Sentences with phrase «dire predictions in»

Exxon also pointed out that cities claiming climate catastrophe failed to mention those dire predictions in bond offerings, potentially committing fraud.

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.»

An article by Ross L. Finney offered a dire prediction in early 1924: «Unless we shift our weight Western civilization will enjoy an illusive prosperity and greatness for a time, but will then stagger, stumble and eventually collapse» (January 24, 1924).

Not exact matches

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.

Many of the factors that gave rise to the dire predictions can be traced back to the market crash of 2008 — 09 — Canadian pension funds lost 21.4 % of their value in 2008 — and its low - interest aftermath.

This week the dire predictions came to pass, as the network reached its capacity, causing transactions around the world to be massively delayed, and in some cases to fail completely.

«Interestingly, a lot of the dire predictions about sabotage and problems in the marketplace didn't come to pass because of this creative state - level strategy,» Corlette said.

And that dire prediction came before many of the big banks had started incrementally increasing rates on their fixed - term mortgages in the wake of market reaction to U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's recent warning that $ 85 billion (U.S.) in monthly bond buying may be coming to an end this year.

Professionals in B2B Sales must feel like they under assault from the constant dire predictions of outright dissolution in organizations as well as the constant pressure to squeeze more revenue out of the pipeline.

In the midst of his direst predictions he says:

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.

These phenomena do not prove that dire Marxist predictions are coming true and that capitalism is going soft in spirit or in the head.

During an interview with Don Weeks on 810 WGY AM, the governor used some strong language to pan borrowing, calling it even more dangerous than tax increases, which seems to validate the Republicans» dire predictions that hikes may indeed be in the offing.

But it seems to match the underlying dynamics of the moment far better than Republicans» rooted - in - 2009, dire predictions of Democratic doom, though there's no time to waste in mobilizing the Democratic base.

The Liberal Democrats» constituency campaign is already in full election mode, and its staffers and activists are fully aware of the polls» dire predictions.

The unusually high percentage of school budgets that passed yesterday in spite of dire predictions by everyone from Gov. David Paterson on down has become fodder for the teachers union and its allies in the fight to restore $ 1.4 billion worth of education cuts proposed by the governor.

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

These predictions about an underwater city may sound dire, but officials here say they already are changing infrastructure with climate change in mind.

Yet, scientists complain, data are often inaccurately incorporated in dire predictions of Himalayan glacial melt impacts.

Those patterns matched three rather dire climate model predictions: that storm tracks — the paths along which cyclones travel in the Northern and Southern hemispheres — would shift poleward; that subtropical dry regions would expand, and that the tops of the highest clouds would get even higher.

Xanthakis believes the findings may serve as a dire prediction of a substantial rise in the morbidity and mortality resulting from HF in the community in the future.

That was the dire prediction made in the 1980s.

What a thrill to see such great results and to find hope in the face of the dire predictions!

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.

Then a new Book of Prophecy turns up as a sequel to the original, with the direst of predictions in it.

Climatologist Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid) finds his dire predictions about global warming and the future of the world falling on deaf ears — until the forecasted weather changes begin happening in a matter of hours instead of the anticipated years or decades.

The Flu in School: Tools You Can Use The news is full of dire predictions about the current flu season.

Although the public presentation of charter school research today is nearly as contentious as it was when the AFT report made waves in 2004, beneath the radar screen is a growing convergence on a set of findings that fit neither the rosy predictions of the early advocates nor the dire fears of the early critics:

While libraries have done well for themselves despite the dire predictions of doom following the digital revolution — largely by reinventing themselves as providers of other community needs while still making books their focus — there have been some highly ominous predictions for libraries in the current political climate.

Despite all of the dire predictions of the death of print books and the even more ominous — but genuine — predictions on the death of brick and mortar bookstores, this report is actually a good sign that the dramatic drops in book buying are possible slowing.

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...]

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 rise to the top in order to garner discoverability.

He presented a rosy picture in direct contrast with dire predictions of Blackberry's death spiral, convinced that Blackberry 10 will restore the company to its former glory.

Pessimism and dire predictions are the stock - in - trade of some newsletter publishers.

Unfortunately, in times of turmoil they're often drowned out by shriller voices that seem intent on scaring the bejeezus out of investors with dire pronouncements or titillating predictions of Armageddon.

The continued growth in movie streaming (read continued success of Netflix) and a more balanced view of the power of the «last milers» has moved sentiment away from last December's dire predictions.

More diseases, more warnings, more dire predictions... well you know that story, and we talk more about in in item # 3 in this newsletter!

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.

The numbers are staggering and predictions dire: We dump the equivalent of a garbage truck full of plastic into the ocean every minute, plastic that has a life expectancy of thousands of years in the ocean.

These dire predictions were refuted by Breitbart contributor James Delingpole, who observed in a March 26 report that cited leaked reports from Working Group II of the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report stating that a 2.5 degrees Celsius rise in global temperatures by the end of the century will cost the world economy between just 0.2 and 2 percent of its GDP.

With this in mind, no matter how dire predictions are under the current course of our species, the most major consideration of all is being completely omitted from the equation, what would occur if there was a complete cessation of the climate engineering juggernaut of destruction?

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.

They also need to take an aggressive role in calling out other scientists who make dire predictions but don't really understand the science of global warming or the uncertainties.

Michael Mann is Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Pennsylvania State University and author of The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars, Dire Predictions: Understanding Climate Change, and just out in September, The Madhouse Effect, with The Washington Post editorial cartoonist Tom Toles.

At first glance, the predictions are dire: an area of tropical forest the size of India gone by 2050, one - sixth of the world's carbon budget spent in the next 35 years, a world more prone to storms and natural disasters.

Then again, the credibility of the entire environmentalist movement wasn't exactly enhanced either, and as people like me recall the dire predictions of 10 - 15 years ago, and wave them in people's faces, it won't recover for a while either.

Despite this great relaxation in extremes, the dire predictions remain.

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.

Bill McKibben also reviews four other books which raise concerns about global warming but which are less dire in their predictions and remedies:

«Could turn the climate change world upside down» The rise in skeptical scientists are responding not only to an increase in dire «predictions» of climate change, but also a steady stream of peer - reviewed studies, analyses, real world data, and inconvenient developments have further cast doubts on the claims of man - made global warming fear activists.