Sentences with phrase «while events of this magnitude»

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While these events dominated the headlines, one should not exaggerate the magnitude of change.

De Blasio said he did not go to the crash scene because, while more than 100 people were injured in the horrifying rush hour accident, no one died, so it didn't rise to the «magnitude» of an event requiring his personal attention.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said he was conspicuously absent from the LIRR crash scene in Brooklyn on Wednesday because — while more than 100 people were injured in the horrifying rush - hour derailment — no one died, so it didn't rise to the «magnitude» of an event requiring his personal attention.

While low - magnitude seismic events of tectonic origin typically have frequencies of 10 to 20 cycles per second, this shaking was dominated by frequencies of 2 to 4 cycles per second.

While the Markagunt landslide was a rare event, it shows the magnitude of what could happen in modern volcanic fields like the Cascades.

In this earth system model, human belief systems and corresponding climate governance will drive anthropogenic GHG emissions that force the climate system, while the magnitude of climate change and related extreme events will influence human perception of associated risk.

Wehner pointed out that while humans can (and do) perform well in identifying and tracking extreme weather events in real time, they simply can not keep up when climate models run two to five orders of magnitude faster.

However, this also makes a couple of major events in the film move a bit too quickly while also oversimplifying certain aspects of the plot in terms of the sheer magnitude of its implications.

Thus, while the net radiative effect of clouds is that of warming (cooling) across the tropics during La Niña (El Nino) events, the magnitude is quite small and varies greatly from one event to another..»

While it is common for people to build their own homes using traditional techniques, it often reproduces vulnerability as most of these self - built houses are easily damaged even by low or medium magnitude weather events.

While individual events can not be directly linked to human - induced climate change, the frequency and magnitude of these types of events are predicted to increase in a warmer world.

While most scientists agree climate change poses risks related to extreme weather, sea - level rise, temperature extremes, and precipitation changes, current scientific understanding provides limited guidance on the likelihood, magnitude, or time frame of these events.

While many businesses likely had appropriate coverage to protect themselves from storm events, it is likely that not everyone did, especially given the magnitude of Harvey, Dove says.