Sentences with phrase «middle of a sea change»

History, in Forrest Gump, is an inconvenience to be overcome with digital technology, remembering here that we're midway between the film - as - vérité of sex, lies, and videotape and the digital - as - vérité of American Beauty — in the middle of a sea change, as it were, between what film used to mean and what it's going to mean.

Not exact matches

Fernández says that while «both studies support each other» in pointing to a sea route, the differences between them could be due to the genetic profiles of Middle Easterners having changed since ancient times.

«Hybrid» solution with small barriers affordable now Assuming a «middle climate change» scenario of about a foot of sea - level rise by midcentury, the team further assessed the cost - effectiveness of each flood - control strategy by measuring whether its benefits, or avoided risk, would outweigh the investment costs.

While a 14 % loss is not an insignificant amount, it's smaller than some of the changes in Antarctic sea ice recorded during the middle of the 20th century, as estimated from whaling ship logbooks, the paper says.

Thomas Cahill is the author of the bestselling Hinges of History series (a planned seven part series) including How The Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe (1996), The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels (1999), Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus (2001), Sailing the Wine Dark Sea: Why The Greeks Matter (2004), Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe (2006), and A Saint on Death Row (2009).

Whether you're seeking a leisurely trip to New Zealand, a relaxing sea - change to Queensland, or an exotic adventure to the Middle East, Oaks Hotels & Resorts has a range of comfortable and convenient long - term accommodation options available in a number of exciting and family - friendly destinations.

Greenberg later wrote about this transformative moment in Louis's life and in the history of art: «His first sight of the middle - period Pollocks and of a large and extraordinary painting done in 1952 by Helen Frankenthaler, called «Mountains and Sea,» led Louis to change his direction abruptly.

In a study published in the journal Nature the researchers say analysis of sea surface temperature data shows that the AMOC has slowed down by roughly 15 % since the middle of the 20th century, with human - made climate change a prime suspect.

I tend to write on historic episodes of climate change and am in the middle of compiling a three part series on sea level rise.

These new sea ice proxy records are needed (1) to fully prove the scenarios of a succession from an extended ice shelf to polynya / open - water conditions (cf., Fig. 6), (2) to reconstruct in more detail the changes in sea ice cover for early, middle and late LIG intervals characterized by very different external forcings and related internal feedback mechanisms, and (3) to allow a more fundamental proxy data / modeling comparison that results in model improvements and better reproduction of the LIG climatic evolution and prediction of future climatic scenarios20, 21,22,23, 64.

The most definitive 30 - year P trends occur along the northern Russian border and adjacent to Hudson's Bay (> 75 % change of a wetter future), likely in response to diminished sea ice cover and resulting increase in atmospheric moisture, and in some areas of northern Africa and the Middle East (< 35 % chance of wetting, equivalent to > 65 % chance of drying; Fig. 8b).

And that's illustrated if you compare how «science - based» and «science - denier» blogs discuss right about any climate - related topic, from actual atmospheric temperature development to its physical manifestations, like sea level rise (see the chart in the middle of this piece) and social and ecological consequences of climate change — including at some point the fate of iconic mammal species that use sea ice as hunting grounds.

Identify the impacts of a changing climate on sea ice loss; sea ice loss on patterns of atmospheric circulation and precipitation; oceanic circulation both within and beyond the Arctic, including the meridional overturning circulation in the Atlantic Ocean; and weather patterns in middle latitudes.