Klimatskeptiskanforskare i skrivelse till trump
The phrase "climate change" is used more broadly to describe warming as well as other phenomena like shifting rainfall and drought patterns, melting ice and altered wind and ocean currents, Mann said. While natural climate variability can result in temporary cooler time periods, there has been an overall global warming trend that has persisted for decades.
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Regardless, unexpected freezing events can and do occur even on a warming planet and do not mean that global warming isn't occurring. This warming has been detected in both the atmosphere and the ocean. Global warming, remember? Scientists have not stopped using the expression "global warming," though the phrase means something slightly different than "climate change. Cheung did not provide any. While Harris has repeatedly referred to climate change as a "crisis," Trump has pushed back against the existence of climate change and promoted climate science misinformation, including claims previously debunked by USA TODAY and other fact-checkers.
Because weather is variable, examining a small number of weather events is not enough to detect changes in climate, researchers have previously told USA TODAY. Harris is seeking a promotion after four years under a President Joe Biden administration in which climate actions included casting the tie-breaking vote to pass the Inflation Reduction Act — landmark legislation to combat climate change. Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are both campaigning on climate as the presidential race enters its final days.
Scientists have documented this long-term change. While Earth's climate has always changed, modern climate change is caused by human behavior, threatens human infrastructure and is proceeding more rapidly than past climate change events, according to researchers. Trump is seeking to return to the White House, where his first-term climate actions included withdrawing the U. He also reversed or weakened domestic rules that limited greenhouse gas emissions — a move one analysis estimated would result in an extra 1.
Bush seemed to take Luntz's advice, avoiding the term "global warming," though he had previously used it often, according to media reports of the time. Trump's statements, however, have repeatedly been at odds with evidence assembled by scientists. So they said, 'What are we going to do? The loss of sea ice results in less solar radiation being reflected back to space and more being absorbed by darker ocean water, creating a warming feedback loop.
And it was so vicious and so cold that the ice formed around the ship and started crushing the ship like it was a little … Remember? And they had a little cold wave that lasted for about two days. Diamond said the agency has not projected that average global sea levels could drop in the next years, nor was he aware of any climate agency that had made such a projection. The ship was just engulfed in ice.
So, they came up with the words 'climate change' because that takes care of everything. Trump has for years dishonestly dismissed the existence and impact of climate change. While still subject to freezing polar weather, the Arctic has warmed four times faster than the global average since the late s, resulting in sea ice loss. A significant long-term warming trend has been detected by multiple independent climate agencies around the globe.
This review did not uncover any climate science misinformation promoted by Harris, who consistently references the topic with general statements rather than specific scientific assertions. Average global sea level rise estimates are based on measurements from across the globe that account for these differences. Cheung did not clarify what purported incident Trump was referencing in this statement. Bush administration to refer to "climate change" rather than "global warming" because it was "less frightening" than the phrase "global warming.
Trump har svarat på Bidens utlovade klimatsatsning genom att sparka chefen för USA:s klimatforskarprogram. It is not a weather fluctuation. Men än är han inte president: Det är fortfarande Donald J. Trump som styr USA – och han har en annan inställning till klimatkrisen. The timing of the warming also matches the timing of increased greenhouse gas emissions. Climate is the average or typical weather over a long period of time.
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Instead, the entire climate record must be examined. In a speech at a conservative conference last year, after saying that “the oceans may rise, over the next. It can be measured hourly, daily, weekly, monthly or yearly.
Other phenomena such as current and wind patterns or gravitational force changes also cause relative sea level rise to vary depending on locale. However, there is a history of climate terminology being manipulated for political gain. Instead, NOAA projects average global sea levels rising around feet compared to sea levels in by , depending on factors such as the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere by humans.
We had to send helicopters in to get them. An overwhelming amount of evidence shows Earth's climate is changing and that the change is being driven by human behavior. While there are natural phenomena that can alter Earth's climate, such as volcanic eruptions or changes in orbital cycles, scientists have ruled these out as a cause of modern climate change, USA TODAY previously reported. The speed at which humans are changing Earth's climate is also unprecedented.
You go up and you go down The climate's always been changing.