Sentences with phrase «dire predictions»

«I've heard all kinds of dire predictions of how much money we are going to lose,» he said.

Scientists should look to trends before making dire predictions about extreme weather, but the trends show no link to climate change.

It is immoral to deny needy people access to fossil fuels because experts have made dire predictions about the future.

The chips were down, the women won and none of council's dire predictions came to pass.

This would explain why dogs manage to do so well eating dog food despite dire predictions from people who prefer to feed raw diets or cook meals for their dogs.

Last time I was plagued with dire predictions of hidden twins and early labor and 14 - pound babies.

He also said that he doesn't believe the most dire predictions will come to pass.

That's 24 years of failure, yet the latest IPCC claims include even more dire predictions.

As for how adults consumed their books, device penetration is still on the rise, even among dedicated e-readers, another reading option that has been given dire predictions by industry watchers.

Such dire predictions have not played out in any of the 28 other states with renewable energy standards.

These are just the latest in many dire predictions about the results of climate change if humanity doesn't start making some major changes to our consumption habits.

That is a main problem with these long term dire predictions.

Global temperatures are now trending at or below the lowest, least dire predictions of warming.

If you had one piece of advice to give to fellow investors who were anxious about pessimistic headlines and dire predictions for the market and the economy, what would it be?

The postdocs take particular pride that dire predictions of spoiled relationships with mentors have not come true.

He combines sometimes - dire predictions about the threat of mosquito - borne disease with what some call a knack for public engagement.

How many dire predictions will it take before we accept that salespeople will always be critical drivers of business?

Since we aren't yet past the tipping points, or if we are past them, the evidence has not emerged unambiguously from the background variance, it is difficult to maintain the truth of dire predictions in the future.»

And with dire predictions like those of Smashwords» CEO Mark Coker stating that there will be a «glut» of ebooks in 2013, authors have to be prepared to help their titles... [Read more...]

Amid all the doom and gloom surrounding the Wii U, Nintendo can at least draw consolation from the success (little remarked upon) of the 3DS handheld — achieved despite dire predictions at its launch that handheld games consoles would no longer be able to cope with the rise of mobile phones as gaming platforms: «Some indie developers have told us that when they offer the same software on iOS and Android, and in the eShop on Nintendo 3DS, the 3DS eShop version sells most.

After the Synod ended, having produced a final document reaffirming Catholic teaching, the pope's critics were reluctant to admit that they had been proven wrong again (having made equally dire predictions before the 2014 synod).

It's 6:00 AM, I'm sitting in the American Airlines lounge hearing dire predictions of an «epic winter snow storm» that's going to blast the East Coast shortly.

«But there are dire predictions out there, and that's not very encouraging.»

Even if human - caused global warming could be proven, such dire predictions ignore the marvelous historic adaptability of humans, who have thrived in climates ranging from the Arctic to the Sahara.

Only slightly off - subject: the Guardian's environment editor John Vidal has just published dire predictions of future temperatures worse than Monbiot's worst wet dreams, issuing from an MIT Global Change (that's what they call themselves) thinktank, which is financed by ExxonMobil, Shell, BP and Electricité de France, among others.

Observations indicating that mass bleaching events have recently become more common [7]--[12], combined with projected increases in heat stress, have prompted dire predictions for the future of coral reefs under unabated greenhouse gas emissions scenarios [13], [14].

Dire Predictions presents the information documented by the IPCC in an illustrated, visually - stunning, and undeniably powerful way to the lay reader.

Gordes said dire predictions then about what would happen to energy costs in New England if Broadwater was not built failed to materialize.

Biologist Paul Ehrlich gives dire prediction for global... Continue reading →

Not all hedge funds had a good day, though — even though the Dow and S&P 500 ended Wednesday up more than 1 % each, proving wrong the universally dire predictions for the market in the unexpected Trump victory scenario.

The daily deal business has managed to generate bold proclamations, soaring valuations, maddening scrutiny, and — most recently — positively dire predictions.

Harmon, who declined to comment for this story, said during Cushman's year - end conference call that when analysts looked at the figures six months ago, «it was a very dire prediction for 2017.»

Labour defied dire predictions with a steady performance in the English council elections, losing a similar number of councillors to the Tories with fewer than 10 councils left to declare.

Now Labour are hoping dire predictions have been wrong

As flu season continues to wreak havoc and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issuing dire predictions about the number of flu - related deaths likely before the outbreak... more

He is author of more than 160 peer - reviewed and edited publications, and has published books include Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming in 2008 and The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines in 2012.

The surge in Arctic ice is a dramatic change from last year's record - setting lows, which fueled dire predictions of an imminent ice - free summer.

A case in point is a book I recently co-authored with Penn State colleague Lee Kump, called Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming.

He also authored Dire Predictions: Understanding Climate Change with scientist Lee Kump.

Although her study found that the Earth is, indeed, warming, Ms. Hegerl discounts dire predictions of skyrocketing temperatures.