Sentences with phrase «of past centuries»

>... there are still ways of discovering the temperatures of past centuries,... tree rings... Core samples from drilling in ice fields... historical reconstruction... coral growth, isotope data from sea floor sediment, and insects, all of which point to a very warm climate in medieval times.

Mike's work, like that of previous award winners, is diverse, and includes pioneering and highly cited work in time series analysis (an elegant use of Thomson's multitaper spectral analysis approach to detect spatiotemporal oscillations in the climate record and methods for smoothing temporal data), decadal climate variability (the term «Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation» or «AMO» was coined by Mike in an interview with Science's Richard Kerr about a paper he had published with Tom Delworth of GFDL showing evidence in both climate model simulations and observational data for a 50 - 70 year oscillation in the climate system; significantly Mike also published work with Kerry Emanuel in 2006 showing that the AMO concept has been overstated as regards its role in 20th century tropical Atlantic SST changes, a finding recently reaffirmed by a study published in Nature), in showing how changes in radiative forcing from volcanoes can affect ENSO, in examining the role of solar variations in explaining the pattern of the Medieval Climate Anomaly and Little Ice Age, the relationship between the climate changes of past centuries and phenomena such as Atlantic tropical cyclones and global sea level, and even a bit of work in atmospheric chemistry (an analysis of beryllium - 7 measurements).

«Palaeoclimatologists developing region - specific climate reconstructions of past centuries conventionally label their coldest interval as «LIA» and their warmest interval as the «MWP».

at Le Cabinet d'Amateur in Paris, sees Nadège Dauvergne continuing to explore our habits and societal attitudes by using the art of past centuries and placing it within an everyday means of communication, advertising.

Unlike the collectors of past centuries and their heirs in such quirky private museums as the Barnes or the Gardner, museums for at least half a century have had a mission of bringing new art to new audiences, as with Hilla Rebay at the Guggenheim.

Inspired by the darkest movements in classic art, the game feature a gritty and atmospheric setting, derived from masterpiece artworks of past centuries.

Inspired by the darkest movements in classic art, the game feature a gritty setting, derived from masterpiece artworks of past centuries.

The game is inspired by the darkest movements in classic art with a gritty setting, derived from masterpiece artworks of past centuries.

The biggest mistake of past centuries in teaching has been to treat all students as if they were variants of the same individual and thus to feel justified in teaching them all the same subjects the same way.

Sauerkraut also owes its reputation to famous navigators of past centuries.

Unlike the physical stressors of past centuries, our modern - day stresses tend to be less dramatic, but of longer duration.

Churches and missionary organizations are analyzing the experience of these past centuries in order to correct their ways, precisely with the help of the new churches which have come into being in those countries.

Further, they mean that some Mormon teachings are so far outside Christian orthodoxy of past centuries that they constitute almost a new religion.

Students are taught the symbolic patterns of past centuries, and they should be taught how these symbols and ideas functioned within the practices of the time.

The general atmosphere of historic optimism of the past centuries seemed to refute the truth of the Reformation and validate what was both true and false in the Renaissance.

Our second challenge is to overcome the power of the man - made doctrinal traditions of the past centuries.

Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Warren Buffett, and Richard Branson are four of the most seminal business figures of the past century.

The flight attendants are decked out in Soviet red, their jackets and hats emblazoned with the hammer and sickle of the Communist Party, which ruled this country with an iron fist during much of the past century.

In other words, pR1SE could be the missing link between tiny bits of DNA and viruses, potentially solving one of the greatest scientific mysteries of the past century.

This is especially true when it comes to technological innovation, an area the United States has led for much of the past century.

«The major innovations of the past century and a half — the telegraph, the automobile, refrigeration, air conditioning, computers — they all came from entrepreneurs,» says Dearie.

«Temperature Anomalies» is a data visualization of the past century's changing climate that effectively captures how screwed we are.

Today we paid a debt of gratitude & honor for the life & ministry of one of the greatest Americans of the past century: the Reverend Billy Graham.

The pace of loan growth — 100pc of GDP over five years — is unprecedented in any major economy, eclipsing the great boom - bust dramas of the past century.

Israel's top - secret Mossad spy agency has long been shrouded in mystery and mythology, behind what are believed to be some of the most daring covert operations of the past century.

This conclusion is especially poignant in light of the past century, when violent suffering has taken on the proportion of two world wars, the Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda, Bangladesh, Sudan, Congo, Hiroshima, the partition of India, the massacres of 1965 in Indonesia, Stalin's Russia, Armenia, Timor - Leste, Bosnia, and the global practice of abortion.

The major themes in Niebuhr's thinking found powerful resonance in the speech, in which an American president in a new century reasserted, as the doctrinal basis of his foreign policy, the cherished political theology of America's two major parties for most of the past century....

The origin of what can be defined as neo-liberalism, as distinct from strict classic liberalism of the past century, is examined.

In the beginning, the author examines the origins of what can be defined as neo-liberalism, as a distinct current from the strict classic liberalism of the past century.

It is hard to notice the same enthusiasm among Leo's successors of the past century — or indeed even an awareness that the the implications of the phenomenal rise of science might be passing the Church by.

Some major issues in the science of the past century remain unresolved, notably the inconsistency between relativity and quantum physics.

Unfortunately, this renaissance of the past century and a half has been seriously restricted because most of the Islamic countries have been held down by alien political and economic controls which did not permit the creative participation in cultural activities which had been characteristic of Muslims in their glorious days in the past.

He believes that the moral reflection of those who have been spared the most horrendous events of the past century can be true only if it grapples with what others have suffered and done.

Glover, director of the Centre of Medical Law and Ethics at King's College in London, undertakes the momentous task of offering a moral history of the past century.

Jonathan Glover undertakes the momentous task of offering a moral history of the past century — a history of the failure of our humanity and the concurrent rise of barbarism.

Glover knows this and plays upon it, yet he still seeks to discern within the horror of the past century a glimmer of human dignity.

No mention is made of the past century's great movements of liberation, or the worldwide women s movement, or struggles for freedom and human rights.

Glover moves between delineating a psychology of sympathy, dignity and moral identity and presenting detailed historical studies of the most heinous events of the past century.

Ten deadliest natural disasters of the past century 1931 China floods 1976 Tangshan earthquake 1970 Bhola cyclone 1920 Haiyuan earthquake 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami 2010 Haiti earthquake 1923 Great Kanto earthquake 2008 Cyclone Nargis 1991 Bangladesh cyclone 1948 Ashgabat earthquake Blizzards 1972 Iran blizzard 2008 Afghanistan blizzard Great Blizzard of 1888 1993 North American Storm Complex Schoolhouse Blizzard Hakko - da Mountains incident Armistice Day Blizzard 2008 Chinese winter storms 1995 Kazakh Blizzard Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978 Communicable diseases Black Death Spanish Flu Plague of Justinian Third Pandemic of Bubonic Plague Antonine Plague Asian Flu Other deadly communicable diseases.

The first is a «Holy Grail» conception of their function, not unlike that of the early overseas Christian missionaries of the past century.

The Orthodox attention to ethnic identity and unity could have been affirmed by the greatest Protestant theologian of the past century, Karl Barth.

The technological developments of the past century provide the organizational basis for regional and world policies rooted in ecological considerations.

The Syllabus, then, is a perennially valid frame of reference for coming to grips with the revolt of modern thinkers and statesmen against the Church, from the Reformation through the Enlightenment and into the buzzing swarm of - isms of the past century and a half.

In fact, painters of the past century have done virtually everything in their power to short - circuit the discursive character of previous art and aesthetics.

Gaines is «a traditionalist on evangelism, the need for personal commitment to Christ in salvation, and the commonly held Baptist soteriology of the past century,» noted Eric Reed, editor of the Illinois Baptist, while Greear's leadership is more contemporary and more Reformed.

A less sophisticated illustration of this can be seen in the way that science fiction has envisioned various atheistic scientific futures: over the course of the past century such visions of the future have shifted from being utopias to being dystopias.

Cobb reviews the theological tradition of European thought, particularly the Thomists, Nietzsche and Kant, then considers the theologians of the past century, including of Maritain, Tillich, Moltmann, Rahner and Teilhard de Chardin.

The important event of the past century has been the complete collapse, save within a very limited field, of the older mechanistic scheme.

In the great slaughters of the past century or two in Europe and America, Christians have killed Christians and Jews have killed Jews because they were separated by citizenship in time of war.

The name Matthew is also popular in England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Australia and Canada, Because of its popularity over time, Matthew ranks number 13 in the Top 100 Names of the Past Century.