Scientists can argue all they want about how many degrees Celsius -- or Fahrenheit -- the planet is warming and what the trend portends, but meanwhile Earth's plants, insects and animals are not waiting for the outcome.
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	3:nsubj	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	3:aux	_
3	argue	argue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	0:root	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	_	3	obl:npmod	3:obl:npmod|6:obj	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	6:nsubj	_
6	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	4:acl:relcl	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	19	mark	19:mark	_
8	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	9:advmod	_
9	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	11:amod	_
10	degrees	degree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	compound	11:compound	_
11	Celsius	Celsius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	obl:npmod	19:obl:npmod	_
12	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	11:punct	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	14:cc	_
14	Fahrenheit	Fahrenheit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	conj	11:conj:or|19:obl:npmod	_
15	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	19:punct	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	17:det	_
17	planet	planet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	19:nsubj	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	19:aux	_
19	warming	warm	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	advcl	3:advcl:about	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	24:cc	_
21	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	24	obj	24:obj	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	23:det	_
23	trend	trend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	24:nsubj	_
24	portends	portend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	3:advcl:about|19:conj:and	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	37:punct	_
26	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	37:cc	_
27	meanwhile	meanwhile	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	37:advmod	_
28-29	Earth's	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
28	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nmod:poss	30:nmod:poss	_
29	's	's	PART	POS	_	28	case	28:case	_
30	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	nsubj	37:nsubj	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	32:punct	_
32	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	conj	30:conj:and|37:nsubj	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	34:cc	_
34	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	conj	30:conj:and|37:nsubj	_
35	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	37:aux	_
36	not	not	PART	RB	_	37	advmod	37:advmod	_
37	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	conj	3:conj:but	_
38	for	for	ADP	IN	_	40	case	40:case	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	40:det	_
40	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	37:obl:for	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	3:punct	_
