One of these is
the world problem of Global Warming.
Not exact matches
Branson could spend all
of his time on Necker Island, but he's using his billions and voice (he's got over 2 million followers) to try and solve some
of the
world's biggest
problems, like the HIV / AIDS pandemic and
global warming.
United Nations scientists state that raising animals for food is «one
of the major causes
of the
world's most pressing environmental
problems, including
global warming, land degradation, air and water pollution, and loss
of biodiversity.»
Francis drew a standing ovation on Monday at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, where he marked the UN's
World Food Day by calling for governments to work together to tackle the interconnected
problems of hunger,
global warming and migration.
United Nations scientists state that raising animals for food is «one
of the major causes
of the
world's most pressing environmental
problems, including
global warming, land degradation, air and water pollution, and loss
of biodiversity.»
Local pressures, in particular overfishing, destructive fishing, and pollution from nearby land - based human activity, are paramount, but
global warming has caused increased bleaching and ocean acidification, which makes it harder for corals to grow, compounding the
problems, the
World Resources Institute (WRI) and 24 other organizations concluded in «Reefs at Risk Revisited,» an update
of a 1998 report.
They were Jorge Sarmiento, an oceanographer at Princeton University who constructs ocean - circulation models that calculate how much atmospheric carbon dioxide eventually goes into the
world's oceans; Eileen Claussen, executive director
of the Pew Center for
Global Climate Change in Washington, D.C.; and David Keith, a physicist with the University of Calgary in Alberta who designs technological solutions to the global warming pr
Global Climate Change in Washington, D.C.; and David Keith, a physicist with the University
of Calgary in Alberta who designs technological solutions to the
global warming pr
global warming problem.
Governments or businesses can pose any
of the pressing
problems facing the
world —
global warming, the ageing population, water shortages — and can invite entrants to pitch solutions to a panel
of experts in that field.
World governments are cooperating as they work to slip a leash around the monstrous
problem of global warming, but new analysis shows that leash will need to be severely tightened in the coming years if damage from future
warming is to be meaningfully reduced.
OVERFISHING • Stop the
Problem of Ocean Acidification Global warming has been a hot topic in the ocean world, and it is because of ocean acidification, known as «the other global warming problem.
Problem of Ocean Acidification
Global warming has been a hot topic in the ocean world, and it is because of ocean acidification, known as «the other global warming problem.&
Global warming has been a hot topic in the ocean
world, and it is because
of ocean acidification, known as «the other
global warming problem.&
global warming problem.
problem.»
Global warming has become a very serious
problem of the contemporary
world.
There are moments
of visual awe to appreciate here and there, so not all
of course is a complete disaster, but watching Butler, with his scruffy - looking beard, playing a
world - renowned scientist who singlehandedly solved the
problem of global warming whilst in space, most definitely is.
If you think that, the modern
world does not have such a
problem as
global warming at all and all the dreadful and frightening things we hear every day are just gossiping, and spreading word in order to make the people being afraid, confused, and puzzled, you can do nothing but ground your point
of view in your persuasive essay
global warming writing.
Also, evidence
of the affects
of global warming from many parts
of the
world speaks for itself — melting ice, droughts, increasing water supply
problems in big cities like Barcelona etc..
When we look at solutions down the road for
global warming, for other environmental
problems, for horrible inequities in income and wealth distribution in the
world, we would do well to remember Einstein's warning, «We can't solve
problems by using the same kind
of thinking we used when we created them.»
On the overarching question
of «solving» the climate
problem, I'm sure Joe would agree that
global warming is inevitably going to be, at best, managed — not «fixed» — given the trajectories for emissions in a
world inexorably headed toward roughly nine billion people seeking energy - enabled lives and with substantial
warming already in the pipeline, according to a heap
of research.
Last sentence
of a column otherwise copypasting long - debunked PR talking points, quoting Plimmer, claiming the whole
world has quit thinking that
global warming is a
problem, except a few US scientists.
In a
world suffering from briskly advancing population growth, skyrocketing atmospheric CO2 concentrations, and consequential
Global Warming, the formation
of Terra Preta anew (Terra Preta Nova) could provide the largest signifiicant double whammy to these
problems.
Grant: Do you mean George W or
Global Warming is one
of the
world's biggest
problems right now?
Alternative energy is a joke, which doesn't take into account anything other than the fact that they burn clean as the so - called environmentalists want to believe that the only
problem that exists today is
global warming (nevermind the other
problems exist, nevermind that mining is ruining our
world as well, nevermind that cell phone towers are killing between 5 and 50 million migratory song birds every year or that dams are killing the salmon off, no none
of this matters apparently).
One
of the unavoidable realities attending
global warming — a reality that makes it the perfect
problem — is that there is plenty
of remaining uncertainty, even as the basics have grown ever firmer (my litany: more CO2 =
warmer world = less ice = rising seas and lots
of climate shifts).
Your colleague Thomas Friedman is one
of the most respected and influential people in the
world, and he has for years expressed great concern about the
global warming problem.
Perhaps we are helping
global warming and if the entire
world or at least more than 2/3
of the population cut back we could delay the
problem for another generation possibly more.
It said the impacts
of global warming could cost the
world as much as 20 percent
of economic output, compared with the 1 percent cost
of containing the
problem.
Even the IPCC folks admit (privately)
problems with their
global -
warming - due - to - anthropengic - increases - in - CO2 trope, with Kevin Trenberth agonizing over the fact that the «
world's top scientists» are not able to account for the lack
of warming.
Scientist Denis Rancout Bails Out
Of Global Warming Movement: Declares it a «corrupt social phenomenon... strictly an imaginary problem of the 1st World middleclass&raqu
Of Global Warming Movement: Declares it a «corrupt social phenomenon... strictly an imaginary
problem of the 1st World middleclass&raqu
of the 1st
World middleclass»
I received my PhD at the time that Hansen began his successful promotion
of Global Warming and became a postdoc in a research group that applied modelling to various
problems in the
world.
• Stop the
Problem of Ocean Acidification Global warming has been a hot topic in the ocean world, and it is because of ocean acidification, known as «the other global warming problem.
Problem of Ocean Acidification
Global warming has been a hot topic in the ocean world, and it is because of ocean acidification, known as «the other global warming problem.&
Global warming has been a hot topic in the ocean
world, and it is because
of ocean acidification, known as «the other
global warming problem.&
global warming problem.
problem.»
When I began my intensive search for anything showing the «reposition
global warming» memo in its full context, what I found in just the first day was essentially wall - to - wall quotes about Ross Gelbspan's big revelation
of it to the
world — except for one lone exception, which was a March 13, 2008 US News & World Report article noting phrase was part of Kivalina v Exxon court case documents (more on that separate problem here) which themselves led me to the New York Times revelation of the phrase and the ICE campaign, over six years earlier than any accolades about Gelbspan's ex
world — except for one lone exception, which was a March 13, 2008 US News &
World Report article noting phrase was part of Kivalina v Exxon court case documents (more on that separate problem here) which themselves led me to the New York Times revelation of the phrase and the ICE campaign, over six years earlier than any accolades about Gelbspan's ex
World Report article noting phrase was part
of Kivalina v Exxon court case documents (more on that separate
problem here) which themselves led me to the New York Times revelation
of the phrase and the ICE campaign, over six years earlier than any accolades about Gelbspan's exposé.
That incentive has driven plants in the developing
world not only to increase production
of the coolant gas but also to keep it high — a huge
problem because the coolant itself contributes to
global warming and depletes the ozone layer.
packed with common
problems awaiting for solutions -
global warming, urban air pollution, contaminants in drinking water / contains samples
of distributions
of variables, it is actually a very large Bayesian belief network, which can be used for assessment - level analyses and conditioning and optimising different decision / and discussions about the actual topics related to real -
world decision - making, there is also a meta level in Opasnet.
It was established in 1988 by the
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) in recognition
of the
problem of global warming.
With biofuels, and all other alternative resources for energy, we might be able to curb the growing
problem that is
global warming and at the same time preserve the ecosystems
of the
world.
That brings us to the second
problem: Yes, swapping out coal for natural gas does reduce carbon emissions initially, but in fact it ultimately doesn't help the planet avoid a rise
of 2 degrees Celsius over the coming decades, the limit scientists around the
world say we must not exceed in order to prevent the worst impacts
of global warming.
Yet, despite the scientific community's warnings
of the imminent dangers
of global warming, politicians
world - wide have failed to agree on what to do about this potentially devastating environmental
problem.
Radical scepticism provides the perfect argument for rejecting action to mitigate
global warming — if we have no reason to believe in the existence
of the external
world, then trashing it can't be a
problem, can it?
A
world that our children will be required to know well in order to solve the
problem of global warming.
If the UN had played it straight, the «urgency»
of global warming would have evaporated, but, recognizing that this might cause
problems, they preferred to mislead the
world's policymakers.
* that BP is funding research into «ways
of tackling the
world's climate
problem» at Princeton University to the tune
of $ 2 million per year for 15 years * that BP is funding an energy research institute involving two other US universities to the tune
of $ 500 million — the aim
of which is «to develop new sources
of energy and reduce the impact
of energy consumption on the environment» * that ExxonMobil itself has donated $ 100 million to Stanford university so that researchers there can find «ways to meet growing energy needs without worsening
global warming»
The blanket - exemption treatment is based on increasingly questionable assertions that wind turbines reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide levels that supposedly cause
global warming, climate change, extreme weather events and an amazing number
of dog, people, Italian pasta, prostitution and other exaggerated or imaginary
problems, plus others that exist only in computer models whose forecasts and scenarios bear no resemblance to Real
World conditions or events.
I'll admit that I've noticed, and that I was watching a recent episode
of «The View» this morning (via DVR) when Roseanne revealed her solution to all the
world's
problems, including
global warming: The macadamia nut.
On the contrary,
global warming is a
problem for which the
world is rather well equipped to make informed policy, thanks to the IPCC reviewing the best available scientific knowledge, and thanks to ensembles
of hindcasting - capable models constrained by (real -
world!)
They believe the
problem will be largely limited to the developing
world, that the developed
world will be insulated from
global warming, while remaining ignorant
of what has happened in the Arctic (I mean they are completely unaware
of the latest trends).
The Eurobarometer poll (pdf) found that the majority
of the public in the European Union consider
global warming to be one
of the
world's most serious
problems, with one - fifth saying it is the single most serious
problem.
She referenced former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's new book, Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power, which claims the biggest
problem the
world faces is not
global warming or nuclear threat, but the the treatment
of women and girls.