Sentences with phrase «possibly irreversible changes»
The twin imperatives of technological advancement and counterterrorism have led to dramatic and possibly irreversible changes in what people can expect to remain of private life.
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WASHINGTON — A sobering new report warns that the oceans face a «fundamental and irreversible ecological transformation» not seen in millions of years as greenhouse gases and climate change already have affected temperature, acidity, sea and oxygen levels, the food chain and possibly major currents that could alter global weather.
The Planetary Boundaries framework proposes quantitative limits for human perturbation of critical Earth system processes, and a «safe operating space» within which human activity should attempt to stay in order to avert the risk of large - scale, possibly abrupt or irreversible environmental change.