Under those conditions, Earth had little ice, and sea level was at least 60 metres
higher than current levels.
There is the «business as usual» case that assumes 4 degrees of global warming is inevitable, so we should use the cheapest and most plentiful energy sources available regardless of the fact that burning these fuels will raise atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations 40 percent
higher than current levels.
Given that a case can be made that current levels atmospheric ghg concentrations are already harming or putting people and ecosystems at risk, it is difficult to make an ethically acceptable case that atmospheric ghg concentration targets
higher than current levels are justified unless consent is given by those who are already being harmed by warming or full compensation is made to those who through no fault of their own are harmed by climate change.
As a result of these contrasting trends, global coal demand reaches 5 530 Mtce in 2022, which is only marginally
higher than current levels, meaning that coal use all but stagnates for around a decade.
exactly... i recall seeing a graph produced from ice core samples in which the CO2 content of thousands of years past was measured against tree ring data... what it showed was CO2 levels rising 300 years after rapid vegetative growth (natural warming) and incidently the PPM of CO2 measured
higher than current levels.
As noted in a report I discussed last week, PJM's own research shows that it can maintain long - term resilience and reliability through a variety of resource portfolios, including those with «very high renewable penetration — dozens of times
higher than current levels -LSB-.]»
However, when we look back over the Earth's history, we see many periods where CO2 is
higher than current levels of 384 ppm.
In the 1980's -1990's, the spread between the best and worst performing countries was at times 50 percent
higher than current levels.
A 12 percent increase in the rate of aquifer recharge from added precipitation, combined with a projected 3 - foot rise in sea level by the end of the century, would raise groundwater levels in some parts of the city by an additional foot — up to 4 feet
higher than current levels.
That lends support to the stock's average 12 - month price target of $ 47, some 17 %
higher than its current levels around $ 40.
Second, the tax cut bill didn't just happen earlier than we thought, but the cuts are bigger too which can get
us higher than current levels, particularly if the euphoria stage persists,» Wilson said.
Second, not only did the tax bill happen earlier than we thought, the cuts are bigger as well, which could take
us higher than current levels, particularly if the euphoria stage persists.»
Ultimately, he sees the S&P 500 in 2018 ending 9 percent
higher than current levels as long as the 10 - year Treasury yield stays below 3 percent.
For example, I'm trying to SELL, however I want to SELL
higher than current level, so I place it above, yet I get filled below.....
During the previous interglacial, the Eemian, temperatures were about 2 K warmer than now and the sea highstand was 4 — 6 meters
higher than the current level, depending upon location measured.
If they did not soak up any CO2, atmospheric CO2 levels would be much
higher than the current level of 355 parts per million by volume (ppmv)- probably around 500 - 600 ppmv.Plankton influence the exchange of gases between the atmosphere and the sea.
The climate was hot and dry, with atmospheric carbon dioxide levels sitting at about 2,000 parts per million (ppm)-- far
higher than our current level of about 405 ppm.
Not exact matches
It's also just 0.5 %
higher than the equity benchmark's
current level.
The world's «easy oil» has been depleted, Grantham argues, and
current high inventory
levels will be used up sooner
than the market expects — assuming reasonable global GDP growth.
This supports our view that by year end credit spreads will be wider
than current levels which was predicated by our belief in
higher inflation, yields and volatility in 2018.»
Still, Fitbit has something of a first - mover advantage that's likely to keep its share price floating at its
current level of around $ 32, which is more
than 40 percent
higher than its trading start price.
Several states have set their minimum wage rates at a
higher level than the federal rate, including California, which has a
current rate of $ 10 per hour.
The Saudi exchange has eased off from a more
than two - year
high hit last week and has been consolidating at
current levels.
She believes the
current high unemployment
levels are an effect of the recession, rather
than of structural shifts in the economy, and that the Fed must fight joblessness before dislocated workers become permanently detached from the labour force.
Gordon projected the length of that rally on to the Feb. 2 lows of 1,981 to reach a
level of 2,254 or 7 percent
higher than current prices.
Seeks to provide a
high level of
current income, while providing lower volatility
than a fund that invests in fixed - rate securities.
These behavioral finance influences can skew a portfolio's overall allocations toward an overemphasis of potentially
higher - yielding equities that in some instances may represent more downside risk
than upside potential at
current valuation
levels.
It's not just that future returns will be lower from
current interest rate
levels than they've been in the past; it's that volatility in bonds will be much
higher from -LSB-...]
While overall consumer sentiment
levels have risen to the
highest reading since the beginning of 2004, the
current conditions component is at the
highest level recorded since the measure was first published more
than 40 years ago.
As we have argued before, structural factors may mean prices take longer to respond to the
current higher levels of activity
than would normally be expected at this point in the economic cycle.
Structural factors may mean prices take longer to respond to the
current higher levels of activity
than would normally be expected at this point in the economic cycle.
The
current level of share prices nonetheless remains 25 per cent
higher than two years earlier.
Our initial,
high -
level review shows more economic stimulus and potentially stronger equity - market support
than indicated in our
current forecasts, which we made after the House passed its version of tax reform in November.
Yet at certain other points he did definitely lift the position of women to a considerably
higher level than that
current in Arabia before his own time.
Isn't it logically to assume there's an even
higher level of perception
than us, one we aren't aware of in our
current state?
However effective such approaches turn out to be as instruments of inquiry and change (and I will explain my doubts about them later), their
current vogue is a sign that the crisis in
higher education is at least being joined at the
level of meaning and purpose rather
than merely at the
level of methodology.
It's their first run together and the Team is playing at a
higher level than their
current record shows..
There are plenty of examples proving that throwing money at the problem is not the solution, however there are clear gaps in terms of positions that need addressing... Notably a holding midfielder and a striker operating at a
higher level than that of our
current crop.
The
highest values recorded were more
than twice the
current action
level and more
than 5 times
higher than what's known to be safe.
That means that (at the
current poverty
level), the
highest cost of a plan is $ 4,244 (cheaper
than what you would currently pay for health care).
Repayments will begin at a
higher level, when a graduate is earning # 21,000 a year rather
than the
current # 15,000.
Longford - Westmeath — The
current population
levels in Longford - Westmeath are fine for this constituency to remain as a 4 - seat constituency (with a population per TD ratio 0.6 %
higher than the state average), but the return of the Castlepollard area to join with the rest of Westmeath county in this constituency would probably not be feasible as this would leave the constituency with a population per TD ratio that would be 7.75 %
higher than the state average (close to the 7.89 % maximum degree of variance permitted by past Commission reports).
Nassau County and its three towns say new or strengthened ethics laws will curb nepotism, but more
than 100
current or former elected officeholders,
high -
level appointees and political club leaders — Republican and Democrat — have had at least one family member working in local government at some point since 2015.
In a news story on Sunday and in an online database, Newsday showed that more
than 100
current or former elected officeholders,
high -
level appointees and political club leaders from both parties have had at least one family member each working in local government at some point since 2015.
Nassau County and its three towns say new or strengthened ethics laws will curb nepotism, but more
than 100
current or former elected officeholders,
high -
level appointees and political club leaders — Republican and Democratic — have had at least one family member working in local government at some point since 2015.
Based on analyses of
current IQ data, he speculates that we are not born with more mental potential
than our ancestors; however, because our modern brain is expected to handle
higher -
level cognitive tasks from a very young age, our mental capabilities have changed.
Most of the rats in the study were exposed to radiation
levels higher than those permitted in
current phone models, and on average, the exposed rats lived longer
than the controls.
About 460 million years ago, the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere ranged somewhere between 14 and 22 times the
current level, and the average global temperature was about 5 °C
higher than it is now.
He said: «Information on outcome of patients with cut - off
levels higher than in the
current analysis would be of interest.
At the height of the last interglacial, when greenhouse - gas
levels were roughly similar to
current values, the global sea
level was 4 - 6 metres
higher than it is today.