The talk now in the climate labs — in the tea rooms and, yes, in their private emails — is of tipping points and runaway warming.
As researchers at Brown University's climate and development lab have shown, climate-related disasters such as droughts, extreme temperatures, floods, and hurricanes have caused an estimated 1.3 million deaths since 1980.
Ziska had something more ambitious in mind, but his budget, which has been cut repeatedly by an administration seemingly intent on minimizing attention to global climate change (his lab has been reduced to 3 researchers who study climate change and agriculture, from 10 in 1999), wouldn't support the construction of special facilities.
In Texas, I had learned that a strong intellectual climate in the lab, a positive attitude, and setting a good example for students counted for almost as much as a valuable piece of equipment.
Rich said that each faculty member could be evaluated "as part of faculty review" where trainees are asked, "what is the climate in this lab?" In summing up the reaction of his office to the recommendations of the report (see sidebar), Pascal told the audience that ORI "is trying to engage on all six recommendations," and that it is a "process".
Member states will also convene next year for what the organisation describes as a "climate-change reversal lab".
PCT: Primary Care Trust TCII: Team climate inventory; TRiP-LaB: Translating Research into Practice in Leeds and Bradford; NICE: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence CBTT: Cognitive behavioural therapy.
It was only after we adjusted the artificial climate conditions in the lab that things started working better.
Finally, a lab's climate and culture influenced individuals' productivity and motivation to participate in research, sometimes facilitating, sometimes impeding progress in becoming fully participating lab members.
The UK also offers a favorable funding and regulatory climate, says Minger, whose lab works on the therapeutic and clinical applications of stem cell research.
