Sentences with phrase «acting upon the planet»

Bouvard had pointed out, for instance, that the problem might not be with inaccurate measurements, but rather «some foreign and unperceived source of disturbance acting upon the planet.»

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It is entirely possible that, at a time when very important decisions have to be made and acted upon for the good of humankind and the planet as a whole, far too many people will focus their attention on their own immediate vicinity and insist on claiming their individual right to act within it as they wish.

This is certain, that it must proceed from a cause that penetrates to the very centres of the sun and planets, without suffering the least diminution of its force; that operates not according to the quantity of the surfaces of the particles upon which it acts (as mechanical causes use to do), but according to the quantity of the solid matter which they contain, and propagates its virtue on all sides to immense distances, decreasing always as the inverse square of the distances....

This encourages all the company's employees to make a sustainable difference by considering and acting upon the impact of their home and working lives on the future of the planet and environment.

In Newton's physics, the behavior of an apple or a planet was completely determined by its initial state — variables like position (where it was) and momentum (where it was going)-- and the forces acting upon it; no probabilities in sight.

Our Marianist values of leadership and service to humanity call upon us to act on these principles and serve as a catalyst for civil discussion and positive change that benefits our planet.»

Such workings are the province of Earth - system science, which sees the planet not just as a set of places, or as the subject of a history, but also as a system of forces, flows and feedbacks that act upon each other.