Sentences with phrase «end of the century»

3 to 7 feet rise in sea levels by end of century.

Even five years ago most models were projecting that we'd see a summer without sea ice probably by end of the century.

It just seems that the Paris Agreement effectively deindustrialising western economies by mid century to save 1degree end of century of projected warming based entirely on now agreed decidedly dodgy computer models is somewhat difficult to understand in social policy terms.

A proposal for a new parks maintenance building at the north end of Century Park in Vernon Hills has several nearby residents concerned about the new view and changes to the park's natural landscape and aesthetics.

As ice continues to melt, sea levels will keep rising, possibly by «three to six feet over a course of time — end of century into the next century,» he told students.

The game was teased last week as the «True End of Century RPG» on the Japanese PlayStation YouTube channel.

A suspicious number of them either worked at a high - end boutique called End of Century or were interns at Klein Sun Gallery (huh?)

Fig 3: Healthy phytoplankton; same species with malformed shell plates as a result of damage by seawater with simulated end of century chemistry.

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative on Wednesday announced a $ 3 billion commitment toward helping find cures for all of the diseases facing humans by the end of the century.

«I think there is a strong humanitarian argument for making life multi-planetary,» said the Tesla and SpaceX founder in a new interview with Aeon magazine, where he discusses his hopes for 1 million people to colonize Mars by the end of the century.

On average, 10 % — 30 % of flights departing at the hottest time of day would require some form of weight restriction toward the end of the century, the study determined.

In September, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Dr. Priscilla Chan promised to spend a whopping $ 3 billion of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's extensive capital over the next 10 years, as it works towards its lofty goal of curing, preventing or managing all diseases by the end of the century.

By the end of this century, heat waves are forecast to become more commonplace, with high temperatures at airports around the globe predicted to soar anywhere from 7.2 to 14.4 degrees above current levels by 2080, according to the study.

It could prevent 33 million people from falling prey to the habit by the end of the century and result in more than 8 million fewer tobacco - related deaths in that period.

Human population will likely level out around the end of the century and as emerging countries experience increased wealth and livability, the line of talented immigrants looking to get out of dodge will grow shorter.

«Without rapid cuts in CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions, we will be heading for dangerous temperature increases by the end of this century, well above the target set by the Paris climate change agreement,» Petteri Taalas, the WMO's secretary - general, said in a statement.

And the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates they could rise by another meter or more by the end of this century.

One scientific estimate calculated that if fusion replaces aging coal - fired plants in the 2030s, and the number of fusion plants double every five to 10 years, 90 — 140 gigatons of CO2 - equivalent carbon emissions would be eliminated by the end of the century.

Zillow looked at what types of homes would be flooded, absent preventative measures, based on the most recent estimates of sea - level increase by the end of the century.

Inadequate flood protection infrastructure, which right now might not contain high tides in El Nino years; Lack of action on annual sediment removal from spring freshets, which each year move over 30 million m3 of sediment and leave about 3 million m3 of silt in the navigation and secondary channels of the lower reaches; and, By the end of this century sea levels at the mouth of the river could potentially rise more than one meter due to climate change overtopping the diking system.

By the end of the century, according to projections by Zillow, some 934,000 existing Florida properties, worth more than $ 400 billion, are at risk of being submerged.

For example, back in the 1970s, there were predictions that the world would run out of copper by the end of the century.

The couple also plans to spend $ 3 billion in the next decade in an effort to end all suffering from disease by the end of the century.

At the same time, this metro area will likely see up to 33 days of HHSI Category III days (with a tail risk of more than 45 days) by the end of the century, a level of dangerous heat and humidity the Indianapolis metro region has never before experienced.

If we stay on our current emission pathway, this will change: The metro region will likely see 2 to 7 extremely hot days on average over the next 5 to 25 years, 4 to 17 such days likely by mid-century, and 11 to 59 days — nearly two months — over 95 °F likely by the end of the century.

In our analysis, Detroit's climate risks are primarily heat - related: The metro region, which saw only 1.3 days on average over 95 °F over the past 30 years, will see a likely increase in these days of 3 to 7 over the next 5 to 25 years, 5 to 16 likely by mid-century, and 15 to 67 extremely hot days per year likely by end of century.

These extremely hot days will only increase if we stay on our current emissions path, with a likely increase of 16 to 29 extremely hot days on average over the next 5 to 25 years, a likely jump of 21 to 51 such days by mid-century, and 46 to 105 extremely hot days likely by the end of this century.

At the same time, humidity will likely push the city toward as many as 23 days at HHSI Category III by the end of the century, with a 1 - in - 20 chance of more than 30 days per year at this level.

I just wanted to make you aware that Berkshire is operating within a larger economy and that the most important climate analysis, economics analysis, from Nicholas Stern indicates that on our current path, by the end of this century, 30 percent loss in global GDP is possible.

The couple also plans to spend $ 3 billion in the next decade in an effort to end all suffering from disease by the end of this century.

Toward the end of this century Augustine began to acquire his reputation, while in Milan Ambrose displayed his extraordinary combination of managerial power and spiritual depth.

At the end of the century, we are an urban and suburban society.

We're going to be at 9 billion people by the end of this century.

We know little about the expansion of Christianity in the second century, but by the end of that century Christians were to be found in every province of the Empire, as well as in Mesopotamia.

These reversals left in their aftermath nationalist frustrations that exploded sporadically - and most fatefully with the assassin's bullets that struck down Archduke Francis Ferdinand on June 28, 1914, precipitating the end of the century that began in 1815, and with it the end of the promise that was Europe.

If mission as conquest was the dominant note at the beginning of this century, mission as living in dialogical relationship is the emphasis at the end of this century.

One - eighth of the region's 481 million people belong to fundamentalist or evangelical churches, and in some countries, such as Guatemala, it is estimated that half the population will have switched into those churches by the end of the century.

By the 1960s and 70s the established Anglican and Catholic churches would be experiencing the power of this charismatic renewal; intensifying towards the end of the century with the arrival of John Wimber and his Vineyard Church in the UK, followed by the Toronto Blessing.

At the end of that century it seems more appropriate to ask whether the next one will hold any place for Christians at all.

At the end of the century, tenement reformers and settlement workers led by Robert Woods attempted to remake impoverished, working - class, immigrant neighborhoods according to «the American standard» of propriety necessary to upward mobility.

At the end of the century the effect of these waves upon the Church of England could be clearly seen.

But it was not until the end of the century, under Domitian who reigned from 81 to 96, that persecution became general throughout the Roman Empire.