Sentences with phrase «irreversible losses»

With an estimated 600 million people surviving on less than $ 1.25 a day, even minor climate variations could cause irreversible losses and tips large numbers into hardship.

Jamie Gorman, campaigner for Young Friends of the Earth Europe said: «Communities are suffering irreversible losses due to climate breakdown, now.

There needs to be international recognition that communities and countries are suffering irreversible losses due to climate breakdown, now, and governments need to put new money on the table to help developing countries compensate, adapt to the impacts of climate change and tackle urgent development needs.

Given the enormous consequences and irreversible losses from global warming should the worst projections play out, the time for improving the flow of information on this subject is clearly now.

«Washington State will need to respond vigorously to ocean acidification if we are going to avoid significant and possibly irreversible losses,» concluded the report from the Blue Ribbon Panel, which was co-chaired by former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief William Ruckelshaus.

Based on the available information, the EPA in 2014 determined the mine would result in a complete and irreversible loss of fish habitats in some areas of the bay.

Yet, of course, even if we agreed that irreversible loss of whole brain function established that the person was dead, we would be reluctant to bury a corpse until its heart had ceased to beat.

We have learned, then, to think of death as a single phenomenon whose presence is indicated either by irreversible loss of heart and lung function (the traditional criterion) or by irreversible loss of all brain function.

The irreversible loss of inner ear outer cells is a cause of both types of hearing loss.

The main cause of reduced cardiac functionality lies in the irreversible loss of cardiac muscle cells due to disease, especially ischaemic diseases such as cardiac infarction.

These results offer new hope for the millions of people suffering from, or at risk of developing, liver failure — an increasingly common condition that results in progressive and irreversible loss of liver function.

Each year of delay means avoidable, irreversible loss of biodiversity.

Spinal cord injuries can lead to an irreversible loss of neurons, and along with scarring, can ultimately lead to impaired motor and sensory functions.

Chronic treatment with azide in situ leads to an irreversible loss of cytochrome c oxidase activity via holoenzyme dissociation.

Osteoarthritis is characterized by irreversible loss of cartilage in articular joints and it can cause severe joint pain, deformation and incapacitation.

Prognosis EPI is associated with an irreversible loss of pancreatic acinar tissue in most cases, and complete recovery is therefore extremely rare.

While methane is short - lived, all it has to do is shift the global energy balance for a while, to trigger irreversible loss of tundra methane, loss of Arctic sea ice cover and more calthrate loss, then loss of ice sheets and everything else Hansen et al promise.

While the plight of the polar bear may be famous, there are countless people across the globe — whole nations, in fact — facing the irreversible loss of their homelands if emissions do not peak by 2015.

The commentary by Parry et al advises us to prepare to adapt to climate changes of at least 4 °C, even though they recognize that it may not be possible to buy our way out of most of the damage (to natural systems, for example, including the irreversible loss of many plant and animal species).

This suggests that a so ‐ called tipping point, which would describe the sudden irreversible loss of Arctic summer sea ice during warming conditions, is unlikely to exist.»

This could also entail sudden shifts of ecosystems to less desired states (Scheffer et al., 2001; Folke et al., 2004; e.g., Chapin et al., 2004) through, for example, the exeedance of critical temperature thresholds, possibly resulting in the irreversible loss of ecosystem services, which were dependent on the previous state (Reid et al., 2005).

In Sturgeon, the Court held that when passengers» flights are subject to long delay, that is delay equal to or in excess of three hours, passengers of such flights are entitled to compensation on the basis of Article 7 of the Regulation, like those passengers whose original flights have been cancelled, given that they suffer an irreversible loss of time and, hence, a comparable inconvenience (par.

Deafness Deafness is defined as «a definite diagnosis of the total and irreversible loss of -LSB-...]

By doing nothing we stand to witness the irreversible loss of the most ancient cultures in the world...

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When those are damaged — by disease, injury, or aging — hearing loss can occur, and until now that was typically viewed as irreversible.

Transactions in cryptocurrency may be irreversible, and, accordingly, losses due to fraudulent or accidental transactions may not be recoverable.

Transactions in digital currency may be irreversible, and, accordingly, losses due to fraudulent or accidental transactions may not be recoverable;

It might seem like a small thing to some people, but seriously the secondary loss that comes from people not having a single clue how to talk to you is huge, irreversible and some shitty, shitty salt in an already achey wound.

Researchers also point to irreversible cultural and social impacts that could exceed monetary loss as a topic that should infuse climate negotiations this year and into the Paris talks in 2015.

Cisplatin is used to treat a variety of cancers but causes irreversible hearing loss in up to 70 % of patients.

Now, a joint research effort between the University of Zurich, University Hospital Balgrist and colleagues from University College London have found evidence that patients already have irreversible tissue loss in the spinal cord within 40 days of injury.

«Irreversible tissue loss seen within 40 days of spinal cord injury.»

This type of injury is called traumatic optic neuropathy, or TON, and results in irreversible vision loss.

Thompson and Lengyel are looking into the possibility of using the presence of HAP as an early warning signal for AMD risk with a hope that this will aid early intervention before patients have suffered irreversible vision loss.

«The severe contamination of archaeological material has no precedent in the history of cultural heritage and caused irreversible alteration to the archaeological materials with enormous loss of scientific information,» the scientists wrote.

«Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness in the world, and in the early stages patients usually have no symptoms and are not aware they are developing permanent vision loss,» says Director of the UNSW Centre for Eye Health Professor Michael Kalloniatis.

For humans, the loss of limbs is almost always an irreversible catastrophe.

«Sound deprivation leads to irreversible hearing loss: Researchers show that chronic conductive hearing loss leads to cochlear degeneration.»

«Accurate diagnosis and appropriate and timely treatment are required to prevent irreversible vision loss.

AMD, a major cause of irreversible vision loss in the elderly, results from death of cells critical for vision: RPE and photoreceptor cells.

Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) is a rare maternally inherited mitochondrial genetic disease, characterized by the degeneration of retinal ganglion cells that results in brutal and irreversible vision loss that can lead to legal blindness, and mainly affects adolescents and young adults.

Loss of these neural connections is generally understood to be irreversible.

Macular degeneration is a leading cause of vision loss and irreversible blindness in Americans age 60 years and older and advanced AMD is a leading cause of irreversible blindness and visual impairment in the world.

If ice sheet disintegration reaches a point such that the dynamics and momentum of the process take over, at that point reducing greenhouse gases may be unable to prevent major ice sheet mass loss, sea level rise of many meters, and worldwide loss of coastal cities — a consequence that is irreversible for practical purposes.

This chronic disease leads to degeneration of the macula, and is the main cause of irreversible vision loss in adults in developed countries.

While the loss of cognitive ability is irreversible, the rate of disease progression varies by individual.

Age - related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of irreversible vision loss among older adults.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an irreversible, progressive disorder in which brain cells (neurons) deteriorate, resulting in the loss of cognitive functions, primarily memory, judgment and reasoning, movement coordination and pattern recognition.

Some losses are irreversible and traumatic.

Research has shown that the impact of summer learning loss, especially for at - risk students, is devastating and often irreversible.