Sentences with phrase «on future catastrophes»

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Co-brooders also tend to focus on all the potentially bad consequences of a particular problem, often predicting future catastrophe,» Quartz says, explaining Bastin's work.

First, on the negative side, it is quite likely that there will be some sort of rampant disease, catastrophe, or war which will serve as the final catalyst for the future changes.

Cuomo brought local planners in to Albany for a progress report on how the post-Irene, Lee and Sandy rebuilding is going and on still - pending plans to protect against future catastrophes.

Future studies should continue to reveal large - scale patterns of distribution and perhaps shed more light on the origins of mass extinctions and the effects of these catastrophes on the evolution of new species.

I'd just returned from a short trip, four days away on business, and I swear that Agustina was fine when I left, I swear nothing odd was going on, or at least nothing out of the ordinary, certainly nothing to suggest what would happen to her while I was gone, except for her own premonitions, of course, but how was I to believe her when Agustina is always predicting some catastrophe; I've tried everything to make her see reason, but she won't be swayed, insisting that ever since she was little she's had what she calls the gift of sight, or the ability to see the future, and God only knows the trouble that's caused us.

Her current forays into conjectural future catastrophes or past disasters and their impact on the planet is an ongoing investigation as she blends in presonal memories.

And since action is desperately needed if we're to avoid a future catastrophe few can even imagine, a report that's significantly more conducive to action stands out like a lighthouse on a dark and treacherous storm - drenched coast.

Other compelling reasons to begin taking action include the potential for catastrophes that defy the assumption that climate change damages will be incremental and linear; the risk of irreversible environmental impacts; the need to learn about the pace at which society can begin a transition to a climate - stable economy; the likelihood of imposing unconscionable burdens and impossible tasks on future generations; the need to create incentives to accelerate technological development the address climate change; and the ready availability of «no regrets» policies that have very low or even no costs to the economy.

The last point of contention I have with the «consensus» position is that all of the projected climate catastrophes are based on climate model projections decades in the future.

Back in 1976, people were yammering on about the «global disaster facing humanity,» about «worldwide catastrophe» in our «near future,» about how we'd end up extinct if we didn't stop being so greedy and environmentally irresponsible.

Confirmed: Faraday Future has a car that can race up a hill faster than a Model S. That's a step up from the catastrophe the folks on the inside described it as late last year, at least.

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