-linear chaotic system (climate) which can not be usefully modeled over even moderate periods of time.

In the first half - hour or so, you'll find great discussions of PHEVs and renewable energy: http://blog.google.org/­2008/­01/­googleorg-at-world-economic-forum-davos.html Google.org at World Economic Forum, Davos Wednesday 1/30/2008 04:40:00 PM Posted by Jacquelline Fuller, Head of Advocacy and Communications, Google.org At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Larry Brilliant held a spirited Conversation on Climate Change and Google.org which was moderated by Tom Friedman.

And with the lack of Republican support for the stimulus bill, the relatively small (partisan) margin by which the House passed Waxman - Markey, the then - upcoming challenges of health care and financial regulatory reform dominating the legislative calendar, and concerns voiced about climate legislation by moderate Senate Democrats, success in the Senate was always a long - shot.

Jeff «Id» Condon moderates a small blog called the Air Vent which is frequented by lukewarmers — a group of global warming enthusiasts that believe that CO2 does trap energy and could be warming the planet, but questions the magnitude of the problem and the certainty of climate science.

The aim of this paper is to discover which representations of climate engineering (CE)[note] The terms «climate engineering» and «geoengineering» were considered to be interchangeable, and both are here defined as «deliberate large - scale intervention in the Earth's climate system, in order to moderate global warming» (Shepherd, Cox, Haigh et al. 2009, ix).

That made people sit up, and yielded a flurry of publications showing that there are plenty of ways in which the climate system moderates the severity of the negative feedback which was the basis for the original findings.

Forests play a vital role in the climate machinery, so climate scientists need to know how they moderate air temperatures, what kind of age structure matters most in a forest, how many trees there might be on the planet and which are most at risk.

Climate Explorer's graphs and maps show projected conditions for two possible futures: one in which humans make a moderate attempt to reduce global emissions of heat - trapping gases, and one in which we go on conducting business as usual.

He's obviously greener than outright climate deniers like Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann and flip - floppers like Newt Gingrich, but he might also be more climate - hawkish than Tim Pawlenty, who called for moderate climate action while he was governor of Minnesota but more recently has questioned the degree to which climate change is human - caused.

However, it's worth noting that the annual range in climate mean temperature for somewhere like the UK [which has a fairly moderate temperate climate] is from a low of 4 degrees in winter to 17 degrees in summer.

Rep. Chris Gibson (R - N.Y.) will introduce the resolution today, which will put some of his moderate Republican colleagues on the record for the first time in support of climate action.

The coalition, which included the FCNL, Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN), Environmental Defense Action Fund, and Citizens» Climate Lobby, among others, has been meeting discreetly with moderate House and Senate members of both parties in the hopes of defusing the partisan vitriol that clings to the climate issue and eventually forging Climate Lobby, among others, has been meeting discreetly with moderate House and Senate members of both parties in the hopes of defusing the partisan vitriol that clings to the climate issue and eventually forging climate issue and eventually forging policy.

For that process to stop, there would seem to have to be some saturation point, at which the oceans no longer moderate surface climate to the same extent.

The problem, according to Wilson, is that the standard is developed for moderate European climates which are rarely extremely hot or extremely cold.

Enjoying clean air and a comfortable climate in your home begins with proper ventilation and air - sealing, which not only keeps pollen and dust at bay, but also moderates humidity levels and temperature swings.