Sentences with phrase «by mid century»

We are not making the investments needed to meet a long - term goal of 80 % reductions in CO2 emissions by mid century.
At that rate of increase (or slightly worse), wouldn't we expect over a meter of rise by mid century or so, just from this one source?
I'm intrigued by the mid century modern vibe she has going on.
But if the world's population increases to 9 billion by mid century as projected, countless more plant and animal species may simply be crowded off the planet.
NEWS: Climate change could cause many glaciers in western Canada to start to disappear by mid century, affecting people and places that depend on their water
[E] xtreme heat in the United States is likely to rise enormously by mid century, driven equally by demographic shifts boosting Sun Belt populations and projected changes in heat waves in a warming climate.
Our 7.3 billion numbers wreak havoc on the rest of the natural world as we cause extinction rates of other creatures at over 100 daily and hundreds of thousands by mid century.
Extreme heat days are projected to increase by 5 - 35 additional days by mid century, with greatest increases in the northeast and south.
Scientists placed dogfish sharks into water treated with levels of carbon that are expected by mid century and by 2100.
However, by mid century if emissions are constrained that ratio will only increase to about 8:1.
While this report is most likely a political product, and while my somewhat informed view is that 50 % renewables by mid century is a more realistic aim for the pro-renewables crowd, it remains that the report itself may contain valuable / interesting / insightful analysis.
Our findings suggest that the forced warming in response to climate change will make the frequency of March 2012 - like springs the new normal by mid century [Labe et al., 2016].
I think you have misquoted - the calculation of Kyoto temperature savings by mid century was actually done by NCAR's Senior Scientist, Tom Wigley and refers to a complete implementation saving of -0.07 °C (see Geophys.
Why then are politicians and business leaders accepting a 66 % chance the the worlds climate will be survivable by mid century?
5 Ga Geology: Science of processes related to: Composition, structure, history and / largest population by mid century Population Bomb: About to Explode?
It just seems that the Paris Agreement effectively deindustrialising western economies by mid century to save 1degree end of century of projected warming based entirely on now agreed decidedly dodgy computer models is somewhat difficult to understand in social policy terms.
Zoback suggests a public education campaign to combat rising emissions and estimates that 3,400 projects may be needed by the mid century to slow greenhouse gas emissions.
My response is that it is that temperature which allows us to feed, house and clothe 10 billion people by mid century.
NEWS: Climate change could cause many glaciers in western Canada to start to disappear by mid century, affecting people and places that depend on their water
Updated, 4:04 p.m. A valuable study published this week in Nature Climate Change projects that exposure to extreme heat in the United States is likely to rise enormously by mid century, driven equally by demographic shifts boosting Sun Belt populations and projected changes in heat waves in a warming climate.
In general, there is high model agreement and low uncertainty that temperatures and associated temperature metrics will increase both by mid century and end - of - century.
Maximum temperatures have increased most in spring and are projected to increase 3 - 8 °F (1.7 - 4.4 °C) by mid century, with greatest increases in August and in the southeast.
Minimum temperatures have increased most in winter and spring and are projected to increase 3 - 7 °F (1.7 - 3.9 °C) by mid century, with greatest increases in January and in the southeast.
Since 1950, average statewide temperatures have increased by 0.5 °F / decade (0.3 °C / decade), with greatest warming in spring; projected to increase by 3 - 7 °F (1.7 - 3.9 °C) by mid century, with greatest warming in summer and winter and in the southeast.
I think it was Congress that estimates taxes to be 50 % — 60 % by mid century.
Properly handled, by mid century it will simultaneously increase global prosperity and solve a host of other world problems.
To avoid this level of warming, large emitters such as the United States need to greatly reduce heat - trapping gas emissions by mid century.
In its 2014 report on global warming, the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded that carbon dioxide emissions must fall by as much as 70 % by mid century to avoid the most «severe, pervasive and irreversible» damage from climate change.
With human population reaching ~ 10 billion by mid century and us being dependent on fossil fuel just to produce enough calories to feed even 7 billion, I'd call that a good bet.
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