Sentences with phrase «immediate threat from»

At least two other Alaskan communities, Shishmaref and Kivalina, also face immediate threat from coastal erosion and are seeking to relocate, but have been unsuccessful in doing so.

Though this signal should be a dire red flag warning for us all, the bleak assessment from this scientific organization does not even take into account the immediate threat from our imploding biosphere and climate engineering (which must also be considered weather and biological warfare).

The species I mentioned earlier are a random selection and not under any immediate threat from climate change.

This decision was made in consultation with the Premier and the Director of the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC), as the immediate threat from Hurricane Maria has passed and all main roads have been cleared.

Apple's iPad still doesn't have any immediate threat from other tablets if web usage is an indicator, Chitika reckoned on Wednesday.

And the mission has a protective element as well: Although there's no immediate threat from Bennu, there's a chance its orbit in the late 22nd century, more than 150 years from now, could bring it crashing into Earth.

When people face no immediate threat from measles or other infectious diseases, anti-vaccine stories may go viral, so to speak, thanks to misapplied but deeply felt intuitions.

It doesn't seem like there was any immediate threat from Syria to the US.

CEI's Sam Kazman, the ad co-creator, said that «Global warming activists warn us about the alleged threats from global warming, but are usually silent about the much more immediate threats from global warming policies.»

Not exact matches

Tiggy said, on November 6th, 2009 at 3:23 pm Yes, most places, you only have to be a little bit different from the herd and there's immediate suspicion — you become a threat.

Because our times are confusing; our understanding of ourselves as a people has become fractured and events are unfolding about us with an abruptness that challenges comfortable assumptions about everything from our safety (are our immediate threats to personal safety coming from fanatics or from flash mobs?)

Yes, most places, you only have to be a little bit different from the herd and there's immediate suspicion — you become a threat.

It is, of course, our story: the threat, real or simply paranoid; the flight in terror through the wilderness of despair; the wonder of sustenance in the desert; the darkness, the stillness, the strangely comforting loneliness of the cave in which we spend a night or a week or however long it takes for the noise and fury of our hell to subside; the perception of the gift, now, of gentle silence; the miracle, then, of the discovery anew of the «isness» of the Word, but the immediate, bitter protest against it because it will not let us stay in this place of haven from storm, this realm of the silence of gentleness, because it sends us back again, and because it rebukes the pride of our paranoia, our monumental sense of absolutely unique commitment and persecution; and finally our return, to call an Elisha on the way and to resume the work of ministry to Word of God and word of earth, renewed by the whole kaleidoscopic experience of the trip to the Cave.

New Southampton manager Mark Hughes is confident he can make an immediate impact and steer the club away from the threat of relegation

As always, it's been a collective effort from every single Stoke player in getting the Potters into a stable position in the table, where the threat of relegation isn't immediate nor intimidating.

Your job over the next 10 years or so will be to help your child understand the difference between a real danger (accepting a ride from a stranger, or smoking cigarettes) and something that, disturbing though it may be, doesn't present an immediate or personal threat (a war being waged 5,000 miles away).

The National Security Council has become a preoccupation for him as he deals with the immediate and long - term threats to the UK from terrorism, cyber attacks, Afghanistan, Iran and the current Arab Spring.

Travel warnings from the Canadian embassy, the US and the UK, indicating imminent threats of terrorist attacks in the country has moved minority members in parliament to demand immediate action from government to assure the safety of the public.

«The initiatives I am announcing today will result in immediate results and help to fortify us from a multitude of threats and to respond more efficiently in the event of a crisis.»

Coral bleaching is the most immediate threat to reefs from climate change; it's caused when ocean temperatures become warmer than normal maximum summer temperatures, and can lead to widespread coral death.

Out of the seven new species, five are facing considerable anthropogenic threats and require immediate conservation prioritization,» says Prof SD Biju, who led the new study and has also formally described over 80 new species of amphibians from India.

Coastal regions under threat from climate change and sea - level rise need to tackle the more immediate threats of human - led and other non-climatic changes, according to a team of international scientists.

A research review about overall alcohol consumption, published in 2016 in the journal Circulation, confirmed that the picture is rather complex — there can be some immediate health threats from drinking any type of alcohol, even in moderate amounts.

Ultimately, operating from a survival state means your life is driven by unconscious impulses that serve only to get you away from an immediate threat, not to set you up for success down the road, which can lead to less than optimal decisions in a moment of panic.

First is «fight or flight,» during which the body tried to defend itself from the immediate perceived threat.

Manno writes that each of these insurgent organizations, which rely chiefly on donations from foundations and individuals, see no immediate threats to their revenue sources, and hold strong promise for mobilizing parents to advance a school reform agenda that «goes far beyond today's PTA.»

By filing bankruptcy you receive immediate protection from creditor actions like harassing phone calls and legal threats and you stop dealing with your creditors.

Your local veterinarian's office can provide your new family member with a care package that takes care of its immediate medical needs while safeguarding it from future threats.

But sterilization ignores the needs of the animals that are already in the shelter and under an immediate death threat, leaving them with no protection from killing of any kind.

Although I definitely never threatened to go take down all the blogs written by white people (which would include my own), a lot of people seemed to read a move from the generic push for «diversity» to actual mention of race as an immediate threat.

However, there was no immediate threat awaiting me — just a few human bodies (I assume) wrapped in sheets and tape, strung up from the ceiling.

As Batman and Bruce attempt to stop the immediate threat to Gotham, John will be watching your every move and learning from your choices.

From its first chapter, The Evil Within familiarizes players with the game's blend of gore and horror, placing Castellanos under the immediate threat of a hulking, deformed butcher as he brutalizes corpses.

Make no mistake, this article is far too complex for John Q. Public *: not because John Q. couldn't possibly understand it (he could, with some assistance from the helpful and infinitely patient people posting here), but because very few people work that hard to understand something unpleasant, unless it's a direct and immediate threat, and even then... End of story.

My article on «Greenhouse Confusion» drew vigorous comments from those who believe firmly that anthropogenic global warming (or rather climate change) is a real and immediate threat.

I will not, in any case, raise taxes on anyone to fight against climate change, but if I am advised that there is a real and immediate danger to the welfare of US citizens from climate change or any other internal or external threat, I will look at all possible ways to avert this threat, using the means that are at my disposal as US President.

In the immediate term, floodwater deaths and injuries, infectious diseases, power outages and reduced access to medicines are only a fraction of potential health threats resulting from major natural disasters.

One example: They passed a measure that would basically bar the U.S. military from acknowledging climate change — even though the Pentagon itself identifies climate change as a legitimate, and immediate, threat to national security.

New video highlights impacts to aquatic life and public health, calls on clothing industry to solve problem FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 1, 2017 MEDIA CONTACT: Elisa Ringholm, [phone], [email protected] CALIFORNIA 3/1/17 — A new movie from a California - based nonprofit is putting pressure on the clothing industry to address a major emerging threat to aquatic life.

We've evolved to respond more vigorously to threats that are immediate and easy to picture mentally, rather than those that are distant and abstract; we're more sensitive to intentional threats from specific humans, rather than unintentional ones resulting from collective action; we're terrible at making small sacrifices in the present to avoid vast ones in future; our attention is seized by phenomena that change daily, rather than those that ratchet up gradually over years.

That's all fine and good, but a new report from the National Academy of Sciences says that changes in the monsoon and the melting snowpack will be much more an immediate threat to the region.

But if you're serious at all, please reconsider — do you want to divert all your passion and energy from the immediate goal of convincing the electorate and authorities that AGW is the threat you believe it to be, into the decidedly secondary goal of reforming the American (global?)

They also are huge distractions from more immediate and realistic threats.

There was no reported intention to pursue criminal charges, but the sergeant said that the man's driver's license may be suspended by the Registry of Motor Vehicles resulting from an immediate threat revocation.

The basic question is whether a person has the right to use force to defend against an unlawful battery: «a person is privileged to use such force as reasonably appears necessary to defend him or herself against an apparent threat of unlawful and immediate violence from another».

While Segwit2X promised to improve Bitcoin's growing transaction issues by upping the blocksize from 1 MB to 2 MB, many saw the update as an immediate threat to the future of the popular cryptocurrency.

-- although the exact origin of the phrasing is unknown, it is believed to have originated from older times when sickness posed a more immediate and significant threat.

So far central banks, especially in EU and US, see no immediate threat to financial stability and so little danger for the financial system, as mainstream financial markets are isolated enough from Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

From this perspective, social adversity and perceived threat in childhood should upregulate the innate immune system, a system that provides immediate defense against infection, and enhance pro-inflammatory response tendencies as a way to prepare for potential impending tissue damage and infection.

Consider this: if a life - threatening virus outbreak were to suddenly infect 20 percent of our population, the response from the medical community and everyday citizens to mitigate the threat would be far - reaching and immediate.