Sentences with phrase «over the next century in»

«The gathering of international scientists, policy - makers, and students will not only explore the knowledge in hand, but consider what else is needed to chart a course over the next century in which humanity sustains and even improves the relationships that underpin life on Earth.»

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Some industry observers predict that retail will change more in the next five years than it has over the past century, and that the extinction of brick - and - mortar stores isn't far off.

In September, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Dr. Priscilla Chan promised to spend a whopping $ 3 billion of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's extensive capital over the next 10 years, as it works towards its lofty goal of curing, preventing or managing all diseases by the end of the century.

In 2002, before the sale of PayPal even went through, Musk started voraciously reading about rocket technology, and later that year, with $ 100 million, he started one of the most unthinkable and ill - advised ventures of all time: a rocket company called SpaceX, whose stated purpose was to revolutionize the cost of space travel in order to make humans a multi-planetary species by colonizing Mars with at least a million people over the next centurIn 2002, before the sale of PayPal even went through, Musk started voraciously reading about rocket technology, and later that year, with $ 100 million, he started one of the most unthinkable and ill - advised ventures of all time: a rocket company called SpaceX, whose stated purpose was to revolutionize the cost of space travel in order to make humans a multi-planetary species by colonizing Mars with at least a million people over the next centurin order to make humans a multi-planetary species by colonizing Mars with at least a million people over the next century.

Projected increases in average U.S. temperatures «could reduce U.S. economic growth by up to one - third over the next century,» according to a Richmond Fed paper.

Over the next century and a half the company underwent numerous changes and engaged in several alliances and partnerships While the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers did not cause the Great Recession or even the subprime mortgage crisis, its downfall triggered a massive selloff in the global markets.

Over the next several centuries, with what Wright considers the gradual loss of the «Israel - dimension» in the church's understanding of itself and its scriptures, «the notion of scriptural authority became detached from its narrative context, and thereby isolated from both the fit and the goal of the Kingdom,» according to Wright.

Between one - half and nine - tenths of the world's 6,700 spoken languages will disappear over the next century, linguists estimate, not through sword or plague, but through lack of interest in progeny.

They disagree over the meaning and practical implications of studies like Schoenherr's which project continuing decline in vocations well into the next century.

In one way, what happens next makes the whole story look like a conventional miracle of the sort that healers of many nations and peoples have done over the centuries, including prophets such as Elijah and Elisha.

«Fletcher Building has a proud history that dates back over a century and it will be a privilege to chair the company over the next period of its growth and development,» Mr Norris said in a statement to the ASX on Tuesday.

Over the last two years, scientists from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Sweden have examined projections and current data to identify ways in which the dairy industry may respond to challenges such as population growth, urbanisation, and climate change, in order to meet increased demand for dairy products over the next half centOver the last two years, scientists from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Sweden have examined projections and current data to identify ways in which the dairy industry may respond to challenges such as population growth, urbanisation, and climate change, in order to meet increased demand for dairy products over the next half centover the next half century.

In what was a truly dismal season considering the standards Manchester United have set over the past quarter century, there have been a lot of murmurs that they need up to six or seven players in order to compete next yeaIn what was a truly dismal season considering the standards Manchester United have set over the past quarter century, there have been a lot of murmurs that they need up to six or seven players in order to compete next yeain order to compete next year.

The department's recommendations, presented in a recent report as «a manifesto for maternity into the next century,» are to be implemented over the next five years.

After being a secondary force for half a century prior to 1886, the Tory Party was then in office, alone or in coalition, for over 70 per cent of the time in the next 80 years.

This builds on the # 22 million previously invested in the Anchorsholme Coast protection scheme, which will protect 4,800 properties over the next century.

«Such warming could cause accelerated melting of glacial ice and a consequent increase in the sea level of several feet over the next century,» she told a meeting of the UK's Royal Society.

A new report from the National Resources Defense Council and the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization concludes that 10 national parks in California could be headed for steep temperature increases over the next century

The findings paint a bleak picture for the persistence of native flowering plants in the face of climate change and could serve as a herald for future species losses in mountain ecosystems over the next century.

In an about - face, the agency agreed that global warming is happening; that humans, by pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, are responsible; and that the American environment is likely to change dramatically over the next century.

Spread the cost of reducing fossil - fuel consumption over the next century, and it turns out that the world would reach the same level of prosperity in 102 years that it is now projected to reach in 100.

By drawing on the World Bank's projections of socioeconomic development over the next quarter century, researchers at the World Health Organization set out to forecast global trends in death and disease.

A leakage rate of 1 percent every decade could be «very serious,» he said, and would eventually lead to temperature spikes of about 3 degrees Celsius in the next century and a rise close to 4 degrees Celsius over the following 2,000 years.

Conservative climate models predict that average temperatures in the US Midwest will rise by 4 °C over the next century.

«The question is now, over the next century or two, are we going to see a shift in body size?»

He also said the United States should provide emissions credits and tax cuts to industries that reduce emissions early, make binding pledges to reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions early in the next century, and give a $ 5 billion boost over the next 5 years to research and development aimed at using energy more efficiently.

In one study published in Geophysical Research Letters in 2007, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, Germany, estimated the mass redistribution resulting from ocean warming would shorten the day by 120 microseconds, or nearly one tenth of a millisecond, over the next two centurieIn one study published in Geophysical Research Letters in 2007, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, Germany, estimated the mass redistribution resulting from ocean warming would shorten the day by 120 microseconds, or nearly one tenth of a millisecond, over the next two centuriein Geophysical Research Letters in 2007, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, Germany, estimated the mass redistribution resulting from ocean warming would shorten the day by 120 microseconds, or nearly one tenth of a millisecond, over the next two centuriein 2007, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, Germany, estimated the mass redistribution resulting from ocean warming would shorten the day by 120 microseconds, or nearly one tenth of a millisecond, over the next two centuriein Hamburg, Germany, estimated the mass redistribution resulting from ocean warming would shorten the day by 120 microseconds, or nearly one tenth of a millisecond, over the next two centuries.

In an article earlier this month, Ridley compared estimates of how much the sea level would rise over the next century.

Over the next few centuries it is quite possible that nearly every tissue in the body may be able to be replaced by such approaches.

Ten national parks in California could be headed for steep temperature increases over the next century that could alter their ecosystems and drive tourism from some of the more iconic settings in the western United States.

The $ 101 billion measure, formally known as Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP - 21), reauthorizes federal funding for road and transit projects over the next 2 years.

Early next century, commuters may be cramming themselves into a superfast train that can cover the 500 or so kilometres from Toyko to Osaka in little over an hour

Climatologists predict air temperatures in the region will rise 2 °C over the next century.

Over the next six centuries, the menagerie grew to include owls, eagles, alligators, «tygers,» hyenas, and monkeys, as well as an elephant that came back with the Crusaders and a «pale bear» that fished for salmon in the Thames.

A prior study cited by the paper found that an increase in shrub cover of roughly 20 percent could spur as much as 1.8 degrees Celsius of additional regional warming over the next century.

The study examined what is likely to be seen in terms of precipitation, snowpack accumulation and water runoff over the next century, versus the same data for the years from 1976 and 2005.

Realistic large - scale solar panel coverage could cause less than half a degree of local warming, far less than the several degrees in global temperature rise predicted over the next century if we keep burning fossil fuels.

Over the next century, temperatures in the Central Appalachians are expected to increase in all four seasons.

But unless such drastic action is taken in the next few years, we are headed for a very different world, one in which seas will rise by more than 5 metres over the coming centuries, and droughts, floods and extreme heat waves will ravage many parts of the world (see «Rising seas expected to sink islands near US capital in 50 years «-RRB-.

The sawtooth pattern in the graphic shows just that in careful CO2 measurements over the past half - century or so: it builds during winter when deciduous trees are leafless, then declines in summer when the trees and vegetation take in the CO2 before the process starts building again the next fall.

Direct effects from depletion of O2 levels and rising water temperatures over the next century may also impact embryonic survival rates of vulnerable deep - sea oviparous (egg - laying) elasmobranchs that currently deposit their capsules at the seafloor in very narrow oceanographic niches with distinct O2, salinity and temperature conditions (Henry et al., 2016).

Given that atmospheric CO2 will likely continue to climb over the next century, a long - term increase in flowering activity may persist in some growth forms until checked by nutrient limitation or by climate change through rising temperatures, increasing drought frequency and / or increasing cloudiness and reduced insolation.

Similarly, all climate models used in this assessment agree that the average annual temperature in Montana will increase over the next century.

However, it is unclear whether species with even high levels of genetic and physical diversity can adapt fast enough to the rapid and extreme shifts in climate that are projected over the next century (Vose et al. 2012).

Combined with melting from mountain glaciers and the Greenland Ice Sheet, this could result in flooding of low - lying areas of Earth over the next century.

The doctor in Chicago, who's name was James B. Herrick was the first to describe it in a paper and over the next century many doctors have attempted to uncover how this debilitating disorder works, and why it mainly affects those of African descent.

Over the next century the world could see an uptick in the number of deaths related to air pollution because of climate change, according to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

One recent modeling study focused on this mode of instability estimated that the Antarctic ice sheet has a 1 - in - 20 chance of contributing about 30 centimeters (1.0 feet) to global average sea - level rise over the course of this century and 72 centimeters (2.4 feet) by the end of the next century.

Rising CO2 emissions, and the increasing acidity of seawater over the next century, has the potential to devastate some marine ecosystems, a food resource on which we rely, and so careful monitoring of changes in ocean acidity is crucial.

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