Importantly, it provides a superior framework to assess the vulnerability of marine biota to changes in pH. This approach allows the experimental and modelling frameworks that take account of the full suite of effects rather than just the scenarios derived from OA by anthropogenic CO2 alone, which may not adequately portray the range
of possible future scenarios (Hendriks et al. 2010a, b; Hofmann et al. 2011), to be proposed.
The problem is not so much that the models are inaccurate as that they must, by their nature, produce a wide range
of possible future scenarios.
Both studies use modelling to assess the risk of an ice - free summer under a range
of possible future scenarios.
Rather, the study looks at a range
of possible future scenarios, says Garner, including the business - as - usual emissions path we are still on.
Not exact matches
Here's one
possible scenario for the settlement
of the first bitcoin
futures.
So, there are still two
possible future scenarios - bearish that will lead us below February low following trend line breakdown, and the bullish one in a form
of medium - term double top pattern or breakout towards 3,000 mark.
Bitcoin's
future can best be understood by considering four
scenarios that represent a range
of possible outcomes.
«Buyer
Scenario Modeling is the process
of analyzing research - based modeling
of possible events, nurturing
scenarios, buying
scenarios, buying behaviors, buying decisions, and alternative
future outcomes.»
As God prehends the universe at the instant the piano teeters, he sees the various
possible ways this little drama could be played out, sees all the ramifications
of the
possible scenarios, and realizes that some ways the action might unfold are better than others, that is, some outcomes would produce a
future which when he, God, prehended it would make his experience more rich, more harmonious, more beautiful than his experience would be were alternative outcomes to produce quite different
futures.
Dr. Geering offers ten
scenarios of the
possible human
future — wars, starvation, mass pandemics, ecological disasters and unfettered terrorism.
In trying to assess the
possible meaning and role
of our groups in the
future I would like to outline three
possible scenarios for American society: liberal, traditional authoritarian, and revolutionary.
My own view is that there are three
possible scenarios for the
future direction
of party politics: (i) It becomes more embedded and organic; (ii) It continues as it is; (iii) It becomes more populist.
It must be noted that this analysis presents only one
possible scenario for the
future of federal support
of R&D.
Thanks to the historical data (1930 - 2000) shared by the FAO Desert Locust Information Service (DLIS - FAO), a joint INRA / CIRAD team was able to study the climate niche and distribution
of the species during recessions, and envisage the effects
of possible climate changes between now and 2050 or 2090, in line with two
future climate
scenarios.
Because the
future composition
of shrub lands and the distribution
of shrub species in the Sierra Nevada is unknown, the researchers examined stream flows under multiple
possible scenarios of vegetation - type conversion in two Sierra Nevada watersheds.
The heart
of the report is a study
of over 1000
scenarios of possible energy and climate
futures.
«We're looking at
scenarios and get a range
of possible futures and understand a range
of supply and demand so we get a range
of what the balances may be.»
The goal
of the Integrated
Scenarios project is to use the global climate models to describe as accurately as
possible what the latest science says about the Northwest's
future climate.
Projecting an Energy
Future: Biofuels, Bioenergy, and the Importance
of Regionality in
Scenarios and Potentials, Caroline Taylor, Perspectives on Biofuels: Potential Benefits and
Possible Pitfalls, doi: 10.1021 / bk -2012-1116.
The study uses climate modelling to predict three
possible futures - the low, medium and high impact
scenarios, which describe the severity
of outcomes that could be expected in a changed climate.
The results and
possible future scenarios in Australia, published in the Economics
of Education Review this month, make for worrying reading.
This book started out with a bang, quick - witted, fast - paced writing involving a futuristic America whose
scenarios are not a lot different than some
of the
possible scenarios I picture in my head for our
future.
Effectively this is where you take two or more
possible future scenarios and assign your best guess
of probability to those
scenarios.
A:
Scenarios are a great way
of thinking about the
future in terms
of the realm
of possible outcomes.
In the 99.999 %
of all other
possible future scenarios, it's pretty safe to say that the stock market will rise over the long - term.
IMPORTANT: The projections or other information generated by the engine regarding the likelihood
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possible scenario that may negatively impact your financial situation.
They use modeling techniques to study
possible future scenarios and gain insight into the influence
of selection on physical processes that occur in the animals across generations.
A gift
of $ 10,000 enables AAUPR to intervene in some
of the most emotionally - complicated
scenarios possible, pulling animals from a chilling past and helping them on their journey towards an amazing, balanced and loving
future.
It's unclear as to whether she shows people visions
of possible futures or just purely nightmare
scenarios created by their own minds, especially since Thor's vision seems to be a potential portent which sends him scampering back to Asgard at the end
of the film, but its her powers that results in the creation
of Ultron, and Iron - Man going head - to - head with the Hulk.
It continues to the present with her newest projects, among which is the Infinity Engine, a functioning genetics laboratory that proposes
possible scenarios for the
future of life on Earth, not «sci - fi,» as Hershman Leeson puts it, but «sci - tru,» based on biogenetic research, artificial intelligence, cloning, mutations, transgenic experiments and regenerative medicine.
With their quiet and unassuming presence, the models led both artist and viewer to imagine an infinity
of possible scenarios, suspended between past, present and
future.
Playing with the processes
of destruction, renewal and reconstruction, the work will stimulate questions about history and
possible future scenarios.
For example, Shani draws from The Book
of the City
of Ladies, written by Italian - French medical author Christine de Pizan in 1405 as an early proto - feminist example describing a city without men, that Shani imagined links to present and
possible future scenarios.
His work focuses on the transformations
of the urban landscape — researching the
possible future scenarios and outcomes using photography.
«There's been a lot
of discussion about whether the
scenarios that climate modelers have used to characterize
possible futures are biased toward the high end or the low end,» Field adds.
But, there seems to be a kind
of futility to projecting out these
possible futures, I can't see any good
scenario here, especially given inevitable realistic
future energy use trends in the US.
Today's modeling tools, updated land use information, and the inclusion
of future rainfall
scenarios that account for a range
of possible future climate conditions would combine to provide a better indication
of the
future likelihood
of a storm burst creating this level
of flooding in the area.
One answer to Knappenberger's rather childish comment — gee how could Hansen know the
future — is,
of course, that the three
scenarios were chosen to bracket the
possible, to explore the range
of what could happen, and the middle
scenario was the built to be the most likely.
To understand potential impacts
of climate change for societies and ecosystems, scientists use
scenarios to explore implications
of a range
of possible futures.
Scenario analysis creates a foundation for understanding risks
of climate change for people, ecosystems, and economies across a range
of possible futures.
To cover the range
of possible energy
futures, the IPCC's 5th assessment considered
scenarios for
future economic development and energy policy, known as Representative Concentration Pathways.
«Although such estimates
of future deployment
of carbon - free energy sources indicate that it may be
possible to achieve a decarbonized energy system, great uncertainties remain regarding the implementation
of such
scenarios due to factors such as costs, technology evolution, public policies, and barriers to deployment
of new technologies (NRC, 2010b)»
Unlike the
scenarios developed by the IPCC and reported in Nakicenovic et al. (2000), which examined
possible global
futures and associated greenhouse - related emissions in the absence
of measures designed to limit anthropogenic climate change, RCP4.5 is a stabilization
scenario and assumes that climate policies, in this instance the introduction
of a set
of global greenhouse gas emissions prices, are invoked to achieve the goal
of limiting emissions and radiative forcing.
«It is
possible that in
future years the costs
of renewable and storage technologies may change, making a different 100 % renewable
scenario more cost - effective and feasible.»
In a new report, experts from the Union
of Concerned Scientists examine different
future energy
scenarios and find that it is
possible not only to scale back energy's reliance on water, but also to reduce carbon emissions and provide reliable power at a reasonable price.
A
scenario is a coherent, internally consistent and plausible description
of a
possible future state
of the world.
The report also includes an assessment
of the level
of possible implementation, the challenges and costs
of these technologies in
future scenarios for 2030 and 2050.
It appears that Pruitt instructed the EPA career staff to make assumptions grossly unfavorable to the CPP in order to calculate the largest
possible negative economic impact; for example, the RIA models
scenarios that minimize the CPP's reductions in unhealthy air pollutants, inflate the costs
of compliance, only count the climate benefits
of CO2 reductions in the US, and greatly discount the
future benefits
of lower global temperatures.
The goal
of working with
scenarios is not to predict the
future but to better understand uncertainties and alternative
futures, in order to consider how robust different decisions or options may be under a wide range
of possible futures».
This is simply a
possible future scenario from an ensemble
of possible futures which may be used to terrify school children, should this seem appropriate, in order to generate grant funding.