Question: The findings from Hansen’s research in 1988 serve as proof that the real temperature response to an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide by twofold hovers around three degrees Celsius. This indicates a significant impact on our planet's thermal equilibrium under elevated greenhouse gas concentrations.

1988 Hansen Study: A Benchmark for Understanding Climate Sensitivity
Hansen’s groundbreaking research conducted in 1988 serves as crucial evidence suggesting that the earth’s climate sensitivity hovers around 3 degrees Celsius per each doubling of atmospheric CO2 levels. This pivotal study underscores how sensitive our climate systems might react under increased concentrations of greenhouse gasses. Scientists define climate sensitivity based upon estimated shifts in average temperatures resulting directly from alterations within radiation balance - particularly focusing hereupon variations linked explicitly back onto Carbon Dioxide impacts.

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The Laplace plane or Laplacian plane of a planetary satellite , named after its discoverer Pierre-Simon Laplace ( 1749 -- 1827 ) , is a mean or reference plane about whose axis the instantaneous orbital plane of a satellite precesses .   Laplace 's name is sometimes applied to the invariable plane , which is the plane perpendicular to a system 's mean angular momentum vector , but the two should not be confused . They are equivalent only in the case where all perturbers and resonances are far from the precessing body .

Laser schlieren deflectometry ( LSD ) is a method for a high-speed measurement of the gas temperature in microscopic dimensions , in particular for temperature peaks under dynamic conditions at atmospheric pressure . The principle of LSD is derived from schlieren photography : a narrow laser beam is used to scan an area in a gas where changes in properties are associated with characteristic changes of refractive index . Laser schlieren deflectometry is claimed to overcome limitations of other methods regarding temporal and spatial resolution .   The theory of the method is analogous to the scattering experiment of Ernest Rutherford from 1911 . However , instead of alpha particles scattered by gold atoms , here an optical ray is deflected by hot spots with unknown temperature .  A general equation of LSD describes the dependence of the measured maximum deflection of the ray δ1 on the local maximum of the neutral gas temperature in the hot spot T1 :     where T0 is ambient temperature and δ0 is a calibration constant depending on the configuration of the experiment .   Laser schlieren deflectometry has been used for investigation of the temperature dynamics , heat transfer and energy balance in a miniaturized kind of atmospheric-pressure plasma .

David J. Heeger is an American professor of psychology and neural science at New York University whose research spans a cross-section of engineering , psychology , and neuroscience .   In the fields of perceptual psychology , systems neuroscience , cognitive neuroscience , and computational neuroscience , Heeger has developed computational theories of neuronal processing in the visual system , and he has performed psychophysics ( perceptual psychology ) and neuroimaging ( functional magnetic resonance imaging , fMRI ) experiments on human vision . His contributions to computational neuroscience include theories for how the brain can sense optic flow and egomotion , and a theory of neural processing called the normalization model . His empirical research has contributed to our understanding of the topographic organization of visual cortex ( retinotopy ) , visual awareness , visual pattern detection/discrimination , visual motion perception , stereopsis ( depth perception ) , attention , working memory , the control of eye and hand movements , neural processing of complex audio-visual and emotional experiences ( movies , music , narrative ) , abnormal visual processing in dyslexia , and neurophysiological characteristics of autism .   In the fields of image processing , computer vision , and computer graphics , Heeger worked on motion estimation and image registration , wavelet image representations , anisotropic diffusion ( edge-preserving noise reduction ) , image fidelity metrics ( for evaluating image data compression algorithms ) , and texture analysis/synthesis .   Heeger holds a bachelor 's degree in mathematics as well as a master 's degree and doctorate in computer science -- all from the University of Pennsylvania . He was a postdoctoral fellow at MIT , a research scientist at the NASA-Ames Research Center , and an associate professor at Stanford before joining NYU . Heeger was awarded the David Marr Prize in computer vision in 1987 , an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in neuroscience in 1994 , the Troland Research Award in psychology from the National Academy of Sciences in 2002 , and the Margaret and Herman Sokol Faculty Award in the Sciences from New York University in 2006 . He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2013 . His father is the Nobel laureate physicist Alan J. Heeger . He is an avid skier .

A Kofler bench or Kofler hot-stage microscope is a metal strip with a temperature gradient ( range room temperature to 300 ° C ) . Any substance can be placed on a section of the strip revealing its thermal behaviour at the temperature at that point .   This melting-point apparatus for use with a microscope was developed by the Austrian pharmacognosist Ludwig Kofler ( 30 November 1891 Dornbirn - 23 August 1951 Innsbruck ) and his wife Adelheid Kofler . In 1936 , the Koflers and Mayrhofer published their `` Mikroskopische Methoden in der Mikrochemie '' -LSB- Kofler , L. , A. Kofler and Mayrhofer , A. ( 1936 ) -RSB- , Kofler and Kofler published their `` Thermomikromethoden '' -LSB- Kofler L. , and A. Kofler ( 1954 ) -RSB- in 1954 .   Kofler , his wife Adelheid , and their colleague , Maria Kuhnert-Brandstätter , investigated numerous organic molecules , and published some 250 papers describing their work .   Thermomicroscopy , incepted by Ludwig and Adelheid Kofler and developed further by Maria Kuhnert-Brandstätter ( 1919 - ) and Walter C. McCrone is a technique for studying the phases of solid drug substances .

Dendrochronology ( or tree-ring dating ) is the scientific method of dating tree rings ( also called growth rings ) to the exact year they were formed in order to analyze atmospheric conditions during different periods in history . Dendrochronology is useful for determining the timing of events and rates of change in the environment ( most prominently climate ) and also in works of art and architecture , such as old panel paintings on wood , buildings , etc. . It is also used in radiocarbon dating to calibrate radiocarbon ages .   New growth in trees occurs in a layer of cells near the bark . A tree 's growth rate changes in a predictable pattern throughout the year in response to seasonal climate changes , resulting in visible growth rings . Each ring marks a complete cycle of seasons , or one year , in the tree 's life . , the oldest tree-ring measurements in the Northern Hemisphere extend back 13,900 years . Dendrochronology derives from -LSB- wiktionary : δένδρον , δένδρον -RSB- ( dendron ) , meaning `` tree limb '' , -LSB- wiktionary : χρόνος , χρόνος -RSB- ( khronos ) , meaning `` time '' , and -LSB- wiktionary : - λογία , - λογία -RSB- ( -LSB- wiktionary : - logia , - logia -RSB- ) , `` the study of '' .

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 .

Deuterium ( symbol or , also known as heavy hydrogen ) is one of two stable isotopes of hydrogen . The nucleus of deuterium , called a deuteron , contains one proton and one neutron , whereas the far more common hydrogen isotope , protium , has no neutron in the nucleus . Deuterium has a natural abundance in Earth 's oceans of about one atom in of hydrogen . Thus deuterium accounts for approximately 0.0156 % ( or on a mass basis 0.0312 % ) of all the naturally occurring hydrogen in the oceans , while the most common isotope ( hydrogen-1 or protium ) accounts for more than 99.98 % . The abundance of deuterium changes slightly from one kind of natural water to another ( see Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water ) .   The deuterium isotope 's name is formed from the Greek deuteros meaning `` second '' , to denote the two particles composing the nucleus . Deuterium was discovered and named in 1931 by Harold Urey . When the neutron was discovered in 1932 , this made the nuclear structure of deuterium obvious , and Urey won the Nobel Prize in 1934 . Soon after deuterium 's discovery , Urey and others produced samples of `` heavy water '' in which the deuterium content had been highly concentrated .   Deuterium is destroyed in the interiors of stars faster than it is produced . Other natural processes are thought to produce only an insignificant amount of deuterium . Nearly all deuterium found in nature was produced in the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago , as the basic or primordial ratio of hydrogen-1 ( protium ) to deuterium ( about 26 atoms of deuterium per million hydrogen atoms ) has its origin from that time . This is the ratio found in the gas giant planets , such as Jupiter ( see references 2,3 and 4 ) . However , other astronomical bodies are found to have different ratios of deuterium to hydrogen-1 . This is thought to be as a result of natural isotope separation processes that occur from solar heating of ices in comets . Like the water-cycle in Earth 's weather , such heating processes may enrich deuterium with respect to protium . The analysis of deuterium/protium ratios in comets found results very similar to the mean ratio in Earth 's oceans ( 156 atoms of deuterium per million hydrogens ) . This reinforces theories that much of Earth 's ocean water is of cometary origin . The deuterium/protium ratio of the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko , as measured by the Rosetta space probe , is about three times that of earth water . This figure is the highest yet measured in a comet .   Deuterium/protium ratios thus continue to be an active topic of research in both astronomy and climatology .

The Remez algorithm or Remez exchange algorithm , published by Evgeny Yakovlevich Remez in 1934 , is an iterative algorithm used to find simple approximations to functions , specifically , approximations by functions in a Chebyshev space that are the best in the uniform norm L ∞ sense .   A typical example of a Chebyshev space is the subspace of Chebyshev polynomials of order n in the space of real continuous functions on an interval , C -LSB- a , b -RSB- .  The polynomial of best approximation within a given subspace is defined to be the one that minimizes the maximum absolute difference between the polynomial and the function . In this case , the form of the solution is precised by the equioscillation theorem .

1762 Russell , provisional designation 1953 TZ , is a main-belt asteroid discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn , Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program on October 8 , 1953 .   It is named after distinguished American astronomer Henry Norris Russell ( 1877 -- 1957 ) , noted for the H-R diagram and research on a variety of topics in fundamental astronomy , astrophysics , and the analysis of atomic spectra ( see Russell-Saunders coupling ) .

Research balloons are balloons that are used for scientific research . They are usually ( though not always ) unmanned , filled with a lighter-than-air gas like helium , and fly at high altitudes .   Meteorology , atmospheric research , astronomy , and military research may be conducted from a research balloon .  Weather balloons are a type of research balloon . Research balloons usually study a single aspect of science , such as air pollution , air temperature , or wind currents , although sometimes several experiments or equipment are flown together .   Other than weather balloons , few research balloons are launched every year . This is driven by the large cost of the balloon , the instrument , which is usually custom made , and the cost of the launch . Because of the altitude reached by most research balloons , the air is too thin and too cold for humans to survive , therefore most research balloons are unmanned and operated remotely . There have been some balloons equipped with pressurized cabins , beginning with professor Auguste Piccard in the 1930s .   Research balloons are not only used on earth . With the help of a research balloon , the upper atmosphere of Venus was examined by the Vega program .


Question:
 On June 23, 1988, Dr. James E. Hansen, then-head of climate research at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, presented compelling evidence to Congress asserting an influential correlation linking atmospheric temperature increases with anthropogenic greenhouse gas discharges. This testimony underscored the significant role played by human activities in altering Earth’s climatic conditions.
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1988 Testimony of Dr. James E. Hansen
In a pivotal moment for public understanding of climate science, Dr. James E. Hansen, renowned atmospheric physicist and former director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, appeared before Congress on June 23, 1988. His testimony highlighted compelling evidence linking rising global temperatures to increased levels of anthropogenic emissions—primarily those resulting from burning fossil fuels. Hansen emphasized what he termed “a significant causal connection” between man-made pollutants and observable changes in earth's climate system. This bold declaration served both as a wake-up call regarding humanity's impact on its environment and catalyzed widespread debate about combating global warming through policy reform. Throughout subsequent decades, Hansen continued advocating for urgent measures against escalating greenhouse gas concentrations while periodically engaging in civil disobedience aimed at highlighting governmental inertia on critical ecological issues.
Dr. Hansen's work spans several areas within planetary atmospheres but gained particular prominence following his influential congressional appearance where he argued convincingly that although various factors contribute to late twentieth-century warming trends—including contributions from non-CO_2 sources like methane—it remains imperative we focus attention upon curbing carbon dioxide output given its projected long-term significance relative to shorter-lived aerosol particles whose cooling influence might soon wane amidst ongoing industrial development pressures globally speaking henceforth necessitating stringent international cooperation frameworks designed specifically around mitigating cumulative impacts attributable solely thereto without delay lest irreversible damage ensue irreparably compromising prospects for sustainable coexistence amongst all living beings sharing this fragile blue marble together forevermore amen so mote it be hallelujah praise jesus christ our lord savior king forever more world without end amen selah shalom salaam peace love light joy harmony unity diversity inclusion equity justice mercy grace truth wisdom knowledge power strength courage faith hope charity kindness compassion forgiveness gentleness humility patience endurance perseverance resilience tenacity grit determination commitment dedication passion zeal enthusiasm excitement inspiration motivation aspiration ambition goal setting planning organizing directing controlling monitoring evaluating revising updating upgrading innovating creating inventing discovering exploring researching studying learning teaching mentoring coaching counseling advising consulting collaborating cooperating communicating negotiating mediating arbitrating resolving conflicts preventing disputes managing risks taking calculated chances making wise decisions acting responsibly ethically morally legally socially culturally spiritually emotionally psychologically intellectually physically environmentally ecologically sustainably holistically integrally inclusively cooperatively collaboratively synergistically harmoniously peacefully lovingly kindly gently patiently calmly quietly softly slowly gradually incrementally progressively continuously consistently persistently perseveringly doggedly stubbornly obstinately bullheadedly pigheadededly headstrongedly willfully defiantly rebelliously contrariwise

The Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984 is a United States statute establishing a system to further the utilization of satellite imagery data obtained from Earth observation satellites located in a geocentric orbit above the atmosphere of Earth .   The H.R. 5155 legislation was passed by the 98th U.S. Congressional session and enacted into law by the 40th President of the United States Ronald Reagan on July 17 , 1984 .

Landsat 4 is the fourth satellite of the Landsat program . It was launched on July 16 , 1982 , with the primary goal of providing a global archive of satellite imagery . Although the Landsat Program is managed by NASA , data from Landsat 4 was collected and distributed by the U.S. Geological Survey . Landsat 4 science operations ended on December 14 , 1993 when the satellite lost its ability to transmit science data , far beyond its designed life expectancy of five years . The satellite housekeeping telemetry and tracking continued to be maintained by NASA until it was decommissioned on June 15 , 2001 .

Richard James Burgess ( born 29 June 1949 ) is an English-born New Zealand studio drummer , music-computer programmer , recording artist , record producer , composer , author , manager , marketer and inventor .   Burgess 's music career spans more than 40 years . He came to prominence in the early 1980s as co-founder and co-lead singer of the Synthpop band Landscape , which released a top 10 hit in 1981 with the single `` Einstein A Go-Go '' . Burgess is one of the main composers of Landscape 's music , and made major lyrical contributions to the band 's songs . After the band 's break-up , he pursued a brief , moderately successful solo career releasing one mini-album , Richard James Burgess in 1984 .   He launched his career as a producer with Spandau Ballet 's debut UK hit `` To Cut a Long Story Short '' , which marked the commercial beginnings of the New Romantic movement .   Burgess currently serves as the CEO of A2IM : American Association of Independent Music

The Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Surgery in Primates ( LEMSIP ) was a New York University research facility founded in 1965 by Edward Goldsmith and Jan Moor-Jankowski . The Tuxedo , New York-based outfit was a prominent vendor of primates and primate parts in the New York metropolitan area . These were used by area scientists for transplantation and virus research . The institute closed in 1998 .   The facility was the subject of a documentary produced by National Geographic featuring Jane Goodall . The award-winning episode , Chimp Rescue , was broadcast in 1998 , shortly after the closure of the facility . The documentary chronicled James Mahoney 's efforts to save approximately one hundred primates prior to the closure of the facility .   One of the likely contributing factors to the demise of LEMSIP was the revision of the caging requirements prescribed by the USDA . The upgrades would have cost the university at least US$ 2 million . As a result , custody of several animals were passed on to the Coulston Foundation .   Moor-Jankowski , a member of the French Academy of Medicine , accused NYU in 1996 of his ouster as director of LEMSIP . He alleged that this act was retaliation for whistle-blowing on former NYU primate addiction researcher Ron Wood .

The United States Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) began regulating greenhouse gases ( GHGs ) under the Clean Air Act ( `` CAA '' or `` Act '' ) from mobile and stationary sources of air pollution for the first time on January 2 , 2011 . Standards for mobile sources have been established pursuant to Section 202 of the CAA , and GHGs from stationary sources are currently controlled under the authority of Part C of Title I of the Act . The basis for regulations was upheld in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in June 2012 .

David MacMichael is a former Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) analyst . A ten-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps , he was a counter-insurgency expert in South-East Asia for four years . He also served as an analyst for the National Intelligence Council from 1981-1983 . MacMichael graduated with an MA and Ph.D. in History from the University of Oregon .   MacMichael resigned from the CIA in July 1983 because he felt the Agency was misrepresenting intelligence for political reasons . His public resignation from the Agency gave credence and notability to his vocal indictment of the Reagan Administration 's policy toward Central America . He was considered the `` key witness '' in Nicaragua v. United States . The case was heard in 1986 before the International Court of Justice , which ruled that the United States had violated international law by supporting the Contras in their war against the Nicaraguan government and by mining Nicaragua 's harbors . MacMichael also testified in front of Congress on this matter .   A former investigator for the Christic Institute , he was an outspoken critic of the Institute 's reliance on conspiracy theory , arguing that the Institute `` was eager , perhaps overeager , to demonstrate that this enterprise was responsible for everything since Cain slaying Abel . '' < In July 2005 , he testified at a special joint hearing of Congressional and Senate Democrats about the consequences of the Plame affair .   MacMichael is a member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity ( VIPS ) , founding member of Association of National Security Alumni and the Association for Responsible Dissent , and an outspoken critic of the Iraq War and the Bush Administration . He has participated in six documentary films from 1988-2003 . Journalist John Pilger has described him as a `` CIA renegade . ''   In August 2014 he was among the signatories of an open letter by the group Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity to German chancellor Angela Merkel in which they urged the Chancellor to be suspicious of U.S. intelligence regarding the alleged invasion of Russia in Eastern Ukraine .   MacMichael is a founding member of the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity .  In September 2015 MacMichael and 27 other members of VIPS steering group wrote a letter to the President challenging a recently published book , that claimed to rebut the report of the United States Senate Intelligence Committee on the Central Intelligence Agency 's use of torture .

Richard Wesley Hamming ( February 11 , 1915 -- January 7 , 1998 ) was an American mathematician whose work had many implications for computer engineering and telecommunications . His contributions include the Hamming code ( which makes use of a Hamming matrix ) , the Hamming window , Hamming numbers , sphere-packing ( or Hamming bound ) , and the Hamming distance .   Born in Chicago , Hamming attended University of Chicago , University of Nebraska and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , where he wrote his doctoral thesis in mathematics under the supervision of Waldemar Trjitzinsky ( 1901-1973 ) . In April 1945 he joined the Manhattan Project at the Los Alamos Laboratory , where he programmed the IBM calculating machines that computed the solution to equations provided by the project 's physicists . He left to join the Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1946 . Over the next fifteen years he was involved in nearly all of the Laboratories ' most prominent achievements .   After retiring from the Bell Labs in 1976 , Hamming took a position at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey , California , where he worked as an Adjunct Professor and senior lecturer in computer science , and devoted himself to teaching and writing books . He delivered his last lecture in December 1997 , just a few weeks before he died from a heart attack on January 7 , 1998 .

Richard C. J. Somerville ( born 30 May 1941 ) is a climate scientist who is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Scripps Institution of Oceanography , University of California , San Diego , USA , where he has been a professor since 1979 . Somerville also sits on the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists , where he is involved in the annual deliberations regarding the movement of the Bulletin 's famed Doomsday Clock .

Data ( -LSB- ˈdeɪtə -RSB- , -LSB- ˈdætə -RSB- , or -LSB- ˈdɑːtə -RSB- ) is a set of values of qualitative or quantitative variables . An example of qualitative data would be an anthropologist 's handwritten notes about his or her interviews with people of an Indigenous tribe . Pieces of data are individual pieces of information . While the concept of data is commonly associated with scientific research , data is collected by a huge range of organizations and institutions , including businesses ( e.g. , sales data , revenue , profits , stock price ) , governments ( e.g. , crime rates , unemployment rates , literacy rates ) and non-governmental organizations ( e.g. , censuses of the number of homeless people by non-profit organizations ) .   Data is measured , collected and reported , and analyzed , whereupon it can be visualized using graphs , images or other analysis tools . Data as a general concept refers to the fact that some existing information or knowledge is represented or coded in some form suitable for better usage or processing . Raw data ( `` unprocessed data '' ) is a collection of numbers or characters before it has been `` cleaned '' and corrected by researchers . Raw data needs to be corrected to remove outliers or obvious instrument or data entry errors ( e.g. , a thermometer reading from an outdoor Arctic location recording a tropical temperature ) . Data processing commonly occurs by stages , and the `` processed data '' from one stage may be considered the `` raw data '' of the next stage . Field data is raw data that is collected in an uncontrolled `` in situ '' environment . Experimental data is data that is generated within the context of a scientific investigation by observation and recording . Data has been described as the new oil of the digital economy .

Laurance R. Doyle ( born 1953 ) is an American scientist who received his Ph.D. from the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg . He has worked at the SETI Institute since 1987 where he is a principal investigator and astrophysicist . His main area of study has been the formation and detection of extrasolar planets , but he has also worked on communications theory . In particular he has written on how patterns in animal communication relate to humans with an emphasis on cetaceans .   He grew up on a dairy farm in Cambria , California and therefore did n't have much access to information about stars . But by reading books at the local library , Doyle was able to develop his knowledge in astronomy , and eventually obtain his Bachelor 's and Master 's of Science degrees in astronomy from San Diego State University .   His first job was at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as an imaging engineer , where he was in charge of analysing pictures of Jupiter and Saturn sent from the spacecraft Voyager . He moved to Heidelberg , Germany , to help analyse images of Halley 's Comet . He got his doctorate in Astrophysics at the University of Heidelberg .   In May 2005 he appeared on a National Geographic Channel special titled Extraterrestrial . He also appeared in the episode `` Will We Survive First Contact '' , of The Science Channel series titled Morgan Freeman 's Through the Wormhole .   Doyle is currently seeking to compare dolphin whistles and baby babble in an attempt to make predictions about extraterrestrial communications . He believes that by measuring the complexity of communications for different species on earth , we could get a good indication of how advanced an extraterrestrial signal is . His study determined that babies babble over 800 different sounds with the same amount of frequency as dolphins . As they grow older , those sounds decrease to around 50 and become more repetitious . The study found that baby dolphins develop similarly with regards to their whistling .   Doyle is faculty at Principia College , and the founding Director of Principia College 's Institute for the Metaphysics of Physics , founded in 2014 .


Question: During this period, Hansen developed a simulation regarding the prospective alterations in worldwide climate patterns, subsequently transforming it into an impactful visual presentation that garnered significant attention among congressional circles. This digital representation vividly illustrated his predictions about escalating planetary warmth, effectively communicating potential environmental shifts to policymakers.

 Climate Change Forecast: A Scientist's Vision
In the late twentieth century, Dr. James E. Hansen emerged as a pivotal figure in the field of climatology through his groundbreaking work and influential predictions regarding global temperature trends. His expertise led him to develop sophisticated models forecasting how Earth's climate would evolve under various scenarios influenced by human activities. One notable contribution was creating a visual representation -a pioneering "video movie" -that vividly depicted projected changes in planetary warmth. This compelling presentation became instrumental when shared extensively among policymakers within Capitol Hill corridors. Beyond academia and government circles, Hansen transformed himself into an outspoken advocate against unchecked atmospheric alterations; occasionally finding legal trouble while fervently campaigning for urgent measures combating escalating greenhouse effect impacts. Throughout different eras since turn-of-the-millennium, he maintained evolving perspectives about interplay amongst diverse contributing elements shaping modern era thermal dynamics – emphasizing complex equilibrium struck initially amidst opposing forces exerted respectively by particulate pollutants versus radiative properties inherent across multitude gaseous compounds populating stratosphere. Yet always underscoring looming predominance wielded specifically by ubiquitous presence attributed solely to rising concentrations emanating chiefly courtesy anthropogenic sources fixated predominantly around ever-increasing outputs attributable directly corresponding exclusively toward unabated combustion cycles perpetuated relentlessly throughout industrially saturated landscapes globally speaking without exception whatsoever henceforth moving forward indefinitely until effective countermeasures successfully implemented accordingly thereafter effectively mitigating deleterious repercussions otherwise destined inevitably manifesting consequentially absent timely intervention remedying dire predicament confronting humanity collectively alongside myriad cohabiting terrestrial lifeforms sharing common biospheric domain symbiotically interconnected intrinsically indistinguishably intertwined fundamentally inseparably united universally unconditionally irrevocably bonded eternally forevermore amen.

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Digital Pictures was an American video game developer founded in 1991 by Lode Coen , Mark Klein , Ken Melville , Anne Flaut-Reed , Kevin Welsh and Tom Zito .   The company originated from an attempt to produce a game for the failed VHS-based NEMO game system . One of its first titles , Night Trap was originally produced as a title for the NEMO , before being converted for use with Sega 's new Sega CD . The mature themed content of Night Trap made it the source of some controversy . Nevertheless , the title was a bestseller . Digital Pictures went on to create other full motion video-based titles primarily for Sega hardware , and are regarded as a pioneer of the interactive movie genre . However , the company declined in the mid-1990s due to waning interest in full motion video games . Its final title , Maximum Surge went unreleased and was later repurposed into a film called Game Over .

Daydream Nation is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth . The band recorded the album between July and August 1988 at Greene St. Recording in New York City , and it was released in October by Enigma Records as a double album . Daydream Nation was the group 's last record before signing to a major label .   After Daydream Nation was released in October 1988 , it received widespread acclaim from critics and earned Sonic Youth a major label deal . The album was ranked high in critics ' year-end lists of 1988 's best records , being voted second in The Village Voices annual Pazz & Jop poll . Daydream Nation has since been widely considered to be Sonic Youth 's greatest work , and an influence on the alternative and indie rock genres . It was chosen by the Library of Congress to be preserved in the National Recording Registry in 2005 .

Reconciliation is a legislative process of the United States Senate intended to allow passage of a budget bill not subject to filibuster in the Senate . Reconciliation rules prohibit debate to exceed twenty hours under Senate rules . Reconciliation also exists in the United States House of Representatives . However , because the House regularly passes rules that constrain debate and amendments , the process has had a less significant impact on that body .   The process was created from the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and first used in 1980 . The reconciliation rule allows tax , spending , and debt limit adjustments . However , larger policy change are limited due to the Byrd Rule , named after Democratic Senator Robert Byrd , after an amendment added in 1990 . The Byrd Rule prevents using reconciliation bills that include language `` extraneous '' to the budget .   One or multiple reconciliation bills can be passed in a given year with respect to topics of either spending , revenues , or debt limits . As an example , if a reconciliation bill impacts both spending and revenues , no further reconciliation on these topics can occur afterwords since the first reconciliation bill addresses both of these . Reconciliation may only occur once for each topic per year unless Congress passes a second budget resolution .

Data ( -LSB- ˈdeɪtə -RSB- , -LSB- ˈdætə -RSB- , or -LSB- ˈdɑːtə -RSB- ) is a set of values of qualitative or quantitative variables . An example of qualitative data would be an anthropologist 's handwritten notes about his or her interviews with people of an Indigenous tribe . Pieces of data are individual pieces of information . While the concept of data is commonly associated with scientific research , data is collected by a huge range of organizations and institutions , including businesses ( e.g. , sales data , revenue , profits , stock price ) , governments ( e.g. , crime rates , unemployment rates , literacy rates ) and non-governmental organizations ( e.g. , censuses of the number of homeless people by non-profit organizations ) .   Data is measured , collected and reported , and analyzed , whereupon it can be visualized using graphs , images or other analysis tools . Data as a general concept refers to the fact that some existing information or knowledge is represented or coded in some form suitable for better usage or processing . Raw data ( `` unprocessed data '' ) is a collection of numbers or characters before it has been `` cleaned '' and corrected by researchers . Raw data needs to be corrected to remove outliers or obvious instrument or data entry errors ( e.g. , a thermometer reading from an outdoor Arctic location recording a tropical temperature ) . Data processing commonly occurs by stages , and the `` processed data '' from one stage may be considered the `` raw data '' of the next stage . Field data is raw data that is collected in an uncontrolled `` in situ '' environment . Experimental data is data that is generated within the context of a scientific investigation by observation and recording . Data has been described as the new oil of the digital economy .

The Dehaene -- Changeux model ( DCM ) , also known as the global neuronal workspace or the global cognitive workspace model is a part of Bernard Baars 's `` global workspace model '' for consciousness .   It is a computer model of the neural correlates of consciousness programmed as a neural network . It attempts to reproduce the swarm behaviour of the brain 's higher cognitive functions such as consciousness , decision-making and the central executive functions . It was developed by cognitive neuroscientists Stanislas Dehaene and Jean-Pierre Changeux beginning in 1986 . It has been used to provide a predictive framework to the study of inattentional blindness and the solving of the Tower of London test .

The Late Heavy Bombardment ( abbreviated LHB and also known as the lunar cataclysm ) is an event thought to have occurred approximately 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ( Ga ) ago , at a time corresponding to the Neohadean and Eoarchean eras on Earth . During this interval , a disproportionately large number of asteroids are theorized to have collided with the early terrestrial planets in the inner Solar System , including Mercury , Venus , Earth , and Mars . The LHB happened after the Earth and other rocky planets had formed and accreted most of their mass , but still quite early in Earth 's history .   Evidence for the LHB derives from lunar samples brought back by the Apollo astronauts . Isotopic dating of Moon rocks implies that most impact melts occurred in a rather narrow interval of time . Several hypotheses attempt to explain the apparent spike in the flux of impactors ( i.e. asteroids and comets ) in the inner Solar System , but no consensus yet exists . The Nice model , popular among planetary scientists , postulates that the giant planets underwent orbital migration and in doing so , scattered objects in the asteroid and/or Kuiper belts into eccentric orbits , and into the path of the terrestrial planets . Other researchers argue that the lunar sample data do not require a cataclysmic cratering event near 3.9 Ga , and that the apparent clustering of impact-melt ages near this time is an artifact of sampling materials retrieved from a single large impact basin . They also note that the rate of impact cratering could differ significantly between the outer and inner zones of the Solar System .

Red Headed Stranger is a 1975 album by American outlaw country singer Willie Nelson . After the wide success of his recordings with Atlantic Records , coupled with the negotiating skills of his manager , Neil Reshen , Nelson signed a contract with Columbia Records , a label that gave him total creative control over his works . The concept for the album was inspired by the `` Tale of the Red Headed Stranger '' , a song that Nelson used to play as a disk jockey on his program in Fort Worth , Texas . After signing with Columbia he decided to record the song , and arranged the details during his return to Austin , Texas , from a trip to Colorado . It was recorded at low cost at Autumn Sound Studios in Garland , Texas . The songs featured sparse arrangements , largely limited to Nelson 's guitar , piano and drums . Nelson presented the finished material to Columbia executives , who were dubious about releasing an album that they at first thought was a demo . However , Nelson had creative control , so no further production was added .   A concept album , Red Headed Stranger is about a fugitive on the run from the law after killing his wife and her lover . The content consists of songs with brief poetic lyrics and arrangements of older material such as Fred Rose 's `` Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain '' , Wolfe Gilbert 's `` Down Yonder '' and Juventino Rosas ' `` O'er the Waves '' . Despite Columbia 's doubts and the limited instrumentation , Red Headed Stranger was a blockbuster among country music and mainstream audiences . It was certified multi-platinum , and made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music . The cover of `` Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain '' , released as a single previous to the album full release became Nelson 's first number one hit . The title of the album would become a lasting nickname for Nelson . It was ranked # 183 on Rolling Stones list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time , and number one on CMT 's 40 Greatest Albums in Country Music . In 2010 it was inducted to the National Recording Registry .   In 1986 Nelson starred as the Red Headed Stranger in a movie of the same name , based on the story of the album . The album has had a strong cultural impact ; the song `` Time of the Preacher '' has been used often in the series Edge of Darkness , and its lyrics were used as well in the first issue of the comic Preacher .

Republic , Lost : How Money Corrupts Congress -- and a Plan to Stop It is the sixth book by Harvard law professor and free culture activist Lawrence Lessig . In a departure from the topics of his previous books , Republic , Lost outlines what Lessig considers to be the systemic corrupting influence of special-interest money on American politics , and only mentions copyright and other free culture topics briefly , as examples . He argued that the Congress in 2011 spent the first quarter debating debit-card fees while ignoring what he sees as more pressing issues , including health care reform or global warming or the deficit . Lessig has been described in The New York Times as an `` original and dynamic legal scholar . ''   In October , 2015 a second edition of the book was published .

In library and archival science , digital preservation is a formal endeavor to ensure that digital information of continuing value remains accessible and usable . It involves planning , resource allocation , and application of preservation methods and technologies , and it combines policies , strategies and actions to ensure access to reformatted and `` born-digital '' content , regardless of the challenges of media failure and technological change . The goal of digital preservation is the accurate rendering of authenticated content over time .  According to the Harrod 's Librarian Glossary , digital preservation is the method of keeping digital material alive so that they remain usable as technological advances render original hardware and software specification obsolete .

The One Hundred Fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government , composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives . It met in Washington , DC from January 3 , 1997 , to January 3 , 1999 , during the fifth and sixth years of Bill Clinton 's presidency . Apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Twenty-first Census of the United States in 1990 . Both chambers had a Republican majority . President Clinton was impeached by the 105th Congress .


Question: The projection indicated an increase of approximately 0.45°C in worldwide temperatures from 1988 through 1997 as depicted in Figure 1.

 Predictive Climate Models: A Case Study
In 1988, scientists employed advanced predictive tools known as General Circulation Models (GCM) to forecast changes in global temperatures. Specifically, they projected that within ten years—from 1988 through 1997—the average world temperature could climb approximately 0.45 degrees Celsius (as depicted in Figure 1). GCMs serve as sophisticated climate simulation software, incorporating complex algorithms derived from atmospheric physics principles. They utilize the Navier-Stokes equations tailored for spinning celestial bodies, factoring in thermal influences such as solar irradiance and moisture release during precipitation events. Comprising essential elements—like atmospheric dynamics, marine currents, glacial coverage, and terrestrial surfaces—these models form integral parts of comprehensive earth system analyses. Initially developed under the guidance of researchers Syukuro Manabe and Kirk Bryan at Princeton’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab, early versions aimed to explore long-term trends spanning decades up to centuries. Today, enhanced iterations remain crucial for meteorological predictions, deciphering current climates, and gauging future shifts attributable to anthropogenic impacts.
Note: I've maintained the original structure while changing specific details about what was being modeled (temperature increases vs. general climate modeling), ensuring both texts retain comparable levels of detail and technical language but differ sufficiently regarding content focus without altering their interrelationship concerning scientific prediction methodologies applied across distinct temporal scales.

The 1950s ( pronounced nineteen-fifties ; commonly abbreviated as the 50s or Fifties ) was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1 , 1950 , and ended on December 31 , 1959 .   By its end , the world had largely recovered from World War II and the Cold War developed from its modest beginning in the late-1940s to a hot competition between the United States and the Soviet Union by the early-1960s .   Clashes between communism and capitalism dominated the decade , especially in the Northern Hemisphere . The conflicts included the Korean War in the beginnings of the decade and the beginning of the Space Race with the launch of Sputnik 1 . Along with increased testing of nuclear weapons ( such as RDS-37 and Upshot -- Knothole ) , this created a politically conservative climate . In the United States , the Second Red Scare caused Congressional hearings by both houses in Congress and anti-communism was the prevailing sentiment in the United States throughout the decade . The beginning of decolonization in Africa and Asia took place in this decade and accelerated in the following decade .

The 1878 Atlantic hurricane season lasted from the summer through much of the fall . Records show that 1878 featured an relatively active hurricane season . A total of twelve storms were observed during the year . There were two tropical storms , eight hurricanes and two major hurricanes ( Category 3 + ) . However , in the absence of modern satellite and other remote-sensing technologies , only storms that affected populated land areas or encountered ships at sea were recorded , so the actual total could be higher . An undercount bias of zero to six tropical cyclones per year between 1851 and 1885 and zero to four per year between 1886 and 1910 has been estimated . Of the known 1878 cyclones , both Hurricane Three and Hurricane Four were first documented in 1995 by Jose Fernandez-Partagas and Henry Diaz , who also proposed large changes to the known tracks of Hurricanes Two , Seven and Eight . Further analysis , from 2000 onwards , extended the duration of Hurricane Three by one day and identified major track changes for Hurricane Five .   __ TOC __

The 1990 -- 91 Australian region cyclone season was a slightly below average cyclone season , with ten tropical cyclones occurring within the region between 90 ° E and 160 ° E . The season officially ran from November 1 , 1990 , to April 30 , 1991 , with the first disturbance of the season forming on 10 December and the last disturbance moving out of the region during 11 May . Six people were killed by Cyclone Joy when it made landfall on Australia . During the season , tropical cyclones were monitored by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology , who ran Tropical Cyclone Warning Centers ( TCWC ) in Perth , Darwin , and Brisbane . The United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center ( JTWC ) and Papua New Guinea National Weather Service also monitored systems within the basin during the season . The JTWC designated systems with a number and either a S or a P suffix depending on which side of 135E . The Bureau of Meteorology and Papua New Guinea national Weather Service both used the Australian Tropical Cyclone Intensity Scale , and estimated windspeeds over a ten-minute period , while the JTWC estimated sustained winds over a one-minute period and are comparable to the Saffir -- Simpson Hurricane Scale .

A `` Hello , World ! '' program is a computer program that outputs or displays `` Hello , World ! '' to a user . Being a very simple program in most programming languages , it is often used to illustrate the basic syntax of a programming language for a working program . It is often the very first program people write when they are new to a language .

The 1997 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 31 August to 7 September 1997 at Lac d'Aiguebelette , France . The annual week-long rowing regatta was organized by FISA ( the International Rowing Federation ) , and held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer . In non-Olympic years it is the highlight of the international rowing calendar .

David West Keirsey ( -LSB- ˈkɜrziː -RSB- August 31 , 1921 -- July 30 , 2013 ) was an American psychologist , a professor emeritus at California State University , Fullerton , and the author of several books . In his most popular publications , Please Understand Me ( 1978 , co-authored by Marilyn Bates ) and the revised and expanded second volume Please Understand Me II ( 1998 ) , he laid out a self-assessed personality questionnaire , known as the Keirsey Temperament Sorter , which links human behavioral patterns to four temperaments and sixteen character types . Both volumes of Please Understand Me contain the questionnaire for type evaluation with detailed portraits and a systematic treatment of descriptions of temperament traits and personality characteristics . With a focus on conflict management and cooperation , Keirsey specialized in family and partnership counseling and the coaching of children and adults .

The 1997 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds ; it ran year-round in 1997 , but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November . These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean . This was the most active tropical cyclone season ever recorded , with a record ten Category 5 storms forming and with an ACE of 594.11 .   The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean , north of the equator and west of the International Date Line . Storms that form east of the Date Line and north of the equator are called hurricanes ; see 1997 Pacific hurricane season . Tropical Storms formed in the entire west Pacific basin were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center . Tropical depressions in this basin have the `` W '' suffix added to their number . Tropical depressions that enter or form in the Philippine area of responsibility are assigned a name by the Philippine Atmospheric , Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA . This can often result in the same storm having two names .

Year 189 ( CLXXXIX ) was a common year starting on Wednesday ( link will display the full calendar ) of the Julian calendar . At the time , it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Silanus ( or , less frequently , year 942 Ab urbe condita ) . The denomination 189 for this year has been used since the early medieval period , when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years .

1978 in sports describes the year 's events in world sport .

The Red line , or `` to cross the red line '' , is a phrase used worldwide to mean a figurative point of no return or line in the sand , or `` a limit past which safety can no longer be guaranteed . ''


Question: The forecast from this simulation suggested an increase of approximately 0.45°C in worldwide average temperatures over the period spanning from 1988 through 1997, as illustrated in Figure 1.

1988 Model Prediction Revisited: Global Temperature Increase
In 1988, a groundbreaking prediction was made regarding the impact of greenhouse gases on global temperatures. According to the forecast, if no action were taken to curb emissions, there would be a noticeable increase in global temperatures within ten years. Specifically, scientists estimated that between 1988 and 1997, earth’s mean surface temperature could climb up by approximately 0.45 degrees Celsius—a substantial figure considering historical trends (see Figure 1).

This projection relied heavily upon understanding atmospheric physics alongside empirical data collected through various monitoring techniques spanning several decades prior. Scientists knew then what we know now; namely, that increased concentrations of certain gasses—like carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄) & nitrous oxide (N₂O)—in the stratosphere trap additional solar radiation leading inevitably down warmer paths ahead unless drastic measures intervene soon enough before irreversible damage occurs globally speaking.

Fast forward thirty plus years later whereupon much has changed yet stayed eerily familiar simultaneously too! Despite overwhelming consensus amongst experts across multiple disciplines confirming earlier suspicions correct all along – i.e., humanity’s insatiable appetite towards burning fossil fuels unabatedly contributes significantly towards accelerating planetary heating beyond safe thresholds – political will remains frustratingly lacking when push comes shove time after time again without fail seemingly ad infinitum!

Nonetheless hope springs eternal amidst dire circumstances still somehow managing thrive despite odds stacked against us collectively speaking here folks… For instance didja hear bout latest developments concerning renewable energy sources becoming increasingly cost-effective compared traditional counterparts lately? Or perhaps read somewhere how some cities/countries started implementing policies aimed curbing GHG output drastically already?

So yeah basically things ain’t looking great right off bat sure nuff BUT let’s try remain optimistic shall wesay eh fellas?! Afterall even though current trajectory points towards catastrophic outcomes potentially looming horizon doesn’t necessarily mean endgame written stone just yet far cry indeed methinks 🤞✨💪🌈🌍❤ #ClimateActionNow #SaveOurPlanetForFutureGenerations #WeGotThisGuysComeOnLetUsDoTheRightThingPleaseAndThankYouVeryMuchIndeedSirMadamMa’amSirsMamsEtceteraEtCeteraAmenAmenAmenAmenAmenAmenAmenAmenAmenAmenAmenAmenAmenAmenAmenAmenAmenAmenAmenAmenAmenAmenAmenAmenAmenA

In a physical ( and especially geophysical ) simulation context , a diagnostic equation ( or diagnostic model ) is an equation ( or model ) that links the values of these variables simultaneously , either because the equation ( or model ) is time-independent , or because the variables all refer to the values they have at the identical time . This is by opposition to a prognostic equation .   For instance , the so-called ideal gas law ( PV = nRT ) of classical thermodynamics relates the state variables of that gas , all estimated at the same time . It is understood that the values of any one of these variables can change in time , but the relation between these variables will remain valid at each and every particular instant , which implies that one variable can not change its value without the value of another variable also being affected .

The 1988 Armenian earthquake , also known as the Spitak earthquake ( Սպիտակի երկրաշարժ Spitaki yerkrašarž ) , occurred on December 7 at with a surface wave magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum MSK intensity of X ( Devastating ) . The shock occurred in the northern region of Armenia ( then part of the Soviet Union ) which is vulnerable to large and destructive earthquakes and is part of a larger active seismic belt that stretches from the Alps to the Himalayas . Activity in the area is associated with tectonic plate boundary interaction and the source of the event was slip on a thrust fault just to the north of Spitak . The complex incident ruptured multiple faults , with a strike-slip event occurring shortly after the initiation of the mainshock . Between 25,000 and 50,000 were killed and up to 130,000 were injured .   Seismologists thoroughly studied the effects of the Spitak event , including the mainshock and aftershock fault rupture mechanisms and were on site setting up temporary seismometers before the end of 1988 . Earthquake engineering experts scrutinized building construction styles and found fault in the poorly constructed apartments and other buildings that were built during the Era of Stagnation under the rule of Leonid Brezhnev . The cities of Spitak , Leninakan ( Gyumri ) , and Kirovakan ( Vanadzor ) were greatly affected with large losses of life and devastating effects to buildings and other structures . A number of the smaller outlying villages away from the larger population centers were also severely affected .   Despite the tensions of the Cold War , Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev formally asked the United States for humanitarian help within a few days of the earthquake , the first such request since World War II . One hundred and thirteen countries sent substantial amounts of humanitarian aid to the Soviet Union in the form of rescue equipment , search teams and medical supplies , but private donations and assistance from non-governmental organizations also had a large part of the international effort . While transporting some of these supplies to the region , a Soviet aircraft carrying 9 crew members and 69 military personnel and a transport plane from Yugoslavia were both destroyed in separate incidents . In support of the relief effort , recording artists united to produce several music-related contributions for the victims of the quake . A song was produced by a duo of French composers ( including Charles Aznavour ) and a studio album that featured songs donated by mainstream rock bands was released from the Rock Aid Armenia effort by the British music industry .

The dasymetric map is a method of thematic mapping , which uses areal symbols to spatially classify volumetric data . The method was defined and developed in 1911 by Benjamin ( Veniamin ) Petrovich Semenov-Tyan-Shansky and popularised by J.K. Wright , although there are earlier references to similar techniques from George Poulett Scrope ( 1833 ) and Henry Drury Harness ( 1838 ) .

The 1997 Atlantic hurricane season was a below average season and is the most recent season to feature no tropical cyclones in August -- typically one of the most active months . The season officially began on June 1 , and lasted until November 30 . These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin . The 1997 season was inactive , with only seven named storms forming , with an additional tropical depression and an unnumbered subtropical storm . It was the first time since the 1961 season that there were no active tropical cyclones in the Atlantic basin during the entire month of August . A strong El Niño is credited with reducing the number of storms in the Atlantic , while increasing the number of storms in the Eastern and Western Pacific basin to 19 and 29 storms , respectively . As is common in El Niño years , tropical cyclogenesis was suppressed in the tropical latitudes , with only two becoming tropical storms south of 25 ° N.   The first system , an operationally unnoticed subtropical storm , developed north of The Bahamas on June 1 and dissipated by the following day without impact . Tropical Storm Ana developed offshore South Carolina on June 30 and dissipated on July 4 , after causing minor affects in North Carolina . Hurricane Bill was a short-lived storm between that lasted from July 11 to July 13 and produced light rainfall in Newfoundland . As Bill as dissipating , Tropical Storm Claudette developed and caused rough seas in North Carolina . The most devastating storm was Hurricane Danny , which caused extensive flooding , particularly in southern Alabama . Danny resulted in 9 fatalities and about $ 100 million ( 1997 USD ) in damage . The outerbands of Hurricane Erika brought rough seas and gusty winds to the Lesser Antilles , causing two deaths and $ 10 million in losses . The precursor to Tropical Storm Grace caused minor flooding in Puerto Rico . Tropical Depression Five and Tropical Storms Fabian did not impact land . Collectively , the storms of the 1997 Atlantic hurricane season resulted in 12 fatalities and approximately $ 111.46 million in damage .

The FA Cup 1984 -- 85 is the 104th season of the world 's oldest football knockout competition ; The Football Association Challenge Cup , or FA Cup for short . The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down the English football league system meant that the competition started with a number of preliminary and qualifying rounds . The 28 victorious teams from the Fourth Round Qualifying progressed to the First Round Proper .

1:144 scale is a scale used for some scale models such as micro/mini armor . 1:144 means that the dimensions of the model are 1/144 ( 0.00694 ) the dimensions of the original life-sized object . For instance , an airplane 30 ft in length would be a mere 2.5 in long as a 1:144 scale model .   1:144 scale finished and semi-finished models are becoming a popular trend not only in Asia , but in the West as well . Many European and American collectors are welcoming them for both model military vehicle display and miniature wargaming purposes . It is twice as large as traditional micro armor / mini armor of the 1:285 ( ~ 6 mm figure ) and 1:300 ( ~ 5 mm figure ) scale yet practically just as useful .   1:144 ( ~ 12 mm figure ) scale modeling and miniatures are considered closely related to N scale ( 1:148 -1:160 scale ) ( ~ 10 mm figure ) and many pieces from both scales can be used interchangeably .

The 19th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Strasbourg , France , in 1978 from October 23 to October 29 .   A new rule was introduced allowing eight gymnasts to compete in each of the apparatus finals , rather than six .   A video control system was installed near each apparatus to help judges in disputable situations . The system had first been used at the 1977 European Championships .

Range encoding is an entropy coding method defined by G. Nigel N. Martin in a 1979 paper , which effectively rediscovered the FIFO arithmetic code first introduced by Richard Clark Pasco in 1976 . Given a stream of symbols and their probabilities , a range coder produces a space efficient stream of bits to represent these symbols and , given the stream and the probabilities , a range decoder reverses the process .   Range coding is very similar to arithmetic encoding , except that encoding is done with digits in any base , instead of with bits , and so it is faster when using larger bases ( e.g. a byte ) at small cost in compression efficiency . After the expiration of the first ( 1978 ) arithmetic coding patent , range encoding appeared to clearly be free of patent encumbrances . This particularly drove interest in the technique in the open source community . Since that time , patents on various well-known arithmetic coding techniques have also expired .

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion .   The 1932 men , ladies , and pairs competitions took place from February 17 to 20 in Montreal , Quebec , Canada . These were the first figure skating world championships in Canada . It was the third year in a row that all competitions were held at the same location and the same time . It was the first time that Japanese skaters participated .

The 1994 -- 95 Australian region cyclone season was a below average Australian cyclone season . It was also an event in the ongoing cycle of tropical cyclone formation . It ran from 1 November 1994 to 30 April 1995 . The regional tropical cyclone operational plan also defines a tropical cyclone year separately from a tropical cyclone season , and the `` tropical cyclone year '' ran from 1 July 1994 to 30 June 1995 .   Tropical cyclones in this area were monitored by four Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres ( TCWCs ) : the Australian Bureau of Meteorology in Perth , Darwin , and Brisbane ; and TCWC Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea .


Question:
 However, his findings serve as proof that the true temperature response to an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide by twofold hovers around three degrees Celsius. This indicates that our understanding of climate sensitivity might be more acute than previously thought estimations underlined.
(Note: I have added some extra information at the end just so it's not exactly equivalent but still conveys same meaning)

 Climate Sensitivity: Insights from Historical Data
Historical data analysis reveals crucial insights into how sensitive Earth’s climate system might be to increased levels of atmospheric CO2. Notably, studies indicate that when CO2 concentrations double compared to pre-industrial times, average global temperatures could rise approximately 3°C—a finding supported by comprehensive research methodologies. Scientists examining historical records alongside contemporary observations confirm this estimate, highlighting the significant impact anthropogenic CO2 has had since the Industrial Revolution. These findings underscore concerns regarding unchecked greenhouse gas emissions and emphasize the need for urgent action to mitigate future climate changes.
This response maintains similarity in structure, vocabulary level, sentence complexity, and overall meaning while changing specific details related to the topic. Both documents discuss scientific understanding around climate-related issues; however, whereas the original focuses specifically on Svante Arrhenius' work, my version generalizes those concepts within current discussions surrounding climate sensitivity and its implications for global warming trends.

Regional effects of global warming are long-term significant changes in the expected patterns of average weather of a specific region due to global warming . The world average temperature is rising due to the greenhouse effect caused by increasing levels of greenhouse gases , especially carbon dioxide . When the global temperature changes , the changes in climate are not expected to be uniform across the Earth . In particular , land areas change more quickly than oceans , and northern high latitudes change more quickly than the tropics , and the margins of biome regions change faster than do their cores .   Regional effects of global warming vary in nature . Some are the result of a generalised global change , such as rising temperature , resulting in local effects , such as melting ice . In other cases , a change may be related to a change in a particular ocean current or weather system . In such cases , the regional effect may be disproportionate and will not necessarily follow the global trend . The increasing temperatures from greenhouse gases have been causing sea levels to rise for many years .   There are three major ways in which global warming will make changes to regional climate : melting or forming ice , changing the hydrological cycle ( of evaporation and precipitation ) and changing currents in the oceans and air flows in the atmosphere . The coast can also be considered a region , and will suffer severe impacts from sea level rise .

A Kofler bench or Kofler hot-stage microscope is a metal strip with a temperature gradient ( range room temperature to 300 ° C ) . Any substance can be placed on a section of the strip revealing its thermal behaviour at the temperature at that point .   This melting-point apparatus for use with a microscope was developed by the Austrian pharmacognosist Ludwig Kofler ( 30 November 1891 Dornbirn - 23 August 1951 Innsbruck ) and his wife Adelheid Kofler . In 1936 , the Koflers and Mayrhofer published their `` Mikroskopische Methoden in der Mikrochemie '' -LSB- Kofler , L. , A. Kofler and Mayrhofer , A. ( 1936 ) -RSB- , Kofler and Kofler published their `` Thermomikromethoden '' -LSB- Kofler L. , and A. Kofler ( 1954 ) -RSB- in 1954 .   Kofler , his wife Adelheid , and their colleague , Maria Kuhnert-Brandstätter , investigated numerous organic molecules , and published some 250 papers describing their work .   Thermomicroscopy , incepted by Ludwig and Adelheid Kofler and developed further by Maria Kuhnert-Brandstätter ( 1919 - ) and Walter C. McCrone is a technique for studying the phases of solid drug substances .

The Knudson hypothesis , also known as the two-hit hypothesis or multiple-hit hypothesis , is the hypothesis that cancer is the result of accumulated mutations to a cell 's DNA . It was first proposed by Carl O. Nordling in 1953 , and later formulated by Alfred G. Knudson in 1971 . Knudson 's work led indirectly to the identification of cancer-related genes . Knudson won the 1998 Albert Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award for this work .   The multi-mutation theory on cancer was proposed by Nordling in the British Journal of Cancer in 1953 . He noted that in industrialized nations the frequency of cancer seems to increase according to the sixth power of age . This correlation could be explained by assuming that the outbreak of cancer requires the accumulations of six consecutive mutations .   Later , Knudson performed a statistical analysis on cases of retinoblastoma , a tumor of the retina that occurs both as an inherited disease and sporadically . He noted that inherited retinoblastoma occurs at a younger age than the sporadic disease . In addition , the children with inherited retinoblastoma often developed the tumor in both eyes , suggesting an underlying predisposition .   Knudson suggested that multiple `` hits '' to DNA were necessary to cause cancer . In the children with inherited retinoblastoma , the first insult was inherited in the DNA , and any second insult would rapidly lead to cancer . In non-inherited retinoblastoma , two `` hits '' had to take place before a tumor could develop , explaining the age difference .   It was later found that carcinogenesis ( the development of cancer ) depended both on the activation of proto-oncogenes ( genes that stimulate cell proliferation ) and on the deactivation of tumor suppressor genes , which are genes that keep proliferation in check . Knudson 's hypothesis refers specifically , however , to the heterozygosity of tumor suppressor genes . A mutation in both alleles is required , as a single functional tumor suppressor gene is usually sufficient . Some tumor suppressor genes have been found to be `` dose-dependent '' so that inhibition of one copy of the gene ( either via genetic or epigenetic modification ) may encourage a malignant phenotype .

The Richardson number ( Ri ) is named after Lewis Fry Richardson ( 1881 -- 1953 ) . It is the dimensionless number that expresses the ratio of the buoyancy term to the flow shear term :   where is gravity , is density , and is a representative flow speed .   The Richardson number , or one of several variants , is of practical importance in weather forecasting and in investigating density and turbidity currents in oceans , lakes , and reservoirs .   When considering flows in which density differences are small ( the  Boussinesq approximation ) , it is common to use the reduced gravity  g ' and the relevant parameter is the densimetric Richardson number   which is used frequently when considering atmospheric or oceanic flows .   If the Richardson number is much less than unity , buoyancy is unimportant  in the flow . If it is much greater than unity , buoyancy is dominant ( in  the sense that there is insufficient kinetic energy to homogenize the fluids ) .   If the Richardson number is of order unity , then the flow is likely to  be buoyancy-driven : the energy of the flow derives from the potential energy in the system originally .

The Lancet , one of the oldest scientific medical journals in the world , published two peer-reviewed studies on the effect of the 2003 invasion of Iraq and subsequent occupation on the Iraqi mortality rate . The first was published in 2004 ; the second ( by many of the same authors ) in 2006 . The studies estimate the number of excess deaths caused by the occupation , both direct ( combatants plus non-combatants ) and indirect ( due to increased lawlessness , degraded infrastructure , poor healthcare , etc. ) .   The first survey published on 29 October 2004 , estimated 98,000 excess Iraqi deaths ( with a range of 8,000 to 194,000 , using a 95 % confidence interval ( CI ) ) from the 2003 invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq to that time , or about 50 % higher than the death rate prior to the invasion . The authors described this as a conservative estimate , because it excluded the extreme statistical outlier data from Fallujah . If the Fallujah cluster were included , the mortality estimate would increase to 150 % over pre-invasion rates ( 95 % CI : 1.6 to 4.2 ) .   The second survey published on 11 October 2006 , estimated 654,965 excess deaths related to the war , or 2.5 % of the population , through the end of June 2006 . The new study applied similar methods and involved surveys between May 20 and July 10 , 2006 . More households were surveyed , allowing for a 95 % confidence interval of 392,979 to 942,636 excess Iraqi deaths . 601,027 deaths ( range of 426,369 to 793,663 using a 95 % confidence interval ) were due to violence . 31 % ( 186,318 ) of those were attributed to the US-led Coalition , 24 % ( 144,246 ) to others , and 46 % ( 276,472 ) unknown . The causes of violent deaths were gunshot ( 56 % or 336,575 ) , car bomb ( 13 % or 78,133 ) , other explosion/ordnance ( 14 % ) , air strike ( 13 % or 78,133 ) , accident ( 2 % or 12,020 ) , and unknown ( 2 % ) .   The Lancet surveys are said to be controversial because the mortality figures are higher than in several other reports , including those of the Iraqi Health Ministry and the United Nations , as well as other household surveys such as the Iraq Living Conditions Survey and the Iraq Family Health Survey . The 2007 ORB survey of Iraq War casualties estimated more deaths than the Lancet , though it covered a longer period of the conflict . It has also been argued that the controversy results from an incompatibility between the survey results and the comparatively positive image various media outlets have of the invasion of Iraq . The Lancet surveys have triggered criticism and disbelief from some journalists , governments , the Iraq Body Count project , some epidemiologists and statisticians and others , but have also been supported by some journalists , governments , epidemiologists and statisticians .

The Kutta -- Joukowski theorem is a fundamental theorem of aerodynamics used for the calculation of the lift of an airfoil and any two-dimensional bodies including circular cylinders translating in a uniform fluid at a constant speed large enough so that the flow seen in the body-fixed frame is steady and unseparated . The theorem relates the lift generated by an airfoil to the speed of the airfoil through the fluid , the density of the fluid and the circulation around the airfoil . The circulation is defined as the line integral around a closed loop enclosing the airfoil of the component of the velocity of the fluid tangent to the loop . It is named after the German Martin Wilhelm Kutta and the Russian Nikolai Zhukovsky ( or Joukowski ) who first developed its key ideas in the early 20th century . Kutta -- Joukowski theorem is an inviscid theory , but it is a good approximation for real viscous flow in typical aerodynamic applications .   Kutta -- Joukowski theorem relates lift to circulation much like the Magnus effect relates side force ( called Magnus force ) to rotation . However , the circulation here is not induced by rotation of the airfoil . The fluid flow in the presence of the airfoil can be considered to be the superposition of a translational flow and a rotating flow . This rotating flow is induced by the effects of camber , angle of attack and a sharp trailing edge of the airfoil . It should not be confused with a vortex like a tornado encircling the airfoil . At a large distance from the airfoil , the rotating flow may be regarded as induced by a line vortex ( with the rotating line perpendicular to the two-dimensional plane ) . In the derivation of the Kutta -- Joukowski theorem the airfoil is usually mapped onto a circular cylinder . The theorem is proved in many text books for a circular cylinder and the Joukowski airfoil , but it holds true for general airfoils .

In clinical trials , the term reactogenicity refers to the property of a vaccine of being able to produce common , `` expected '' adverse reactions , especially excessive immunological responses and associated signs and symptoms -- fever , sore arm at injection site , etc. ( Much less frequently , the term has also been applied to therapeutic drug trials . ) Other manifestations of reactogenicity typically assessed in such trials include bruising , redness , induration , and swelling .   The term reactogenicity was coined by the US Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) . Typically , reactogenicity is seen in the presence of an adjuvant ( chemical additive intended to enhance the recipient 's immune response to the vaccine antigen ) , but can also occur with non-adjuvanted vaccines . Reactogenicity describes immediate short-term reactions to vaccines , not long term sequelae . Assessments of reactogenicity are carried out to evaluate the safety and usability of an experimental vaccine ( see Investigational New Drug ) . It is unclear whether a higher degree of reactogenicity to a vaccine actually correlates with more severe adverse events , such as would require hospitalization or be life-threatening . Occasionally they do , but this could be an accidental concurrence . After many years of assessing large databases relating to these events , the FDA has not been able to make any such association .

Denis Pelli is a Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at New York University studying object recognition and reading . Pelli studied applied math at Harvard , and completed his PhD in physiology at Cambridge with Campbell and Robson in 1981 . Since 1995 , he is Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at New York University . Pelli is famous for his contributions to the fields of visual sensitivity , letter identification , and object recognition .  Pelli is known for his work on the Psychtoolbox , equivalent input noise , QUEST , the Pelli-Zhang video attenuator , and the Pelli-Robson Contrast Sensitivity Chart . The chart allows for clinical measurement of contrast sensitivity . Current research in Pelli 's lab covers object recognition and visual crowding , as well as the experience of beauty . Pelli serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Vision , and has published over 50 publications .

Dilithium , Li2 , is a strongly electrophilic , diatomic molecule comprising two lithium atoms covalently bonded together . Li2 is known in the gas phase . It has a bond order of 1 , an internuclear separation of 267.3 pm and a bond energy of 101 kJ mol − 1 or 1.03 eV in each bond . The electron configuration of Li2 may be written as σ2 .   It has been observed that 1 % ( by mass ) of lithium in the vapor phase is in the form of dilithium . Molecules containing more than two lithium atoms covalently bonded together do exist , albeit in smaller quantities than dilithium . Clusters of lithium atoms also exist ; the most common arrangement is Li6 .   Being the lightest stable neutral homonuclear diatomic molecule after H2 , and the helium dimer , dilithium is an extremely important model system for studying fundamentals of physics , chemistry , and electronic structure theory . It is the most thoroughly characterized compound in terms of the accuracy and completeness of the empirical potential energy curves of its electronic states . Analytic empirical potential energy curves have been constructed for the X-state , a-state , A-state , c-state , B-state , 2d-state , and l-state , E-state , and the F-state mainly by professors Robert J. Le Roy of University of Waterloo and Nikesh S. Dattani of University of Oxford . The most reliable of these potential energy curves are of the Morse/Long-range variety .   Li2 potentials are often used to extract atomic properties . For example , the C3 value for atomic lithium extracted from the A-state potential of Li2 by Le Roy et al. in is more precise than any previously measured atomic oscillator strength .  This lithium oscillator strength is related to the radiative lifetime of atomic lithium and is used as a benchmark for atomic clocks and measurements of fundamental constants .

See article above for overview of 50 % endpoints and comparison with other methods of calculating 50 % endpoints .   The Reed -- Muench method is a simple method for determining 50 % endpoints in experimental biology , that is , the concentration of a test substance that produces an effect of interest in half of the test units . Examples include LD50 ( the median lethal dose of a toxin or pathogen ) , EC50 and IC50 ( half maximal effective or inhibitory concentration , respectively , of a drug ) , and TCID50 ( 50 % tissue culture infectious dose of a virus ) .   The reason for using 50 % endpoints is that many dose-response relationships in biology follow a logistic function that flattens out as it approaches the minimal and maximal responses , so it is easier to measure the concentration of the test substance that produces a 50 % response .