Sentences with phrase «course of the next century»

For those curious about the pronounced dips in the future scenarios here they are responses to Pinatubo - scale volcanic eruptions that are assumed to occur at a reasonable frequency over the course of the next century.

The report calls for urgent action to avoid sea level rises of a metre or more over the course of the next century.

Optimal policies to mitigate and adapt to climate change, economists tell us, won't cost the global economy very much in the grand scheme of things — on the order of 1 percent of total global GDP over the course of the next century.

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That is, of course, a pretty dramatic vision of change in the next century, but Hanson is not alone in predicting that radical changes will follow the next major breakthrough in compu ting (whether that's human - level AI or brain uploading).

Of course you know the Ottomans took Anatolia from the Greeks (modern day Turkey) and actually occupied the Balkans and butchered the Greeks and Slaves for the next 400 years, not to mention what they did to the Armenians and Kurds in the 20th Century.

They are living structures with boundaries built up over the course of sometimes many centuries for the purpose of encoding, storing, retrieving, and transmitting to the next generation a very important kind of information.

The power of this viewpoint is displayed in the less - than - edifying spectacle of various critics in the course of the next two - and - a-half centuries attempting to make Othello merely swarthy or «tawny,» and not a sub-Saharan African.

«The gathering of international scientists, policy - makers, and students will not only explore the knowledge in hand, but consider what else is needed to chart a course over the next century in which humanity sustains and even improves the relationships that underpin life on Earth.»

Rob and Dave's research found that these processes give rise to the potential for more than one meter of global average sea - level rise from Antarctica alone over the course of this century, and more than 15 meters over the next five centuries.

One recent modeling study focused on this mode of instability estimated that the Antarctic ice sheet has a 1 - in - 20 chance of contributing about 30 centimeters (1.0 feet) to global average sea - level rise over the course of this century and 72 centimeters (2.4 feet) by the end of the next century.

Where «Roots» and «Roots: The Next Generations» were extensive studies on, not one character, but a series of members in a bloodline that spans about a century or so, this series centers around one character, thus the unevenness that plagued this series» sisters has been thinned out tremendously, though unfortunately still not quite to the point of dissipation, because as generally comfortable as this story's flow is, Halle Berry's titular Queen Jackson character extensively faces several dynamic events and characters, yet still doesn't take the time that it should to meditate upon the full exposition and depth of this story's range, thus leaving certain key story aspects to come off as unnecessary and, of course, supplementary to focal inconsistency.

What viewers will easily recognize as a proto - punk rock band is, of course, anathema to the bell - bottomed swingers at American Century, who are focused on sessions for the next England Dan and John Ford Coley release and a Christmas album from Robert Goulet.

In an article that appeared in Ed Next in 2004, Chris Berry traced the decline and rebirth of small schools in America and looked at the impact of smaller schools on students» future earnings over the course of the 20th century, as the movement to consolidate small schools into larger schools grew.

Of course we're here to see the Taj Mahal so it's up early next morning to see the sun rise over the four - century - old mausoleum.

In celebrations of its 25th year, this year's show will host a series of seminar sessions looking back on the tourism revolution in the MENA region over the last quarter of a century, while exploring how the industry will shape up over the next 25 years, in light of geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainties, huge technological advances and, of course, the increasing trend of responsible tourism.

but of course we'll be able to control the planet's temperature fluctuations and inconvenient excesses, and precisely guide geohistorical climatic trends over the next decades and centuries by regulating our co2 emissions.

Consequently, the next time a serious drought takes hold of some part of the world and the likes of Al Gore blame it on the «carbon footprints» of you and your family, ask them why just the opposite of what their hypothesis suggests actually occurred over the course of the 20th century, i.e., why, when the earth warmed - and at a rate and to a degree that they claim was unprecedented overthousands of years - the rate - of - occurrence of severe regional droughts actually declined.»

If the United States «stays the course» with President Bush's non-interventionist climate policies over the next decade, then by the third decade of this century all of American life — politics, international relations, our homes, our jobs, our industries, the kind of cars we drive — will be forever transformed.

The story ranges from physics to chemistry, biology, geology, fluid mechanics, and quantum mechanics, to economics and social sciences.The class will consider evidence from the distant past and projections into the distant future, keeping the human time scale of the next several centuries as the bottom line.The lectures follow a textbook, «Global Warming, Understanding the Forecast,» written for the course.

The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issues serial reports, often called the «gold standard» of climate research; the most recent one projects us to hit four degrees of warming by the beginning of the next century, should we stay the present course.

Rob and Dave's research found that these processes give rise to the potential for more than one meter of global average sea - level rise from Antarctica alone over the course of this century, and more than 15 meters over the next five centuries.

One recent modeling study focused on this mode of instability estimated that the Antarctic ice sheet has a 1 - in - 20 chance of contributing about 30 centimeters (1.0 feet) to global average sea - level rise over the course of this century and 72 centimeters (2.4 feet) by the end of the next century.

There is little benefit to acting now rather than, say, two years from now, but potentially major benefits, since what we learn over the next couple of years will make a major difference in understanding what the optimal course of action over the next century looks like.

CHARLWOOD: In the Century 21 world, we're looking at some dramatic expansion in Asia / Pacific, expecting over the course of the next five to seven years to grow to 1,000 outlets.