Sentences with phrase «exceeding chance levels»

The question is, can people do that in a significant manner (i.e., exceeding chance levels) consistently going forward.

Differences across ethnic groups did not exceed chance levels.

Not exact matches

For the Netherlands, the best estimate of sea level rise is 0.83 meters, but the calculations show that there is a 26 % chance that it will exceed the existing high - end scenario of 1.05 meters and a sea level rise of up to 1.80 meters can not be excluded.

Specifically, structures should be able to withstand levels of shaking that would have about a 2 percent chance of being exceeded within 50 years, although the actual calculations are more complicated, said Nicolas Luco, a research structural engineer with the USGS in Golden, Colorado.

Looking at the lower probability but higher impact events, there is a five per cent chance that local sea - level rise will exceed 112 centimeters at Oslo and 161 centimeters in Copenhagen by 2100.

For example, under the «business - as - usual» climate scenario (called RCP8.5 by the UN IPCC, which assumes that emissions continue to grow unabated), there is a 50 per cent chance that local sea - level rise will exceed 22 centimeters at Oslo.

It is important to work with skilled experts to give yourself the best chance at restructuring your debt to a level you can afford under conditions you can fulfill over a reasonable period of time, not to exceed five (5) years.

The Base Flood Elevation, or BFE shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for high - risk flood zones indicates the water surface elevation resulting from a flood that has a one percent chance of equaling or exceeding that level in any given year.

It also notes that there is a 10 % chance that the temperature could exceed 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels (1850 — 1900) for at least one year during that period.

Nonetheless, a recent probabilistic assessment based on IPCC projections and expert elicitations on ice sheet behavior assigns a 0.5 % chance that global SLR will exceed 6.3 m by 2200 under RCP 8.5 (46), suggesting that all but the highest committed levels discussed here could be attained in the relatively near term.

Please be cautious in praising all of these local councils as the motion which Eurobodalla Shire Council passed, in part, approved of: RCP6.0 from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Report 5 (2012) Levels assessed as having a 15 % chance of being exceeded.

Or as it states further on, a 550 ppm CO2e suggests «a 50:50 chance of a temperature increase above or below 3 °C, and the Hadley Centre model predicts a 10 % chance of exceeding 5 °C [9 °F] even at this level.»

Each report will give a clear index rating from 0 (a generally clean environment with very low chance of average NO2 levels exceeding annual legal limits) to 6 (polluted environments with major implications for human health).