Sentences with phrase «more widespread impacts»

He may mean more widespread impacts in the population than terrorism, perhaps meaning diseases like Zika, etc., or storms like Sandy, that undoubtedly affect more people.

Its generally expected that sea level rise will accelerate very significantly after about 2050, and this would of course have more widespread impacts.

** I think I'm being generous here — setting aside, for example, Horn's very small sample size of unowned male cats, his emphasis on these cats (assuming, without the burden of evidence, that they'll «have more widespread impacts on potential prey species and greater likelihood of spreading diseases like toxoplasmosis» [1]-RRB-, and more.

Not exact matches

The market still represents only a modest percentage of the country's gross domestic product, and its impact on household wealth is limited (equity ownership is not widespread among Chinese, who tend to have more of their wealth in real estate).

The swing revival did have the potential to make a widespread impact, as its lasting legacy in giving ball - room dancing a boost attests, but it was a far more ambitious idea than those other revivals, since for it to really work you needed a) jazz - musician participation, b) bigger bands, and perhaps even c) supper - club like venues.

Turner shares a widespread skepticism about whether the evangelical thinkers will make much of an impact on the large and multifarious worlds of evangelicalism, but of this he is more certain: «That [they have] made, and will continue to make, a substantial mark on American academic life seems indisputable, especially in history, philosophy, and, more recently, sociology.

It appears the impact of spray drift on Hunter Valley vineyards is more widespread than first thought.

Of even more widespread concern is the impact copycat measures would have on Scotch whisky exports - worth more than # 3.4 billion annually.

The work revealed that spider webs consisting of uniform thread diameters are better suited to bear force applied at a single point, such as the impact coming from flies hitting webs; a nonuniform diameter can withstand more widespread pressure, such as from wind, rain, or gravity.

While we are all aware that street lights often attract insects at night, we show that they may have more permanent, widespread impacts on wildlife and ecosystems.»

While military sonar systems and seismic airguns used in oil / gas exploration and scientific research have received considerable attention in the overall issue of noise impacts on marine life, less intense but far more widespread and chronically - present noise sources, particularly large commercial ships, have only recently begun to be specifically considered.

Symptoms of PMDD are experienced during the same time frame as PMS but are more widespread and have a greater impact on the body.

Other experts, according to the article, are worried that dating apps becoming more widespread in India will have an impact on marriage and the traditional family unit.

Chile's voucher program has led to widespread socio - economic stratification and a decline in public school enrollment, all while making little to no impact on student achievement.63 The program's design essentially creates three school systems: public schools attended mostly by the lowest - income students; voucher - subsidized private schools attended by more middle - class students, as they can charge additional fees or tuition; and nonsubsidized private schools attended by the wealthiest students.

The numbers are somewhat vague on how crowdfunding impacts book projects, but now that crowdfunding is a far more widespread notion, perhaps the industry is ready for a new pricing model based on support rather than post-publication sales.

Often times, the disease in underestimated either because there's belief that the disease isn't widespread in a certain area, or more simply, dog owners aren't aware of the impact the disease can have on their dogs» health.

As she began to realize the gravity of the problem, it became obvious that relieving the suffering of animals and having a widespread impact as an animal advocate would require more than her voice and efforts alone.

A writer's impact today is more immediate and widespread due to social media.

Since global El Nino / La Nina — associated climate impacts were first documented in the 1980s, the prevailing assumption has been that more severe and widespread climate anomalies, and, therefore, greater climate - related socioeconomic losses, should be expected during ENSO extremes.

Global climate change risks are high to very high with global mean temperature increase of 4 °C or more above preindustrial levels in all reasons for concern (Assessment Box SPM.1), and include severe and widespread impacts on unique and threatened systems, substantial species extinction, large risks to global and regional food security, and the combination of high temperature and humidity compromising normal human activities, including growing food or working outdoors in some areas for parts of the year (high confidence).

While UHI gets all the attention, I believe irrigation heat islands are much more widespread and have a greater impact on the temperature record.

Despite clear evidence that the practice has negative impacts, such as increased seismic activity and air and groundwater pollution, certain to worsen as fracking becomes more widespread, the benefits of a ready flow of natural gas outweigh these «speculative» risks.

Snowfall varies across the region, comprising less than 10 % of total precipitation in the south, to more than half in the north, with as much as two inches of water available in the snowpack at the beginning of spring melt in the northern reaches of the river basins.81 When this amount of snowmelt is combined with heavy rainfall, the resulting flooding can be widespread and catastrophic (see «Cedar Rapids: A Tale of Vulnerability and Response»).82 Historical observations indicate declines in the frequency of high magnitude snowfall years over much of the Midwest, 83 but an increase in lake effect snowfall.61 These divergent trends and their inverse relationships with air temperatures make overall projections of regional impacts of the associated snowmelt extremely difficult.

At present, as I discussed in my analysis article on Tuesday, evidence for widespread ecological damage is thin; so we have to presume that as of now, the significant volume of oil that remains (even a quarter of 4.9 milion barrels is still far more than released by the Exxon Valdez) is not hitting enough of those key zones to be having a major impact.

Droughts are one of the more costly natural hazards on a year - to - year basis; their impacts are significant and widespread, affecting many economic sectors and people at any one time.

A 2013 follow up report, which focused on impacts of climate change on Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and South East Asia; tells us that if the world warms by 2 °C (3.6 °F)-- warming which may be reached in 20 to 30 years — there will be widespread food shortages, unprecedented heat - waves, and more intense storms.

Because of its cold - adapted features and rapid warming, climate change impacts on Alaska are already pronounced, including earlier spring snowmelt, reduced sea ice, widespread glacier retreat, warmer permafrost, drier landscapes, and more extensive insect outbreaks and wildfire, as described below.

In evaluating how widespread the affect of the potential impact let us not forget the data that has been meticulously put together and represents more than 50 years of paleoclimate research efforts in the area or pollen.

Thus although these individual cuts won't have a significant direct impact on global temperatures, they can have a major indirect effect by triggering more widespread emissions cuts.

After acknowledging a problem that was seemingly impacting only a small number of iPhone 6s devices, Apple admitted earlier this month that the problem was more widespread than it initially thought.

Enhanced knowledge of the widespread experience of removal and its psychological impact, particularly on the construction of identity, has not only deepened the understanding of individual cases but has assisted in the design and delivery of more effective community programs.