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Global Catastrophes in Earth History; An Interdisciplinary Conference on Impacts, Volcanism, and Mass Mortality

The release of carbon and sulphur - rich gases from the blasted rock layers precipitated a global catastrophe in which fires raged, the sky darkened, Earth cooled and acid rain showered down.

Byrne stars alongside Dwayne Johnson to save the world from global catastrophe in the action film Rampage loosely based on the video game of the same name.

Although a libertarian might well agree that CO2 absorbs / scatters IR radiation, and that this will produce a warming effect, and agree that this effect could cause problems, and could even agree that it requires the intervention of some agency, he doesn't have to agree with Read that this represents either a global catastrophe in the making, or a palpable «limit to growth».

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In his book, Global Catastrophes and Trends: The Next 50 Years, he calculated the activities any of us might undertake that have the best chances of killing us per hour of exposure to that activity.

«We are acting in response to this catastrophe we are facing,» Sopariwala said, referring to global warming.

During the global climate talks in Paris in December 2015, Polman drummed home the point to business leaders and politicians that companies» survival depended on averting environmental catastrophe.

The hard truth is that in coming decades the oil industry must be phased out in Canada and around the world if we are to avoid catastrophe from global warming.

For scare value, the 2014 Ebola epidemic looms largest in recent memory; while it ended by killing «only» 11,310 people in West Africa, it looked for a time as if it might become a global catastrophe.

RenaissanceRe Holdings, founded in June of 1993, provides property and catastrophe reinsurance, as well as specialty coverage, to insurers and reinsurers on a global basis.

While the global economy is teetering on the edge of collapse, what alternative systems could possibly be put in place quickly enough to prevent a total catastrophe should the current system be eliminated and / or substantially reworked?

In recent years, we've seen our news feeds become so inundated with a seemingly constant stream of global catastrophes and political talking points, that it's no surprise many of us...

As I have tried to show in this book, unless we humans are strongly motivated to become a global society, we are likely in the imminent future to suffer horrendous catastrophes which will be of our own making.

Hence, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault that the Norwegian government is building deep in the permafrost as a last refuge for millions of seeds in case of global catastrophe — natural or man -Global Seed Vault that the Norwegian government is building deep in the permafrost as a last refuge for millions of seeds in case of global catastrophe — natural or man -global catastrophe — natural or man - made.

The threat to our security is in the form of asteroids too small to be detected at long range but large enough to cause major catastrophes; NASA is now searching for asteroids one kilometer or larger in diameter, the impact of which could have global consequences.

If implemented now, active conservation measures could help to avert this global biodiversity catastrophe, both in Jamaica and in the many other global biodiversity hotspots that are threatened by invasive species.

Yet how can a barely discernible, one - degree increase in the recorded global mean temperature since the late 19th century possibly gain public acceptance as the source of recent weather catastrophes?

In 1969 he challenged J. Allen Hynek on whether investigations of unidentified flying objects should be considered serious science (Hynek argued yes, Sagan no), and in 1974 he faced a famed scientist, Immanuel Velikovsky, on theories of global catastropheIn 1969 he challenged J. Allen Hynek on whether investigations of unidentified flying objects should be considered serious science (Hynek argued yes, Sagan no), and in 1974 he faced a famed scientist, Immanuel Velikovsky, on theories of global catastrophein 1974 he faced a famed scientist, Immanuel Velikovsky, on theories of global catastrophes.

In a previous paper written in 2014, Howarth painted methane emissions from oil and gas production in dire terms, saying that ignoring fracking - related methane emissions would lead to a climate change tipping point and «global catastrophe» from which there is no returIn a previous paper written in 2014, Howarth painted methane emissions from oil and gas production in dire terms, saying that ignoring fracking - related methane emissions would lead to a climate change tipping point and «global catastrophe» from which there is no returin 2014, Howarth painted methane emissions from oil and gas production in dire terms, saying that ignoring fracking - related methane emissions would lead to a climate change tipping point and «global catastrophe» from which there is no returin dire terms, saying that ignoring fracking - related methane emissions would lead to a climate change tipping point and «global catastrophe» from which there is no return.

According to editor Tiffany Godoy, who is a veteran of the Tokyo fashion industry, a lot of it had to do with the global financial crisis in 2011, followed by the Tōhoku and Fukushima catastrophes, which hurt consumer confidence and saw the world's third - largest economy to fall into years of tepid growth and deflation.

Like ABC's «FlashForward,» this post-apocalyptic, serialized drama begins with a global catastrophe, including scenes of damaged skyscrapers and panic in the streets of Los Angeles.

The worst will happen, says Michael Haneke, in film after film: catastrophes personal and global, violent home invasions (twice, if you count his American remake of Funny Games), evil spying and life - ruining guilt.

In large part, what made Joe and Andrew Russo's Captain America: The Winter Soldier such a successful and somewhat transcendent superhero movie was that its going concern wasn't a global or even galactic catastrophe, but a personal one.

As these newly created alpha predators tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with a discredited genetic engineer to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever - changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but to save the fearsome creature that was once his friend.

In this sixth Mission: Impossible movie, Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt, who must fix a botched Impossible Missions Force job, all while proving his loyalty to the CIA, preventing a global catastrophe, and dodging several assassins who're after his head.

Terence Davies's adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbons's novel, first published in 1932, stars Agyness Deyn as Chris, a Scottish farm worker who sees family trauma merge into global catastrophe as the first world war devastates her village.

Struggling to find his place in the world, Rapp eventually serves under the tutelage of grizzled Cold War veteran Stan Hurley, played by Michael Keaton, who shows him the ropes before joining forces to investigate a threat in the Middle East that could eventually lead to a global catastrophe.

The zombie virus has become a full blown global catastrophe and California has been hit the hardest resulting in a statewide quarantine.

Hunt finds himself in a race against time, hunted by assassins and former allies while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.

The IMF team find themselves in a race against time, hunted by assassins while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.

As these newly created alpha predators tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with discredited geneticist Kate Caldwell (Naomie Harris) to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever - changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but to save the fearsome creature that was once his friend.

The cast felt as if it was restraining itself before, but now these actors appear to be going through the motions, content simply to be participants in a globe - trotting plot about espionage gone wrong, various and dangerous government agencies from around the world attempting to cover up their mistakes with extreme prejudice, and, of course, the possibility of a weapon of mass destruction getting into the wrong hands and setting off a global catastrophe.

In the James Bond universe, the lives of regular people would be largely unaffected if the villain gets his or her way, whereas in the «Kingsman» world, the consequences are nothing short of a global catastrophIn the James Bond universe, the lives of regular people would be largely unaffected if the villain gets his or her way, whereas in the «Kingsman» world, the consequences are nothing short of a global catastrophin the «Kingsman» world, the consequences are nothing short of a global catastrophe.

Great fun and a surprising amount of tension ensue when a night out in LA ends up becoming a global catastrophe.

In the current era in which the problems of global warming can lead to planetary catastrophe, every city has to have a plan for adapting to climate change, especially thosesubject toextreme eventIn the current era in which the problems of global warming can lead to planetary catastrophe, every city has to have a plan for adapting to climate change, especially thosesubject toextreme eventin which the problems of global warming can lead to planetary catastrophe, every city has to have a plan for adapting to climate change, especially thosesubject toextreme events.

Many parents have long objected to what is being taught in schools — from belief in an anthropogenic global warming catastrophe to banning acknowledgment of American exceptionalism — but fearing the power of teachers to hurt their children's futures, parents keep their mouths shut.

The government's actions to avoid financial collapse last fall — as distasteful and unfair as some undoubtedly were — were unfortunately necessary to prevent a global economic catastrophe that could have rivaled the Great Depression in length and severity, with profound consequences for our economy and society.

Civilians and mercenaries have joined forces in a last ditch attempt to destroy the specimens known as Zeds before the catastrophe in Europe is unleashed on a global scale.

[Available in the US in December 2015] The first project under THQ's partnership with game creator Tomonobu Itagaki and his newly formed Valhalla Game Studios, Devil's Third is a fast - paced action game set in the near future in the wake of a global catastrophe.

The new story arc is set in the near future, 10 years after an unknown catastrophe has relegated the United States to the lower ranks of global players.

In addition to presenting found videos, Dolan will discuss the relationship between global catastrophe and everyday life, the similarities between environmental primitivism and art making, and the common destructive patterns and cycles in art and everyday lifIn addition to presenting found videos, Dolan will discuss the relationship between global catastrophe and everyday life, the similarities between environmental primitivism and art making, and the common destructive patterns and cycles in art and everyday lifin art and everyday life.

Eske's preoccupation with catastrophe echoes the images that circulate frequently in global media today, and his work openly references topical events, such as the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico from earlier in 2010.

Comparing current global conditions to the turmoil that followed each of the World Wars, he has said the international exhibition is a response to economic, political and social crises, including «a humanitarian catastrophe on the high seas, deserts, and borderlands, as immigrants, refugees, and desperate peoples seek refuge in seemingly calmer and prosperous lands,» and the uncertainty and insecurity that accompanies such desperate disorder.

Best known for work that employs the vehicle of the «grotesque,» De Jong reflects upon the paradox of contemporary life where advances in global policy, economics, science and art exist alongside the continuous forces of war, misfortune and catastrophe.

N&S also have a mystical faith in breakthrough technologies despite the fact that there is no evidence this will happen or that it will be enough to avert global catastrophe.

What they found, published yesterday in the journal Science, may mean the accelerating catastrophe of global warming has been fueled in part by warm dirt.

Mankind is in itself a global catastrophe.

If you only read the U.S. press, you'd think that renewable energy is the most environmentally and socially devastating idea we'd ever had — paving over deserts, killing birds in wind turbines, promoting communism, fascism and moral depravity of all sorts, and now, threatening global catastrophe via overpopulation — and did you know that species extinction in the tropics is all due to the expansion of biofuels for export?

I do think that we humans are needlessly speeding things along, but do not think that even if we get the global mean temperature increase below 2 degrees that we can not or will not have widespread droughts and potential world catastrophes in terms of both weather and climate.

Between the poles of real - time catastrophe and nonevent lies the prevailing scientific view: Without big changes in emissions rates, global warming from the buildup of greenhouse gases is likely to lead to substantial, and largely irreversible, transformations of climate, ecosystems and coastlines later this century.