Sentences with phrase «dire predictions of»

I agree that we can shoot down the dire predictions of the AGW whilst acknowledging that the basic greenhouse theory is correct but there are many now refuting that there is any greenhouse effect.

«The climate models making dire predictions of warming in the 21st century are the same models that predicted too much warming in the early 21st century, and can't explain the warming from 1910 - 1945 or the mid-century grand hiatus,» Dr. Judith Curry writes in a Wednesday op - ed published in The Financial Post.

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

I have just wasted two days commenting on Guardian environment, trying to get George to explain why it is ok for him to base his dire predictions of «the end of life as we know it» on research financed by Exxon, while we common mortals are frequently criticised for quoting sources funded by the same Exxon.

On a very simple level, climate alarmism is all about making dire predictions of what'll happen in the future.

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

In the late 1960s, Paul Ehrlich famously made dire predictions of doom, based on his attempts to model the biosphere and our relation to it, which failed to materialise.

The authors included Dr. Richard S. Lindzen, a meteorologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who for years has expressed skepticism about some of the more dire predictions of other climate scientists about the significance of human - caused warming.

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.

Perhaps by then it will turn out to be only 0.1 C warming / decade and that would be a considerable change from the dire predictions of today.

One hears of dire predictions of sea - level rises which don't seem to be eventuating, of stasis in global temperatures that weren't predicted, of claimed ad - hoc appeals to aerosol effects, etc., and that's without going into the general atmosphere of hostility to people like me who genuinely think the case for harmful AGW effects looks shaky.

Dire predictions of heatless winters and a car-less future are missing the point.

Are any of the dire predictions of AGW alarmists coming even close?

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.

Now, having seemingly forgotten their dire predictions of catastrophic global cooling, they are preaching catastrophic global warming.

I suspect the dire predictions of the world population reaching 9 billion by 2050 is wishful thinking.

«Then we've had an inflection point, and went into a moderate positive trend since the beginning of 2013,» said Mathieu Laberge, deputy chief economist at CMHC... which would be the «softlanding» policy makers want and a long way from dire predictions of a 10 - per - cent to 25 - percent price crash... «I'd say we feel good.

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.

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.

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.

They counselled «Forget the dire predictions of a looming shortfall of scientists, technologists, engineers, and mathematicians.

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.

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

Gauthier says that Carpenter's dire predictions of runaway costs are «scaremongering.»

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

The Dire predictions of more and more powerful hurricanes have been demonstrated to be false.

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.

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

So, despite the dire predictions of the two - platoonists a couple of years ago, Football is back again, bigger and better than ever.

Even the most dire predictions of Harvey's destruction ended up falling short of the true level of devastation, and many families found that their careful rationing and planning ended up falling likewise short.

Does the real world experience match the dire predictions of its opponents?

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.

My doom - and - gloom stems from the dire predictions of Aviv Ovadya, the technologist who predicted the fake news epidemic, and now fears an «information apocalypse» as the trolls turbo - charge their efforts with AI.

Apparently, the National Weather Service got reports that its dire prediction of up to two feet of snow for New York City may have been exaggerated — but decided not to change its forecast «out of extreme caution» and to avoid confusion.

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.

Not exact matches

Facing opposition from internet pioneers, online companies, members of Congress and the vast majority of Americans — all of whom are worried about broadband providers offering cut - down packages of services rather than the full internet — he released a jokey video scoffing at their dire predictions.

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.

«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.

In the midst of his direst predictions he says:

This leads him to his key point: «Let us make no mistake; the data we now have at hand should serve as a dire warning: Unless we act decisively, many of today's converts will be one - generation Jews — Jews with non-Jewish parents and non-Jewish children,» But Sarna concludes on a note that most Jews would find more hopeful: «Learned Jews and non-Jews have been making dire predictions about the future (or end) of the Jewish people for literally thousands of years — long before William Wirt and long after him — and, as we have seen, their predictions have proved consistently wrong.

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.

And speaking of respect, I reserve the right to offer a bit to Mr. Camping if he proceeds to apologize to the world and dismantle his awful Family Radio network broadcasting empire that's been foisting this baloney on the public since the LAST time he incorrectly made these dire predictions.

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.

The anti war - movement's dire predictions about the impact of the war proved, if anything, underestimates.

«Predictions of a dire future for lower Manhattan — nine years of predictions — consistently have been proven wrong,» Assembly Speaker Sheldon SPredictions of a dire future for lower Manhattan — nine years of predictions — consistently have been proven wrong,» Assembly Speaker Sheldon Spredictions — consistently have been proven wrong,» Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said.

And none of their dire predictions will come true.

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.

But even to an expert's eyes, Kern River Oil Field betrays no hint of the technological miracles that have enabled it to survive decades of dire predictions.