Sentences with phrase «local consequences»

Global warming implies large - scale changes as well as local consequences.

If you listen closely, he describes some of the global weather disruptions, with grim local consequences.

Varner's primary public engagement is through citizen science engagement programs, which she views as an opportunity help volunteers appreciate the natural world, consider local consequences of climate change and participate in all aspects of science.

Japanese officials initially rated the incident a level 4, an «accident with local consequences,» on the seven - tier International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES), but Princeton University physicist Frank von Hippel told The New York Times that the Fukushima Daiichi situation is «way past Three Mile Island already.»

Formerly believed to have only limited local consequences, the bursts of hydrogen sulfide could also have long - term effects, according to the report.

Local consequences include: oronasal fistulas, class II perio - endo lesions, pathologic fractures, ocular problems, osteomyelitis, and increased incidence of oral cancer.

-- In June 2008, this small steel town, tucked between the swing states of Ohio and Pennsylvania, was grappling with the local consequences of Sen. Barack Obama's historic victory in locking up the Democratic presidential nomination.

But White's synthesis of climate and history is novel, and readers will see echoes of today's ignorance about the local consequences of climate change.

- Brookline's curricula and educational procedures are not altered simply to «teach to the test;» - there are no local consequences if a student refuses to take such tests; and - no educator is disciplined for refusing to administer such tests.

The local consequences of the company's heavy reliance on coal are severe as well.