Sentences with phrase «dramatic impacts in the future»

Asia's great mountain range is already affected by climate change and scientists say it will experience yet more dramatic impacts in the future — with possibly grave consequences.

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If education has such a dramatic impact on a country's economic productivity and growth, what are the implications of a less - than - adequate education system for economic growth today and in the future?

Changing demographics are certain to have a dramatic impact on the way retailers operate in the future.

The dramatic retreat of perennial Arctic sea ice has been a wake - up call to the climate community that climate change may not necessarily be slow and steady nor its impacts only of consequence in the far - off future.

Choice 1: How much money do we want to spend today on reducing carbon dioxide emission without having a reasonable idea of: a) how much climate will change under business as usual, b) what the impacts of those changes will be, c) the cost of those impacts, d) how much it will cost to significantly change the future, e) whether that cost will exceed the benefits of reducing climate change, f) whether we can trust the scientists charged with developing answers to these questions, who have abandoned the ethic of telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but, with all the doubts, caveats, ifs, ands and buts; and who instead seek lots of publicity by telling scary stories, making simplified dramatic statements and making little mention of their doubts, g) whether other countries will negate our efforts, h) the meaning of the word hubris, when we think we are wise enough to predict what society will need a half - century or more in the future?

While this would only occur in the more distant future with continued and considerable increases in greenhouse gas concentrations, it would likely have dramatic impacts on the climate and ecosystems.

But given the ever - increasing intensity of these impacts - and the fact that the melting of Greenland only continues to speed up - it seems likely the future will bring continued dramatic global changes in ocean circulation.

A serious driving infraction such as a DUI or reckless driving charge creates a permanent criminal record that can have a dramatic impact on a potential sentence for criminal charges in the future, or if you end up with a second DUI.