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Guy Stewart Callendar (/ ˈ k æ l ə n d ər /; 9 February 1898 – 3 October 1964) was an English steam engineer and inventor. [1] His main contribution to human knowledge was developing the theory that linked rising carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere to global temperature.
Climate change is making heat waves more intense, potentially leading to a higher risk of heat stroke. The effects of climate change on human health are profound because they increase heat-related illnesses and deaths, respiratory diseases, and the spread of infectious diseases. There is widespread agreement among researchers, health ...
Climate change can also be used more broadly to include changes to the climate that have happened throughout Earth's history. [32] Global warming—used as early as 1975 [33] —became the more popular term after NASA climate scientist James Hansen used it in his 1988 testimony in the U.S. Senate. [34] Since the 2000s, climate change has ...
Hansen won the 2010 Sophie Prize, set up in 1997 by Norwegian Jostein Gaarder, the author of the 1991 best-selling novel and teenagers' guide to philosophy Sophie's World, [129] for his " key role for the development of our understanding of human-induced climate change."
A 2019 review of scientific papers found the consensus on the cause of climate change to be at 100%, [6] and a 2021 study concluded that over 99% of scientific papers agree on the human cause of climate change. [7] The small percentage of papers that disagreed with the consensus often contained errors or could not be replicated. [8]
The climate crisis in this country is disproportionately a Black crisis.” Cheadle is a U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) Goodwill Ambassador . He’s narrated a powerful video essay for UNEP ...
The Gateway Belief Model, which models the thought that communicating scientific consensus will impact belief in climate change and produce support for action. Most climate communication and research within the field is concerned with (1) the mechanisms related to the public's understanding/awareness of and perception of climate change which are intertwined with (2) personal cultural values ...
Family quotes from famous people. 11. “In America, there are two classes of travel—first class and with children.” —Robert Benchley (July 1934) 12. “There is no such thing as fun for the ...