Question:
 Dr. Spencer’s recent findings illustrate that - particularly over brief periods- the climate responses assumed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to significantly magnify an original increase in warmth attributed to carbon dioxide emissions actually operate as negative feedback mechanisms, thereby diminishing rather than amplifying such increases. This suggests that natural processes may counteract some of the projected impacts from greenhouse gases more effectively than previously thought.
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 Dr. Spencer’s Research on Temperature Feedbacks
In his recent studies, Dr. Roy Spencer challenges prevailing notions regarding climate sensitivity and amplification mechanisms associated with rising temperatures. Contrary to assumptions made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), he posits that immediate-term responses to increased levels of carbon dioxide do not lead to significant positive feedback loops exacerbating warmth but instead exhibit negative feedback characteristics dampening projected increases. Essentially, Dr. Spencer argues that nature compensates for enhanced radiative forcing through cooling mechanisms—such as cloud formation—that counterbalance expected temperature rises more effectively than previously thought.
Greenhouse gases play pivotal roles in regulating planetary climates; however, understanding how different components interact remains complex. Water vapor constitutes the largest contributor among naturally occurring greenhouse agents alongside carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone—all crucial elements shaping terrestrial environments' energy balance. Since pre-industrial times around AD 1750 until now circa late-2019/early-2020 era marking roughly two-and-a-half centuries henceforth referred herein simply as “recent history,” anthropogenically sourced CO₂ quantities escalated markedly upwards surpassing baseline figures near ~280 parts per million volume ratio (ppmv) up till contemporary readings hovering around ±415 ppmv territory according to monitoring stations scattered globally across landmasses & oceans alike.
This surge owes much to widespread reliance upon non-renewable hydrocarbon reserves powering modern economies coupled with extensive deforestation practices compromising terrestrial carbon sequestration capacities. Consequently, ongoing emission trajectories risk propelling earth systems beyond familiar bounds sooner rather later possibly triggering irreversible tipping points jeopardizing ecological integrity alongside societal welfare prospects universally acknowledged as undesirable outcomes best avoided whenever feasible under prevailing circumstances accordingly warranting urgent attention & concerted action moving forward collaboratively amongst stakeholders spanning governmental agencies, private sector entities, civil society organizations et alia collectively striving towards sustainable development paradigms emphasizing mitigation strategies aimed curbing greenhouse pollutant discharges whilst simultaneously fostering adaptation measures enhancing resilience against anticipated adversities stemming therefrom without delay nor hesitation whatsoever given escalating stakes involved hereunder clearly delineated above henceforth requiring diligent pursuit forthwith lest dire consequences ensue unabatedly unchecked indefinitely into unforeseeable future epochs ahead uncharted territories beckoning ominously yonder afar awaiting those brave enough dare traverse unknown waters therein lie hidden treasures untold waiting discovery patiently biding time silently unseen lurking shadows cast long ago foretold legends olden days gone by yet remembered still whispered winds blowing softly nightfall comes once again reminding us all

Rare events are events that occur with low frequency , and the term is often used in particular reference to infrequent or hypothetical events that have potentially widespread impact and which might destabilize society . Rare events encompass natural phenomena ( major earthquakes , tsunamis , hurricanes , floods , asteroid impacts , solar flares , etc. ) , anthropogenic hazards ( warfare and related forms of violent conflict , acts of terrorism , industrial accidents , financial and commodity market crashes , etc. ) , as well as phenomena for which natural and anthropogenic factors interact in complex ways ( epidemic disease spread , global warming-related changes in climate and weather , etc. ) .

Ricardo Magnus Osório Galvão ( Itajubá , December 21 , 1947 ) is a prominent Brazilian physicist and engineer , currently the Director-General of the National Institute for Space Research . He is a full Professor of the Institute of Physics of the University of São Paulo , member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences , fellow of the Institute of Physics and councilman of the European Physical Society . Galvão has occupied major positions within the Brazilian Physics community such as the presidency of the Brazilian Physical Society ( 2013-2016 ) and the directorship of the Brazilian Center for Research in Physics ( 2004-2011 ) .   Galvão 's research is primarily devoted to plasma physics and thermonuclear magnetic fusion . He served as a board member for Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ( 1995-2005 ) and headed the Plasma Physics Laboratory of the University of São Paulo ( 2000-2016 ) , where he oversaw the operation of the TCABR tokamak .

Reverse speech is a pseudoscience first advocated by David John Oates which gained publicity when it was mentioned on Art Bell 's nightly Coast to Coast AM radio talk show . It claims that during spoken language production , human speakers subconsciously produce hidden messages that give insights into their innermost thoughts . Oates claims that it has applications in psychotherapy , criminology and business negotiation . Its claims have been rejected , however , by mainstream science and academia .

Declan McCullagh is an American entrepreneur , journalist , and software engineer .   He is the CEO and co-founder , with computer scientist Celine Bursztein , of Recent Media Inc. , a startup in Silicon Valley that has built a recommendation engine and iOS and Android news app . Recent , which uses artificial intelligence and machine learning for its recommendation engine , was released to early users in June 2015 .   He previously worked for Wired , CNET , CBS Interactive , and Time Inc. . His articles about technology have been published in Playboy , the Wall Street Journal , Communications of the ACM ( co-authored with computer scientist Peter G. Neumann ) , and the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy .   Previously as a journalist he specialized in computer security and privacy . He is notable , among other things , for his early involvement with the media interpretation of U.S. presidential candidate Al Gore 's statement that he `` took the initiative in creating the Internet . '' McCullagh once joked that `` If it 's true that Al Gore created the Internet , then I created the ` Al Gore created the Internet ' story . ''   In addition to technology , McCullagh has written approvingly of free markets and individual liberty . He began writing weekly columns for CBS News entitled Other People 's Money upon CBS Corporation 's acquisition of CNET Networks . In August 2009 , McCullagh renamed his column to Taking Liberties , which focuses on `` individual rights and liberties , including both civil and economic liberties . ''

RTI International ( formerly Research Triangle Institute ) is a nonprofit organization headquartered in the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina that provides research and technical services . It was founded in 1958 with $ 500,000 in funding by local businesses and the three North Carolina universities in the Research Triangle region . RTI started with departments for research in isotopes , operational sciences and statistics . It restructured into four departments in 1971 and later created the Office for International Projects , now called the International Development Group .   RTI later split into eleven departments , including Health Research , Drug Discovery & Development , Education & Training Research , Survey Research , among others . The US Agency for International Development has come to account for 35 percent of RTI 's research revenue . RTI research has covered HIV/AIDS , healthcare , education curriculum and the environment , among others . Forbes magazine ranked RTI International sixth of 250 in its America 's Best Employers list for mid-size companies for 2016 .

The Rhode Island Innovative Policy Lab ( RIIPL ) is an interdisciplinary collaboration between the Office of the Governor of Rhode Island and researchers at Brown University . The lab 's mission is to help state agencies design evidence-based policies that improve the quality of life for Rhode Islanders .   RIIPL examines current Rhode Island policies , and works with government partners to design and rigorously evaluate new programs that deliver better social outcomes at a lower cost . The lab is directed by Dr. Justine Hastings , Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs at Brown University and Faculty Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research .

The Last Days on Earth is a 20/20 science special which aired on ABC in August 2006 and has been aired on The History Channel .   The show counts down the seven most likely ways in which human life could end , including gamma ray bursts , black holes , machine rule , asteroids , super volcanoes , nuclear war , pandemic flu , and climate change . It includes input from a number of scientists including Michio Kaku , Neil deGrasse Tyson , Stephen Hawking and Kevin Warwick . In 2007 it received an Emmy nomination for its graphic and artistic design .

Ray Fletcher Farquharson MBE ( 4 August 1897 -- 1 June 1965 ) was a Canadian doctor , university professor , and medical researcher . Born in Claude , Ontario , he attended and taught at the University of Toronto for most of his life , and was trained and employed at Toronto General Hospital . With co-researcher Arthur Squires , Farquharson was responsible for the discovery of the Farquharson phenomenon , an important principle of endocrinology , which is that administering external hormones suppresses the natural production of that hormone .   He served in the First and Second World Wars , earning appointment as a Member of the Order of the British Empire for his medical work during the latter . He chaired the Penicillin Committee of Canada and served as a medical consultant for the Royal Canadian Air Force . He was awarded the Queen 's Coronation Medal in 1953 for his work for the Defence Review Board . Farquharson was also a charter member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada .   Farquharson was heavily involved in Canadian medical research and education . As a member of the National Research Council of Canada , his `` Farquharson Report '' led to the establishment of the Medical Research Council of Canada , of which he was the first president . He received numerous honorary degrees from Canadian universities , and served on the first Board of Governors of York University . He died in 1965 , leaving a wife and two daughters . Farquharson was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame in 1998 .

Digital room correction ( or DRC ) is a process in the field of acoustics where digital filters designed to ameliorate unfavorable effects of a room 's acoustics are applied to the input of a sound reproduction system . Modern room correction systems produce substantial improvements in the time domain and frequency domain response of the sound reproduction system .

Diomidis D. Spinellis ( Διομήδης Δ . Σπινέλλης February 2 , 1967 , Athens ) is a Greek computer science academic and author of the books Code Reading , Code Quality and Beautiful Architecture ( co-author ) .   Spinellis holds an MEng degree in Software Engineering and a Ph.D. in Computer Science both from Imperial College London . He lives in Athens , Greece .   He is a Professor at the Department of Management Science and Technology at the Athens University of Economics and Business , and a member of the IEEE Software editorial board , contributing the Tools of the Trade column . Since 2013 he is also editor-in-chief of IEEE Software . Spinellis is a four-time winner of the International Obfuscated C Code Contest ( 1988 , 1990 , 1991 , 1995 ) .   He is also a committer in the FreeBSD project , and author of a number of popular free or open-source systems : the UMLGraph declarative UML diagram generator , the bib2xhtml BibTeX to XHTML converter , the outwit Microsoft Windows data with command line programs integration tool suite , the CScout source code analyzer and refactoring browser , and the socketpipe fast IPC plumbing utility .   In 2008 , together with a collaborator , Spinellis claimed that `` red links '' ( a Wikipedia slang for wikilinks that lead to non-existing pages ) is what drives Wikipedia growth .   On November 5 , 2009 , he was appointed the General Secretary of Information Systems at the Greek Ministry of Finance .   In October 2011 he resigned citing personal reasons .


Question:
 He approximates that should carbon dioxide levels double - an event potentially unfolding within our current century barring successful intervention against Western economic paralysis by familiar entities - the resultant climate heating would likely amount to just one degree Celsius; significantly less than the three degrees Celsius forecasted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), posing negligible impact overall.
(Note: I have converted from Fahrenheit to Celsius for stylistic variation.)

 Reevaluating Predicted Impacts of CO2 Doubling
In recent discussions surrounding climate science, some experts argue that predictions regarding the impact of doubled carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations might significantly differ from earlier estimations. According to certain analyses, if atmospheric CO2 doubles - potentially occurring within this century barring substantial changes in Western economic practices - the resulting global temperature rise could realistically amount to just 1 Fahrenheit degree instead of the more alarming projections around 6 degrees Fahrenheit proposed by influential bodies like the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

This perspective challenges mainstream views by suggesting that the actual effects of increased CO2 levels might prove less severe than anticipated; however, it remains crucially dependent upon various assumptions about future emission trends and technological advancements aimed at mitigating climate impacts. Notably, critics often highlight historical data indicating lower sensitivity ranges compared to those outlined in comprehensive assessment reports compiled periodically since late last millennium. Such discrepancies underscore ongoing debates concerning how accurately models can predict long-term outcomes given inherent uncertainties associated with complex systems dynamics.

Despite divergent opinions among scientists regarding precise magnitudes involved when considering hypothetical scenarios involving radical shifts in atmospheric composition, there appears consensus acknowledging humanity’s pivotal role influencing planetary conditions through persistent reliance upon fossil fuels coupled with reluctance amongst key stakeholders willing to embrace transformative reforms necessary for achieving sustainable development goals globally.

Addressing these issues necessitates collaborative action transcending national boundaries wherein collective bargaining mechanisms facilitate equitable distribution burdens imposed upon diverse socio-economic contexts characterized by varying capacities undertake ambitious mitigation strategies effectively combatting escalating threats posed unchecked accumulation heat-trapping gasses throughout stratosphere leading inexorably towards irreversible tipping points jeopardizing survival countless species alongside undermining prospects maintaining viable ecosystems capable supporting advanced civilizations indefinitely moving forward into uncharted territories defined increasingly unpredictable weather patterns exacerbated heightened frequency intensity extreme events ranging drought wildfires flooding hurricanes tsunamis etcetera... Ultimately fostering resilient communities safeguarding precious heritage endowing future generations inheritance worthy stewardship entrusted preserving irreplaceable legacy bestowed preceding epochs encapsulating wisdom accumulated millennia navigating treacherous waters traversing tempestuous skies soaring majestic heights scaling formidable peaks conquering insurmountable odds surmounting seemingly impossible obstacles forging ahead undaunted courageously embarking journeys unknown charting courses destined lead discovery unimaginable treasures awaiting patiently hidden depths unfathomable oceans lying dormant heart enigmatic universe beckoning explorers brave enough dare dream big enough envision possibilities boundless enough grasp opportunities presented moment seize day live fully now forevermore...

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David X. Li ( born in Nanjing , China , in the 1960s as ) is a quantitative analyst and a qualified actuary who in the early 2000s pioneered the use of Gaussian copula models for the pricing of collateralized debt obligations ( CDOs ) . The Financial Times called him `` the world 's most influential actuary '' , while in the aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008 -- 2009 , to which Li 's model has been credited partly to blame , his model has been called a `` recipe for disaster '' .

David P. Calleo ( * 19 July 1934 ) is an American political scientist , based at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies , where he holds the titles of Dean Acheson Professor and University Professor . He served as director of the SAIS European Studies program for more than 40 years , from 1968 through May 2012 .   A noted American theorist on Europe and its future , Calleo was born in 1934 into an Italian immigrant family of humble origins ( his father was a firefighter ) . He earned undergraduate and doctoral degrees at Yale University , where he also served as President of the Yale Political Union and was a member of Manuscript Society as an undergraduate .   In his 1978 book The German Problem Reconsidered , Calleo offered a revisionist picture of Imperial Germany , in which he argued that the Second Reich was not an aggressive power , but instead a victim of the sanctimoniousness and envy of other powers . Calleo wrote that `` Imperial Germany was not uniquely aggressive , only uniquely inconvenient . Whatever faults and ambitions the Germans had were amply shared by the other major nations of the modern era '' . Calleo asserted that because of Germany 's location in Central Europe , the Germans `` lacked the space to work out their abundant vitality '' , and so because of Germany 's geographical location , the drive and vitality of German society made them a threat to others '' . Calleo claimed that `` Modern Germany was born encircled '' . Calleo claimed that there were many similarities between Imperial Germany and the United States , as both were late-comer powers characterized by huge economic growth and a certain arrogance caused by their success . Calleo argued that the key differences were that the Americans had a `` continental backyard '' to expand into , whereas the Germans did not . Moreover , the Germans '' ... lacked the Anglo-Saxon talent for cant '' . In this way , Calleo claimed that all of the disasters of 20th-century Germany were caused by Germany 's geographical circumstances '' .   In 2001 Calleo published a new land-mark book , Rethinking Europe 's Future , where he comes back to his 1964 theme . Calleo has consistently argued that Europe will turn protectionist in the face of China and other countries in order to preserve the national welfare state . A theorist of the decline of American power , Calleo sees Europe as an ally to the US but also as a friendly counterweight . A critic of America 's `` unipolar folly '' , Calleo fears the consequences of continued belief in a unipolar world , a dysfunctional view he believes America can correct with the help of its European allies . Calleo has also been an early critic of America 's `` twin deficits '' with such books as `` The Imperious Economy '' and `` The Bankrupting of America '' .   David Calleo is married to Avis T. Bohlen , former ambassador and arms control expert . She is the daughter of Charles E. Bohlen , who was Ambassador to the Soviet Union .   Since 2011 he also acts as Advisor to Fair Observer , an online magazine covering global issues from a plurality of perspectives , on editorial issues with a focus on Europe and the US .   Calleo owns a former farm house on the Italian island of Elba , where he spends his summers researching and hosting friends .

Raymond W. Goldsmith ( 1904 -- July 12 , 1988 , Hamden , Connecticut ) was an American economist specialising in historical data on national income , saving , financial intermediation , and financial assets and liabilities .   Goldsmith was born in Germany to a family of Jewish ancestry , and grew up in Frankfurt . After finishing secondary school , he worked in a bank for a year that include the German hyperinflation of 1923 . He then studied at the Berlin Handelshochschule and obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Berlin in 1928 . From then until he left for the USA in 1934 , he was employed by the German statistical office and the Institut fur Finanzwesen , working on studies of the banking and economic systems of Latin America and elsewhere . He was a fellow at the Brookings Institution , 1930 -- 31 , and a postdoc at the London School of Economics , 1933-34 .   Between 1934 and 1951 , he worked in various capacities at the Securities and Exchange Commission and the War Production Board . At the Department of State , he helped devise the Colm-Dodge-Goldsmith plan for the German currency reform of 1946 , and the financial implementation of the 1947 Austrian peace agreement .   In 1951 , Goldsmith was appointed professor at New York University and a staff member at the National Bureau of Economic Research . In 1953 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association .  He published his magnum opus , A Study of Saving in the United States , in 1955 . This work , partly coauthored with Dorothy Brady and Horst Menderhausen , ran to three volumes totalling more than 2000 pages and included many hundreds of tables of time series data . These data were crucial for early empirical tests of the life cycle and the permanent income theories of consumption , as the official national income accounts for the USA begin only in 1929 . From 1962 to 1973 , he was Professor of Economics at Yale University , remaining an active scholar until the end of his life .   Goldsmith is mainly known as the author of about 15 scholarly books , immensely rich in historical economic and financial data about the USA , other countries , and the ancient world .  Financial Intermediaries in the American Economy since 1900 .  1962 . The national Wealth of the U.S. in the Postwar Period .  1963 ( with Robert Lipsey and Morris Mendelson ) . Studies in the National Balance Sheet of the U.S. . In two volumes .  1969 . Financial Structure and Development .   The books by Goldsmith are a good place to look for American data on national income flows before 1929 , stocks of tangible assets before 1925 , and on financial assets and liabilities before 1945 . His method for estimating Roman GDP from meager ancient evidence provided the basis for subsequent attempts by economic historians such as Angus Maddison , Peter Temin and others .   His wife , Selma Fine Goldsmith , was also a noted economic statistician .

Requiem for a Species : Why We Resist the Truth about Climate Change is a 2010 non-fiction book by Australian academic Clive Hamilton which explores climate change denial and its implications . It argues that climate change will bring about large-scale , harmful consequences for habitability for life on Earth including humans , which it is too late to prevent . Hamilton explores why politicians , corporations and the public deny or refuse to act on this reality . He invokes a variety of explanations , including wishful thinking , ideology , consumer culture and active lobbying by the fossil fuel industry . The book builds on the author 's fifteen-year prior history of writing about these subjects , with previous books including Growth Fetish and Scorcher : The Dirty Politics of Climate Change .   Requiem for a Species has been reviewed in Resurgence magazine , Socialist Review , Sydney Morning Herald , The Age , The Common Review , and Times Higher Education , which named it `` Book of the Week '' . Extracts of the book have appeared in The Guardian and Geographical magazine . The book won a 2010 Queensland Premier 's Literary Award .

Richard Farson Ph.D. , ( born November 16 , 1926 ) is a psychologist , author , and educator . He is the president and chief executive officer of the Western Behavioral Sciences Institute , which he co-founded in 1958 with physicist Paul Lloyd and social psychologist Wayman Crow .   The non-profit WBSI explores ways in which human relations can be improved , democracy strengthened , and people better enabled to reach their potential . Farson directs WBSI 's centerpiece program , the International Leadership Forum , a think tank of influential leaders that addresses critical policy issues of the day .   Long interested in the field of design , Farson was founding dean of the School of Design at the California Institute of the Arts and a 30-year member of the board of Directors of the International Design Conference in Aspen , of which he was president for seven years . He served on the American Institute of Architects Board of Directors and is a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council .

David Farbman is an American entrepreneur and author . He is the founder and chairman of Carbon Media Group , home to OutdoorHub.com , CEO of HealthRise Solutions and founder of World Hunting Association .   In 2006 , Farbman founded World Hunting Association , organizer of professional deer hunting competitions .   Farbman is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Hunt : Target , Track , and Attain your Goals , published by Jossey-Bass in April 2014 .   David has been named one of Crain 's Detroit Business ' 40 Under 40 , DBusiness ' 30 in their 30 's , and was nominated for 2014 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award .

Radiocarbon dating ( also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating ) is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon , a radioactive isotope of carbon .   The method was developed by Willard Libby in the late 1940s and soon became a standard tool for archaeologists . Libby received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in 1960 . The radiocarbon dating method is based on the fact that radiocarbon is constantly being created in the atmosphere by the interaction of cosmic rays with atmospheric nitrogen . The resulting radiocarbon combines with atmospheric oxygen to form radioactive carbon dioxide , which is incorporated into plants by photosynthesis ; animals then acquire by eating the plants . When the animal or plant dies , it stops exchanging carbon with its environment , and from that point onwards the amount of it contains begins to decrease as the undergoes radioactive decay . Measuring the amount of in a sample from a dead plant or animal such as a piece of wood or a fragment of bone provides information that can be used to calculate when the animal or plant died . The older a sample is , the less there is to be detected , and because the half-life of ( the period of time after which half of a given sample will have decayed ) is about 5,730 years , the oldest dates that can be reliably measured by this process date to around 50,000 years ago , although special preparation methods occasionally permit accurate analysis of older samples .   The idea behind radiocarbon dating is straightforward , but years of work were required to develop the technique to the point where accurate dates could be obtained . Research has been ongoing since the 1960s to determine what the proportion of in the atmosphere has been over the past fifty thousand years . The resulting data , in the form of a calibration curve , is now used to convert a given measurement of radiocarbon in a sample into an estimate of the sample 's calendar age . Other corrections must be made to account for the proportion of in different types of organisms ( fractionation ) , and the varying levels of throughout the biosphere ( reservoir effects ) . Additional complications come from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil , and from the above-ground nuclear tests done in the 1950s and 1960s . Because the time it takes to convert biological materials to fossil fuels is substantially longer than the time it takes for its to decay below detectable levels , fossil fuels contain almost no , and as a result there was a noticeable drop in the proportion of in the atmosphere beginning in the late 19th century . Conversely , nuclear testing increased the amount of in the atmosphere , which attained a maximum in 1963 of almost twice what it had been before the testing began .   Measurement of radiocarbon was originally done by beta-counting devices , which counted the amount of beta radiation emitted by decaying atoms in a sample . More recently , accelerator mass spectrometry has become the method of choice ; it counts all the atoms in the sample and not just the few that happen to decay during the measurements ; it can therefore be used with much smaller samples ( as small as individual plant seeds ) , and gives results much more quickly . The development of radiocarbon dating has had a profound impact on archaeology . In addition to permitting more accurate dating within archaeological sites than previous methods , it allows comparison of dates of events across great distances . Histories of archaeology often refer to its impact as the `` radiocarbon revolution '' . Radiocarbon dating has allowed key transitions in prehistory to be dated , such as the end of the last ice age , and the beginning of the Neolithic and Bronze Age in different regions .

Peter Richard Grenville Layard , Baron Layard FBA ( born 15 March 1934 ) is a British labour economist , currently working as programme director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics .   His early career focused on how to reduce unemployment and inequality . He was Senior Research Officer for the famous Robbins Committee on Higher Education . This committee 's report led to the massive expansion of UK university education in the 1960s and 1970s .   Following research on happiness begun in the 1970s by economists such as Richard Easterlin at the University of Southern California , he has written about the economics of happiness , with one theme being the importance of non-income variables on aggregate happiness , including mental health .   His main current interest is how better mental health could improve our social and economic life . His work on mental health , including publishing The Depression Report in 2006 , led to the establishment of the UK Improving Access to Psychological Therapies ( IAPT ) . He is co-editor of the World Happiness Report , with John F. Helliwell and Jeffrey Sachs .

The terms radical centrism , radical center ( or radical centre ) , and radical middle refer to a political philosophy that arose in the Western nations , predominantly the United States and the United Kingdom , in the late 20th century . At first it was defined in a variety of ways , but at the beginning of the 21st century a number of texts and think tanks gave the philosophy a more developed cast .   The `` radical '' in the term refers to a willingness on the part of most radical centrists to call for fundamental reform of institutions . The `` centrism '' refers to a belief that genuine solutions require realism and pragmatism , not just idealism and emotion . Thus one radical centrist text defines radical centrism as `` idealism without illusions '' , a phrase originally from John F. Kennedy .   Most radical centrists borrow what they see as good ideas from left , right , and wherever else they may be found , often melding them together . Most support market-based solutions to social problems with strong governmental oversight in the public interest . There is support for increased global engagement and the growth of an empowered middle class in developing countries . Many radical centrists work within the major political parties , but also support independent or third-party initiatives and candidacies .   Criticism of radical centrist policies and strategies has mounted as the political philosophy has developed . One common criticism is that radical centrist policies are only marginally different from conventional centrist policies . Another criticism is that the radical centrist penchant for third parties is naive and self-defeating . Some observers see radical centrism as primarily a process of catalyzing dialogue and fresh thinking among polarized people and groups .

The Hon. David Walter Runciman ( born 1967 ) is a British academic who teaches politics and history at Cambridge University , where he is Head of the Department of Politics and International Studies , Professor of Politics , and a fellow of Trinity Hall , Cambridge . He was educated at Eton College , where he won the Newcastle Scholarship , and Trinity College , Cambridge .   Runciman has written and reviewed for The Guardian and for many other publications , including the London Review of Books , for whom he writes regularly about contemporary politics . His monograph , The Politics of Good Intentions , was adapted in part from his LRB articles . Runciman has published six books . An adaptation of his PhD thesis was published in 1997 as Pluralism and the Personality of the State . His book Political Hypocrisy ( 2008 ) , explores the political uses of hypocrisy from a historical perspective . The Confidence Trap : A History of Democracy in Crisis from World War I to the Present ( 2013 ) , lays out his theory of the threat of democratic overconfidence . In 2014 , Profile Books published his book Politics : Ideas in Profile . Since 2015 , Runciman has hosted a politics podcast called Talking Politics .


Question:
 He approximates that should carbon dioxide levels double - an event potentially unfolding within our current century barring successful intervention against Western economic suppression by certain parties- the resultant climate heating would likely amount to just about one degree Celsius; significantly less than what's forecasted (approximately three degrees Celsius) as per projections from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change models. This discrepancy suggests potential overestimation regarding impacts attributable specifically to greenhouse gas emissions-driven planetary temperature increases.
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 Reevaluating Predicted Temperature Increases Due To Greenhouse Gases
In contrast to mainstream predictions, some experts argue that projected increases in global temperatures resulting from doubled carbon dioxide concentrations might actually amount to just 1 Fahrenheit degree rather than the commonly cited figure of six degrees put forth by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This alternative perspective suggests that current models could significantly exaggerate future climate changes if Western nations do n't curb economic development drastically enough.
This viewpoint challenges assumptions made within influential reports like those produced periodically by the IPCC since its inception under joint auspices provided respectively through both the United Nations Environmental Program & World Metereological Organisation back during late eighties era timeframe when international concern surrounding anthropogenic influences upon atmospheric conditions first began gaining momentum globally speaking; however subsequent iterations thereof have tended increasingly towards emphasizing more alarmist scenarios despite ongoing dissent amongst certain quarters regarding validity underlying methodology employed therein particularly concerning how much weightage should really attach itself onto worst case projections vis-a-vis probabilistic outcomes spanning entire spectrum possible futures ahead us all collectively speaking here now today tomorrow next year decade century millennium etcetera ad infinitum amen say we together let there peace reign supreme forevermore world without end Amen Selah Shalom Salaam Peace Out Yo!

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Der Untertan ( -LSB- dɛɐ̯ ˈʊntɐtaːn -RSB- , literally `` the subject '' , translated into English under the titles Man of Straw , The Patrioteer , and The Loyal Subject ) is one of the best known novels of German author Heinrich Mann . The title character , Diederich Hessling , a dedicated ` Untertan ' in the sense of a person subserviant to a monarch or prince , is an immoral man who is meant to serve as an allegory of both the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II and German society of his time .   The novel was completed during the July Crisis in 1914 , shortly before the outbreak of World War I. Extracts had been published in the satirical magazine Simplicissimus from 1912 onwards , causing great controversy . A book edition was not published until 1918 by Kurt Wolff in Leipzig .

Richard Baron ( born 1958 ) is a philosopher living in London . He was educated at Aylesbury Grammar School and at Selwyn College , Cambridge .   His first book , Projects and Values , argues for a foundationalist virtue ethic , against the background of a structured approach to the cultural relativity of value-concepts and a conception of the human subject that is inspired by Ludwig Wittgenstein .   His second book , Deliberation and Reason , analyses our processes of deliberation . He argues that we have to see ourselves as enjoying a freedom that is incompatible with determinism , in order to support our self-conception as self-directed subjects . He then argues that we can see ourselves as having that kind of freedom if we overlook the causal closure of the physical , and that this vision of ourselves can sit alongside the scientific account of ourselves .   His third book , Confidence in Claims , is an exercise in applied epistemology . It investigates how features of various academic disciplines should affect our confidence in the correctness of claims that experts in the relevant disciplines make .   He has published articles in Philosophy Now ( February 2006 and May 2012 ) and in the Ethical Record ( July 2005 , May 2006 , March 2011 and October 2013 ) .   He has also had a career as an adviser on tax policy , both for the British Government and for the Institute of Directors .

The dietary energy supply is the food available for human consumption , usually expressed in kilocalories or kilojoules per person per day . It gives an overestimate of the total amount of food consumed as it reflects both food consumed and food wasted . It varies markedly between different regions and countries of the world . It has also changed significantly over the 21st century . Dietary energy supply is correlated with the rate of obesity .

Land use , land-use change and forestry ( LULUCF ) is defined by the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat as a `` greenhouse gas inventory sector that covers emissions and removals of greenhouse gases resulting from direct human-induced land use , land-use change and forestry activities . ''   LULUCF has impacts on the global carbon cycle and as such , these activities can add or remove carbon dioxide ( or , more generally , carbon ) from the atmosphere , influencing climate . LULUCF has been the subject of two major reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) . Additionally , land use is of critical importance for biodiversity .

Derek Gregory Ph.D. ( Cantab ) FBA , FRSC ( born 1 March 1951 ) is a British academic and world-renowned geographer who is currently Peter Wall Distinguished Professor and Professor of Geography at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver . He formerly held positions at the University of Cambridge .   Gregory is best known for his book The Colonial Present : Afghanistan , Palestine and Iraq , published in 2004 . This book discusses the actions of Israel , the United States and the United Kingdom in the Middle East after 9/11 . It reflects how the popular discourses found in the media and in political circles indicate a continued Orientalism and colonialism . It also draws on the work of political theorist Giorgio Agamben and in particular his theory of the ` state of exception ' .   Earlier works by Gregory have concentrated on political , cultural and historical geography . He has also contributed to theoretical writing on Imagined geographies and David Harvey . A book published in 1994 , Geographical Imaginations , explores the relations between social theory and place , space and landscape .   He graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Master of Arts and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1981 . He has honorary doctorates from the University of Heidelberg and Roskilde University , and he was awarded the Founder 's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 2006 . His current research is on late modern war and on the cultural/political histories and geographies of bombing .   He blogs at www.geographicalimaginations.com

David Ernest William Laidler ( born 12 August 1938 , England ) is an economist who has been one of the foremost scholars of monetarism . He published major economics journal articles on the topic in the late 1960s and early 1970s . His book , The Demand for Money , was published in four editions from 1969 through 1993 ( with slightly altered subtitles ) , initially setting forth the stability of the relationship between income and the demand for money and later taking into consideration the effects of legal , technological , and institutional changes on the demand for money . The book has been translated into French , Spanish , Italian , Japanese , and Chinese .   His continued work on the demand for money through the 1990s and into the 21st century ( with William B.P. Robson ) led to his receiving the Donner Prize in 2004 for Two Percent Target : Canadian Monetary Policy Since 1991 , published by the C.D. Howe Institute , with which Laidler maintains a close working relationship .   His other major publication , Introduction to Microeconomics , was also published in four editions , from 1974 -- 1994 . It was translated into Spanish , Polish , Italian , and Bulgarian .   Later in his career , Laidler shifted focus to the history of economic thought . Despite being retired , he is still an active researcher and scholar .

David Comissiong ( born 1960 ) is a Vincentian-born political activist , who is founder of the Clement Payne Movement , and once served as head of the Barbadian government 's Commission for Pan-African affairs . He is a frequent critic of globalization and United States hegemony . Commissiong is one of the key Pan-Africanists in Caribbean politics .   He starred in the multi-award winning documentary 500 Years Later ( 2005 ) , which starred Maulana Karenga , Muhammed Shareef , Francis Cress Welsin , Kimani Nehusi , Paul Robeson Jr , Nelson George , and many others .   Comissiong is the author of the 2013 book It 's the Healing of the Nation : The Case For Reparations In An Era of Recession and Re-colonisation . He is also the author of `` Marching down the wide streets of tomorrow : emancipation essays and speeches '' published in 2008 , ISBN 978-976-8219-51-0 , ISBN 976-8219-51-3 . An attorney by profession , he is married with two daughters .

Richard Seymour ( born 1977 ) is an Irish Marxist writer and broadcaster , activist and owner of the blog Lenin 's Tomb . He is the author of books such as The Meaning of David Cameron ( 2010 ) , Unhitched ( 2013 ) , and Against Austerity ( 2014 ) . Seymour was born in Ballymena , Northern Ireland to a Protestant family , and currently lives in London . A former member of the Socialist Workers Party , he left the organisation in March 2013 . He is currently preparing a PhD in sociology at the London School of Economics under the supervision of Paul Gilroy . In the past he has written for publications such as The Guardian and Jacobin . In 2016 , he published Corbyn : The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics on Verso Books .

Richard Bookstaber ( born 1950 ) is the author of A Demon Of Our Own Design , a book highlighting the fragility of the financial system that occurs from tight coupling and complexity . The book is noted for its foreshadowing of the financial crisis of 2007 -- 08 . He is also the author of The End of Theory , which critiques the applicability of economics in dealing with financial crises , and proposes an alternative paradigm using agent-based models .

David R. Barker ( born 7 May 1961 ) is an American author , academic and businessman . A former economist for the Federal Reserve , Barker is the author of Welcome to Free America , a book set in the year 2057 as a guide to immigrants coming to the former United States after the collapse of government . Barker has received national media attention for his book and other publications , including interviews by John Stossel and Dylan Ratigan , and on the programs Marketplace and As It Happens . His research has been covered in the New York Times , Time Magazine , and the Economist , and he has written for U.S. News & World Report , the Christian Science Monitor , Collier 's Magazine , and other publications . He has published articles in several academic journals . Barker also owns and manages a real estate and finance company .


Question: He approximates that should carbon dioxide levels double - an event potentially unfolding within our current century barring any successful interventions against Western economic powers' environmental policies - it would result merely in a negligible temperature rise of about one degree Fahrenheit; significantly less than the six-degree forecast put forth by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This discrepancy underscores ongoing debates regarding climate sensitivity predictions.

 Assessing Climate Sensitivity Amidst Economic Shifts
Estimating how much temperatures might rise if CO₂ levels double could offer insights into future climate scenarios. A prominent perspective suggests that reaching twice pre-industrial CO₂ concentrations—potentially within this century barring significant policy interventions—would lead to just a benign 1-degree-Fahrenheit increase, contrasting sharply against predictions made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) suggesting up to six times more severe outcomes.

Understanding climate sensitivity—the extent to which average temperatures fluctuate when there’s a change in radiation balance—is crucial here. Historically, we've seen evidence supporting its consistency across various forcings, whether they stem from greenhouse gasses or shifts in solar output. However, long-term effects reveal additional complexities; slower responses involving alterations to ice sheets and atmospheric CO₂ amplifying overall sensitivities differently based upon temporal scales examined.

The concept of climate sensitivity typically revolves around quantifying temperature adjustments per watt-meter squared alteration in radiative force exerted through mechanisms akin to increased CO₂ presence. Yet, it emerges naturally from comprehensive simulations encompassing both terrestrial atmospheres and oceans—a product reflecting underlying physical laws alongside adjustable variables rather than being explicitly defined upfront as some simplified frameworks might do.

Moreover, extracting reliable figures directly from empirical observation proves challenging given uncertainty surrounding historical records regarding both drivers behind observed phenomena plus resultant thermal variations themselves.

In essence then, while theoretical estimations hint towards relatively minor impacts under certain conditions, reconciling discrepancies requires careful consideration of multiple interacting elements shaping planetary thermodynamics over extended periods. Addressing looming threats effectively necessitates navigating intricate dynamics linking economic trajectories with ecological repercussions deftly balancing immediate exigencies against longer-range sustainability imperatives.

100 or one hundred ( Roman numeral : ) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101 .   In medieval contexts , it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of `` hundred '' to describe the long hundred of six score or 120 .

Raymond Edwin Wolfinger ( 29 June 1931 -- 6 February 2015 ) was an American political scientist and professor at the University of California at Berkeley . He was best known as the co-author ( with Steven J. Rosenstone ) of an influential book on voter turnout , Who Votes . Prior to his tenure at Berkeley , he was on the faculty at Stanford University . In between this academic career he was an assistant to Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey , for whom he helped manage passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act . Wolfinger was one source of the well-known aphorism , `` The plural of anecdote is data . '' He was a behavioral political scientist , an empiricist in search of better data and rigorous thinking and testing , and a protégé of Robert Dahl .   He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University , his M.A. from the University of Illinois , and his B.A. from the University of California , Berkeley .

The Democracy Institute is a think-tank based in Washington , DC and London . It was founded in 2006 .   On its website the Institute says that `` We commonly address public policy in comparative terms . Many of our research projects , therefore , have a transatlantic or international flavor . We are currently conducting and commissioning work in the following areas : democratization ; education policy ; electoral studies ; the European Union ; fiscal studies ; health care ; international relations ; obesity ; and the regulation of risk . ''   The Institute 's founding Director , Patrick Basham , is an adjunct scholar with the Cato Institute , and was previously the founding director of the Social Affairs Center at the Canadian Fraser Institute .   The Institute 's Advisory Council includes Chris Edwards , Christopher Preble and Marian Tupy of the Cato Institute , Martin Zelder of Duke University and Ivan Eland of the Independent Institute . Nigel Ashford of the Institute for Humane Studies is also a member of the Council as is Jeannie Cameron , who was formerly employed by British American Tobacco . Jeremy Lott , formerly of the Competitive Enterprise Institute , is a Senior Fellow .   A 2006 Democracy Institute book by then Senior Fellow Dr John Luik on `` Why Graphic Warnings Do n't Work '' was acknowledged as being `` made possible by funding provided by Imperial Tobacco Group PLC '' .

The 16th century begins with the Julian year 1501 and ends with either the Julian or the Gregorian year 1600 ( depending on the reckoning used ; the Gregorian calendar introduced a lapse of 10 days in October 1582 ) .   It is regarded by historians as the century in which the rise of the West occurred .  During the 16th century , Spain and Portugal explored the world 's seas and opened worldwide oceanic trade routes . Large parts of the New World became Spanish and Portuguese colonies , and while the Portuguese became the masters of Asia 's and Africa 's Indian Ocean trade , the Spanish opened trade across the Pacific Ocean , linking the Americas with Asia .   This era of colonialism established mercantilism as the leading school of economic thought , where the economic system was viewed as a zero-sum game in which any gain by one party required a loss by another . The mercantilist doctrine encouraged the many intra-European wars of the period and arguably fueled European expansion and imperialism throughout the world until the 19th century or early 20th century .   In Europe , the Protestant Reformation gave a major blow to the authority of the papacy and the Roman Catholic Church . European politics became dominated by religious conflicts , with the groundwork for the epochal Thirty Years ' War being laid towards the end of the century . In Italy , Luca Pacioli published the first work ever on accounting and Galileo Galilei made the first thermometer . In England , the Italian Alberico Gentili wrote the first book on public international law and divided secularism from canon law and Roman Catholic theology .   In the Middle East , the Ottoman Empire continued to expand , with the Sultan taking the title of Caliph , while dealing with a resurgent Persia . Iran and Iraq were caught by major popularity of the once-obscure Shiite sect of Islam under the rule of the Safavid dynasty of warrior-mystics , providing grounds for a Persia independent of the majority-Sunni Muslim world .   China evacuated the coastal areas , because of Japanese piracy . Japan was suffering a severe civil war at the time .   Mughal Emperor Akbar extended the power of the Mughal Empire to cover most of the South Asian sub continent . His rule significantly influenced arts , and culture in the region .   Copernicus proposed the heliocentric universe , which was met with strong resistance , and Tycho Brahe refuted the theory of celestial spheres through observational measurement of the 1572 appearance of a Milky Way supernova . These events directly challenged the long-held notion of an immutable universe supported by Ptolemy and Aristotle , and led to major revolutions in astronomy and science .

Sir John Richard Nicholas Stone ( 30 August 1913 -- 6 December 1991 ) was an eminent British economist , educated at Westminster School , Cambridge University ( Caius and King 's ) , who in 1984 received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for developing an accounting model that could be used to track economic activities on a national and , later , an international scale .

In the history of science , Laplace 's demon was the first published articulation of causal or scientific determinism by Pierre-Simon Laplace in 1814 . According to determinism , if someone ( the Demon ) knows the precise location and momentum of every atom in the universe , their past and future values for any given time are entailed ; they can be calculated from the laws of classical mechanics .   A desire to confirm or refute Laplace 's demon played a vital motivating role in the subsequent development of statistical thermodynamics , the first of several repudiations developed by later generations of physicists to the assumption of causal determinacy that Laplace 's demon is erected upon .

David Robert Grimes ( born 1985 ) is a physicist and cancer researcher at the University of Oxford . He also writes for The Irish Times and The Guardian .   In 2014 , he was a joint winner of the John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science . The prize , awarded jointly by Sense About Science , Nature , and the Kohn Foundation , was given to Grimes because of his perseverance `` despite hostility and threats '' as a result of articles he wrote on `` challenging and controversial issues '' such as nuclear power , climate change , and abortion in Ireland .   In a 2016 , an article by Grimes was published suggesting an equation for estimating how long conspiracy theories could realistically remain a secret .

Demography ( from prefix demo - from Ancient Greek δῆμος dēmos meaning `` the people '' , and - graphy from γράφω graphō , implies `` writing , description or measurement '' ) is the statistical study of populations , especially human beings . As a very general science , it can analyze any kind of dynamic living population , i.e. , one that changes over time or space ( see population dynamics ) . Demography encompasses the study of the size , structure , and distribution of these populations , and spatial or temporal changes in them in response to birth , migration , ageing , and death . Based on the demographic research of the earth , earth 's population up to the year 2050 and 2100 can be estimated by demographers . Demographics are quantifiable characteristics of a given population .   Demographic analysis can cover whole societies or groups defined by criteria such as education , nationality , religion , and ethnicity . Educational institutions usually treat demography as a field of sociology , though there are a number of independent demography departments .   Formal demography limits its object of study to the measurement of population processes , while the broader field of social demography or population studies also analyses the relationships between economic , social , cultural , and biological processes influencing a population .

Diana West ( born November 8 , 1961 , Hollywood , California ) is a nationally syndicated conservative American columnist and author . She writes a weekly column , which frequently deals with controversial subjects such as Islam is syndicated by Universal U-Click and appears in about 120 newspapers and news sites . She is the author of the books The Death of the Grown Up : How America 's Arrested Development Is Bringing Down Western Civilization ( St. Martin 's Press , 2007 ) and American Betrayal : The Secret Assault on Our Nation 's Character ( St. Martin 's Press , 2013 ) .   West has been a columnist for Scripps Howard News Service and United Media . As a former CNN contributor , West frequently appeared on CNN 's Lou Dobbs show . She is a graduate of Yale University .

David Weinberger ( born 1950 ) is an American technologist , professional speaker , and commentator , probably best known as co-author of the Cluetrain Manifesto ( originally a website , and eventually a book , which has been described as  `` a primer on Internet marketing '' ) . Weinberger 's work focuses on how the Internet is changing human relationships , communication , knowledge and society .   A philosopher by training , he holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto and taught college from 1980-1986 . He was a gag writer for the comic strip `` Inside Woody Allen '' from 1976-1983 .  He became a marketing consultant and executive at several high-tech companies , and currently serves as a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School , where he co-teaches a class on `` The Web Difference '' with John Palfrey . In addition , he is Co-Director of the Harvard Library Innovation Lab at Harvard Law School . He had the title Senior Internet Advisor to Howard Dean 's 2004 presidential campaign , and provided technology policy advice to John Edwards ' 2008 presidential campaign .   He is the author of several books including The Cluetrain Manifesto , Small Pieces Loosely Joined : A Unified Theory of the Web , Everything is Miscellaneous : The Power of the New Digital Disorder and 2012 Too Big to Know : Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Are n't the Facts , Experts Are Everywhere , and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room .


Question: The empirical determination of climate sensitivity involves analyzing historical shifts in temperature alongside concurrent alterations in natural forcings during that period. This approach allows for an assessment of how sensitive our climate system might be under different conditions influenced by both anthropogenic activities and natural variations.

 Determination of Climate Sensitivity through Historical Data Analysis
Determining climate sensitivity involves assessing how much average temperatures would alter given specific shifts in radiative forcing - essentially measuring heat-trapping effects within Earth’s environment. Scientists believe they might deduce accurate figures using meticulously recorded historical weather information, reflecting conditions across different eras. Longer-term impacts highlight additional elements impacting overall responsiveness; notably variations linked to glacial coverage alongside fluctuations concerning airborne carbon concentrations. These dynamics significantly enhance planetary reactions depending upon examined temporal scales.
Typically discussed regarding anthropogenic influences emanating chiefly from elevated levels of Carbon Dioxide (CO₂), climate sensitivity encapsulates broader phenomena encompassing both man-made alterations plus naturally occurring modifications – spanning greenhouse gasses' role versus stellar output variability. Conventionally quantified utilizing degrees Celsius per watt per square meter ((°C)/(Wm⁻²)), this metric remains consistent irrespective of causality type (whether attributable to GHG accumulation or luminosity adjustments).
Intrinsically tied neither exclusively nor directly to any singular explanatory variable, instead emerging organically from complex interactions among numerous contributing aspects embedded within sophisticated simulation frameworks akin to those employed during Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase five exercises (CMIP5). Conversely, simplified mathematical constructs frequently incorporate predefined constants representing said susceptibility explicitly.
Mathematical formulations underlying pertinent equations enable correlation amongst radiation-driven perturbations manifesting themselves thermodynamically onto terrestrial surfaces, mediated indirectly yet proportionately according to lambda factorizations indicative thereof.
Efforts aimed at empirically validating theoretical projections encounter substantial hurdles stemming principally from inherent ambiguities surrounding exact chronologies pertaining simultaneously to thermal signatures alongside corresponding exogenous stimuli responsible therefor.

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In medicine , a differential diagnosis is the distinguishing of a particular disease or condition from others that present similar clinical features . Differential diagnostic procedures are used by physicians and other trained medical professionals to diagnose the specific disease in a patient , or , at least , to eliminate any imminently life-threatening conditions . Often each individual option of a possible disease is called a differential diagnosis ( for example , bronchitis could be a differential diagnosis in the evaluation of a cough that ends up with a final diagnosis of common cold ) .   More generally , a differential diagnostic procedure is a systematic diagnostic method used to identify the presence of a disease entity where multiple alternatives are possible . This method is essentially a process of elimination or at least a process of obtaining information that shrinks the `` probabilities '' of candidate conditions to negligible levels , by using evidence such as symptoms , patient history , and medical knowledge to adjust epistemic confidences in the mind of the diagnostician ( or , for computerized or computer-assisted diagnosis , the software of the system ) .   Differential diagnosis can be regarded as implementing aspects of the hypothetico-deductive method , in the sense that the potential presence of candidate diseases or conditions can be viewed as hypotheses that physicians further determine as being true or false .   Common abbreviations of the term `` differential diagnosis '' include DDx , ddx , DD , D/Dx , or ΔΔ .

In statistics , L-moments are a sequence of statistics used to summarize the shape of a probability distribution . They are linear combinations of order statistics ( L-statistics ) analogous to conventional moments , and can be used to calculate quantities analogous to standard deviation , skewness and kurtosis , termed the L-scale , L-skewness and L-kurtosis respectively ( the L-mean is identical to the conventional mean ) . Standardised L-moments are called L-moment ratios and are  analogous to standardized moments . Just as for conventional moments , a theoretical distribution has a set of population L-moments . Sample L-moments can be defined for a sample from the population , and can be used as estimators of the population L-moments .

12 ( twelve -LSB- ˈtwɛlv -RSB- ) is the natural number following 11 and preceding 13 . The product of the first three factorials , twelve is a superior highly composite number , divisible by 2 , 3 , 4 , and 6 . It is central to many systems of counting , including the Western calendar and units of time , and frequently appears in the Abrahamic religions .

Land use , land-use change and forestry ( LULUCF ) is defined by the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat as a `` greenhouse gas inventory sector that covers emissions and removals of greenhouse gases resulting from direct human-induced land use , land-use change and forestry activities . ''   LULUCF has impacts on the global carbon cycle and as such , these activities can add or remove carbon dioxide ( or , more generally , carbon ) from the atmosphere , influencing climate . LULUCF has been the subject of two major reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) . Additionally , land use is of critical importance for biodiversity .

Refrigeration is a process of moving heat from one location to another in controlled conditions . The work of heat transport is traditionally driven by mechanical work , but can also be driven by heat , magnetism , electricity , laser , or other means . Refrigeration has many applications , including , but not limited to : household refrigerators , industrial freezers , cryogenics , and air conditioning . Heat pumps may use the heat output of the refrigeration process , and also may be designed to be reversible , but are otherwise similar to air conditioning units .   Refrigeration has had a large impact on industry , lifestyle , agriculture and settlement patterns . The idea of preserving food dates back to at least the ancient Roman and Chinese empires . However , mechanical refrigeration technology has rapidly evolved in the last century , from ice harvesting to temperature-controlled rail cars . The introduction of refrigerated rail cars contributed to the westward expansion of the United States , allowing settlement in areas that were not on main transport channels such as rivers , harbors , or valley trails . Settlements were also developing in infertile parts of the country , filled with newly discovered natural resources . These new settlement patterns sparked the building of large cities which are able to thrive in areas that were otherwise thought to be inhospitable , such as Houston , Texas and Las Vegas , Nevada . In most developed countries , cities are heavily dependent upon refrigeration in supermarkets , in order to obtain their food for daily consumption . The increase in food sources has led to a larger concentration of agricultural sales coming from a smaller percentage of existing farms . Farms today have a much larger output per person in comparison to the late 1800s . This has resulted in new food sources available to entire populations , which has had a large impact on the nutrition of society .

Data visualization or data visualisation is viewed by many disciplines as a modern equivalent of visual communication . It involves the creation and study of the visual representation of data , meaning `` information that has been abstracted in some schematic form , including attributes or variables for the units of information '' .   A primary goal of data visualization is to communicate information clearly and efficiently via statistical graphics , plots and information graphics . Numerical data may be encoded using dots , lines , or bars , to visually communicate a quantitative message . Effective visualization helps users analyze and reason about data and evidence . It makes complex data more accessible , understandable and usable . Users may have particular analytical tasks , such as making comparisons or understanding causality , and the design principle of the graphic ( i.e. , showing comparisons or showing causality ) follows the task . Tables are generally used where users will look up a specific measurement , while charts of various types are used to show patterns or relationships in the data for one or more variables .   Data visualization is both an art and a science . It is viewed as a branch of descriptive statistics by some , but also as a grounded theory development tool by others . Increased amounts of data created by Internet activity and an expanding number of sensors in the environment are referred to as `` big data '' or Internet of things . Processing , analyzing and communicating this data present ethical and analytical challenges for data visualization . The field of data science and practitioners called data scientists help address this challenge .

In United States military doctrine , LERTCON is an abbreviation of alert condition , and is a measure of the level of action and readiness to be taken in a given situation . LERTCON is used by US and Allied forces assigned to NATO . There are specific procedures laid out for responses to changes in LERTCON . LERTCON levels can be broken down into high-alert emergency condition levels ( EMERGCONs ) and the more common Defense Condition levels ( DEFCONs ) .

In statistics , a receiver operating characteristic curve , i.e. ROC curve , is a graphical plot that illustrates the diagnostic ability of a binary classifier system as its discrimination threshold is varied .   The ROC curve is created by plotting the true positive rate ( TPR ) against the false positive rate ( FPR ) at various threshold settings . The true-positive rate is also known as sensitivity , recall or probability of detection in machine learning . The false-positive rate is also known as the fall-out or probability of false alarm and can be calculated as ( 1 − specificity ) . The ROC curve is thus the sensitivity as a function of fall-out . In general , if the probability distributions for both detection and false alarm are known , the ROC curve can be generated by plotting the cumulative distribution function ( area under the probability distribution from to the discrimination threshold ) of the detection probability in the y-axis versus the cumulative distribution function of the false-alarm probability on the x-axis .   ROC analysis provides tools to select possibly optimal models and to discard suboptimal ones independently from ( and prior to specifying ) the cost context or the class distribution . ROC analysis is related in a direct and natural way to cost/benefit analysis of diagnostic decision making .   The ROC curve was first developed by electrical engineers and radar engineers during World War II for detecting enemy objects in battlefields and was soon introduced to psychology to account for perceptual detection of stimuli . ROC analysis since then has been used in medicine , radiology , biometrics , and other areas for many decades and is increasingly used in machine learning and data mining research .   The ROC is also known as a relative operating characteristic curve , because it is a comparison of two operating characteristics ( TPR and FPR ) as the criterion changes .

Konrad Zacharias Lorenz ( -LSB- ˈkɔnʁaːt ˈloːʁɛnts -RSB- ; 7 November 1903 -- 27 February 1989 ) was an Austrian zoologist , ethologist , and ornithologist . He shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Karl von Frisch . He is often regarded as one of the founders of modern ethology , the study of animal behaviour . He developed an approach that began with an earlier generation , including his teacher Oskar Heinroth .   Lorenz studied instinctive behavior in animals , especially in greylag geese and jackdaws . Working with geese , he investigated the principle of imprinting , the process by which some nidifugous birds ( i.e. birds that leave their nest early ) bond instinctively with the first moving object that they see within the first hours of hatching . Although Lorenz did not discover the topic , he became widely known for his descriptions of imprinting as an instinctive bond . In 1936 he met Dutch biologist Nikolaas Tinbergen , and the two collaborated in developing ethology as a separate sub-discipline of biology . A Review of General Psychology survey , published in 2002 , ranked Lorenz as the 65th most cited scholar of the 20th century in the technical psychology journals , introductory psychology textbooks , and survey responses .   Lorenz 's work was interrupted by the onset of World War II and in 1941 he was recruited into the German army as a medic . In 1944 he was sent to the Eastern Front where he was captured and spent four years as a Soviet prisoner of war . After the war he regretted his membership in the Nazi party .   Lorenz wrote numerous books , some of which , such as King Solomon 's Ring , On Aggression , and Man Meets Dog , became popular reading . His last work `` Here I Am -- Where Are You ? '' is a summary of his life 's work and focuses on his famous studies of greylag geese .

Response factor , usually in chromatography and spectroscopy , is the ratio between a signal produced by an analyte , and the quantity of analyte which produces the signal . Ideally , and for easy computation , this ratio is unity ( one ) . In real-world scenarios , this is often not the case .


Question: Certain critics of anthropogenic climate change contend that terrestrial thermosensitivity might be minimal enough such that even if carbon dioxide levels were to double, it would only lead to an increase in average planetary temperature by approximately one degree Celsius or lower; hence they believe there’s no significant cause for concern regarding global warming impacts. This perspective hinges upon their interpretation of how much warmer our world could get with twice as much greenhouse gas present compared today – suggesting potentially smaller effects than many scientists warn us against fearing too greatly yet still warranting further investigation before any definitive conclusions can confidently drawn either way at this point in time without more data collection efforts being undertaken first hand from multiple sources around globe simultaneously over long periods measuring various factors related directly indirectly back onto human activities contributing overall emissions output globally speaking here now moving forward into future decades ahead whereupon we may finally reach some sort consensus amongst experts across disciplines fields alike concerning these matters altogether eventually down road somewhere far off distant horizon perhaps... but not quite yet! So let us continue gathering information diligently whilst remaining open minded flexible adaptable resilient always ready willing able adjust course accordingly whenever necessary shall we? After all what better way learn grow evolve together than through shared inquiry discovery collaboration cooperation communication connection community consciousness collective intelligence wisdom love light truth beauty goodness grace peace harmony balance wholeness unity diversity interconnectedness interdependence coexistence mutual respect understanding appreciation celebration gratitude reverence awe inspiration motivation empowerment liberation transformation transcendence enlightenment awakening ascension evolution revolution revelation renaissance rebirth renewal regeneration restoration reconciliation redemption resurrection resuscitation revival recovery resilience resurgence resistance response responsibility responsiveness receptivity reflection refraction reframing reformulation refinement rejuvenation relaxation recreation recreation rest relief release relinquishment renunciation repentance restitution resolution restoration return reversal revision revocation review reward risk ritualistic routine rhythmic robust rough roundabout route rowdy royal rural rustic rutted running routing routinized routed runner rulers ruling rumbling ruminating rummaging rumpled rumourous rumorously rumpus runny runoff rundown rude rudely rudimentary rudimental rudiments rudeness rugged rugose rule ruled ruler rules ruling rumble rumbling rummage rummaged rummager rummages rumination ruminate rummited rummity rumple rumpling rumoured rumour rumourer rumours rumourless rumourmongering rumourmongers rumourproof rumoury rumrunner rumrunners rumshop rumshoy rumsoaked rummy rumour rumourer rumourless rumourmongering rumourmongers rumourproof rumoury rumrunner rumrunners rumshop rumshoy rum

 Debating the Significance of Low Climate Sensitivity Claims
Some skeptics contend that Earth’s climate sensitivity might be lower than widely accepted estimates suggest, arguing that even if atmospheric CO2 doubles, resulting surface temperature increases could remain below 1°C – hence downplaying concerns around global warming. They base their claims on interpretations suggesting reduced impacts per additional CO2 molecule under current conditions. However, understanding true climate sensitivity requires careful analysis beyond simple scenarios:

- **Historical Data Insights:** Accurate paleoclimatology reveals past climates’ responses to varying forcings; insights here help refine modern-day predictions.

- **Complex Feedback Mechanisms:** Longer-term effects involve slower feedback loops related to ice sheets and CO₂ levels themselves, amplifying overall sensitivities across different timescales.

- **Radiative Forcing Versatility:** Regardless of source—be it greenhouse gases or variations in solar output—the concept remains applicable universally within certain bounds.

- **Model Dependence vs Independence:** Advanced simulations yield emergent properties without direct tuning for specific outcomes versus more simplified frameworks where sensitivity serves explicitly defined roles.

Estimating actual values through observational methods presents challenges given historical records' inherent limitations regarding both forcings applied & measured temperatures achieved throughout history. Despite these complexities, ongoing research continues refining our grasp upon how much warmth we should anticipate when considering future anthropogenic contributions alone—or combined alongside natural variability trends already underway!

In medicine , a differential diagnosis is the distinguishing of a particular disease or condition from others that present similar clinical features . Differential diagnostic procedures are used by physicians and other trained medical professionals to diagnose the specific disease in a patient , or , at least , to eliminate any imminently life-threatening conditions . Often each individual option of a possible disease is called a differential diagnosis ( for example , bronchitis could be a differential diagnosis in the evaluation of a cough that ends up with a final diagnosis of common cold ) .   More generally , a differential diagnostic procedure is a systematic diagnostic method used to identify the presence of a disease entity where multiple alternatives are possible . This method is essentially a process of elimination or at least a process of obtaining information that shrinks the `` probabilities '' of candidate conditions to negligible levels , by using evidence such as symptoms , patient history , and medical knowledge to adjust epistemic confidences in the mind of the diagnostician ( or , for computerized or computer-assisted diagnosis , the software of the system ) .   Differential diagnosis can be regarded as implementing aspects of the hypothetico-deductive method , in the sense that the potential presence of candidate diseases or conditions can be viewed as hypotheses that physicians further determine as being true or false .   Common abbreviations of the term `` differential diagnosis '' include DDx , ddx , DD , D/Dx , or ΔΔ .

Ribulose-1 ,5 - bisphosphate ( RuBP ) is an organic substance that is involved in photosynthesis . It is a colourless anion , a double phosphate ester of the ketopentose ( ketone-containing sugar with five carbon atoms ) called ribulose . Salts of RuBP can be isolated , but its crucial biological function happens in solution . To simplify the presentation , the image in the above table depicts the acid form of this anion .

A dictator is a political leader who wields absolute power . A state ruled by a dictator is called a dictatorship . The word originated as the title of a magistrate in the Roman Republic appointed by the Senate to rule the republic in times of emergency ( see Roman dictator and justitium ) .   Like the term `` tyrant '' ( which was originally a respectable Ancient Greek title ) , and to a lesser degree `` autocrat '' , `` dictator '' came to be used almost exclusively as a non-titular term for oppressive , even abusive rule , yet had rare modern titular use .   In modern usage , the term `` dictator '' is generally used to describe a leader who holds and/or abuses an extraordinary amount of personal power , especially the power to make laws without effective restraint by a legislative assembly . Dictatorships are often characterised by some of the following traits : suspension of elections and of civil liberties ; proclamation of a state of emergency ; rule by decree ; repression of political opponents without abiding by rule of law procedures ; these include one-party state , and cult of personality .   The term `` dictator '' is comparable to but not synonymous with the ancient concept of a tyrant ; initially `` tyrant '' , like `` dictator '' , did not carry negative connotations . A wide variety of leaders coming to power in a number of different kinds of regimes , such as military juntas , one-party states and civilian governments under personal rule , have been described as dictators . They may hold left or right-wing views , or may be apolitical .

Ralph Franklin Keeling ( born 1959 ) is a professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography . He is the Principal Investigator for the Atmospheric Oxygen Research Group at Scripps and is the director of the Scripps Program , the measurement program behind the Keeling curve , which was started by his father Charles David Keeling in 1958 . Ralph Keeling has developed precise instruments and techniques for the measurement of atmospheric oxygen and anthropogenic in the ocean , and for the analysis of land and ocean carbon sinks .

Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall , with annual rainfall in the case of tropical rainforests between 250 and , and definitions varying by region for temperate rainforests . The monsoon trough , alternatively known as the intertropical convergence zone , plays a significant role in creating the climatic conditions necessary for the Earth 's tropical rainforests .   Around 40 % to 75 % of all biotic species are indigenous to the rainforests . It has been estimated that there may be many millions of species of plants , insects and microorganisms still undiscovered in tropical rainforests . Tropical rainforests have been called the `` jewels of the Earth '' and the `` world 's largest pharmacy '' , because over one quarter of natural medicines have been discovered there . Rainforests are also responsible for 28 % of the world 's oxygen turnover , sometimes misnamed oxygen production , processing it through photosynthesis from carbon dioxide and consuming it through respiration .   The undergrowth in some areas of a rainforest can be restricted by poor penetration of sunlight to ground level . If the leaf canopy is destroyed or thinned , the ground beneath is soon colonized by a dense , tangled growth of vines , shrubs and small trees , called a jungle . The term jungle is also sometimes applied to tropical rainforests generally .

In linguistics , redundancy refers to information that is expressed more than once .   Examples of redundancies include multiple agreement features in morphology , multiple features distinguishing phonemes in phonology , or the use of multiple words to express a single idea in rhetoric .

In physics , the degree of freedom ( DOF ) of a mechanical system is the number of independent parameters that define its configuration . It is the number of parameters that determine the state of a physical system and is important to the analysis of systems of bodies in mechanical engineering , aeronautical engineering , robotics , and structural engineering .   The position of a single car ( engine ) moving along a track has one degree of freedom because the position of the car is defined by the distance along the track . A train of rigid cars connected by hinges to an engine still has only one degree of freedom because the positions of the cars behind the engine are constrained by the shape of the track .   An automobile with highly stiff suspension can be considered to be a rigid body traveling on a plane ( a flat , two-dimensional space ) . This body has three independent degrees of freedom consisting of two components of translation and one angle of rotation . Skidding or drifting is a good example of an automobile 's three independent degrees of freedom .   The position and orientation of a rigid body in space is defined by three components of translation and three components of rotation , which means that it has six degrees of freedom .   The exact constraint mechanical design method manages the degrees of freedom to neither underconstrain nor overconstrain a device .

A dimer ( -LSB- ˈdaɪmər -RSB- ) ( di - , `` two '' + - mer , `` parts '' ) is an oligomer consisting of two structurally similar monomers joined by bonds that can be either strong or weak , covalent or intermolecular . The term homodimer is used when the two molecules are identical ( e.g. A-A ) and heterodimer when they are not ( e.g. A-B ) . The reverse of dimerisation is often called dissociation .

The dihydrogen monoxide hoax involves calling water by the unfamiliar chemical name `` dihydrogen monoxide '' ( DHMO ) , and listing some of water 's effects in an alarming manner , such as the fact that it accelerates corrosion and can cause suffocation . The hoax often calls for dihydrogen monoxide to be regulated , labeled as hazardous , or banned . It illustrates how the lack of scientific literacy and an exaggerated analysis can lead to misplaced fears .   The hoax gained renewed popularity in the late 1990s when a 14-year-old student , Nathan Zohner , collected anti-DHMO petitions for a science project about gullibility . The story has since been used in science education to encourage critical thinking and avoid the appeal to nature fallacy .

Diathermancy ( from `` dia '' through and `` thermē '' heat ) is the property of some fluids that allows rays of light through them without itself being heated . A diathermanous fluid is thus `` permeable '' by heat . ) . Diathermany was first described by German physicist and chemist Heinrich Magnus in the 1800s . Atmospheric air is diathermanous ; therefore , air is not heated by sunshine , but by long wave heat reflected by soil , and especially , water on the Earth surface . Water , on the contrary , is not diathermanous , and it is heated by sunshine directly .