Sentences with phrase «catastrophic environmental consequences»

Continued warming in these regions will result in even more ice melt with the likelihood of catastrophic environmental consequences,» Yao noted.

The Chernobyl disaster, which occurred on April 26 1986, had catastrophic environmental consequences.

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With perhaps half of the present population we might have a chance and the time to implement needed changes but with 9 billion projected by 2050 the global environmental consequences are probably catastrophic.

The catastrophic social and environmental consequences of this temperature increase will not be felt by today's decision makers or the heads of big business, but by local and indigenous communities, women and today's youth.

While the probability of a nuclear power accident may be small, the human and environmental consequences of a radiation release can be catastrophic.

The Dutch government has already accepted the scientific findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United Nations Environmental Programme, and several Dutch agencies, that warming of more than 2 ° C above pre-industrial temperatures will likely entail catastrophic consequences for humans and the environment, including the Dutch.