Gravitational waves — ripples in the fabric of space and time produced by dramatic events in the universe, such as merging black holes, and
predicted as a consequence of Albert Einstein's 1915 general theory of relativity — carry information about their origins and about the nature of gravity that can not otherwise be obtained.
Misalignments in a broader class of systems had been
predicted as a consequence of torques from wide - orbiting companions, and indeed radial - velocity measurements revealed a third companion in a wide orbit in the Kepler - 56 system.
«As it turns out, the scientific community has been addressing this particular question for some time now and they say that increased heavy snowfalls are completely consistent with what they have been
predicting as a consequence of man - made global warming.»
Yet it is clear that hotter weather, of the sort that science has long
predicted as a consequence of human activity, is playing a large role.
Catastrophes such as flooding, drought, spread of disease, desertification of previously fertile areas are being
predicted as a consequence.
Not exact matches
Lobby groups — representing Canadian businesses with relationships with Chinese communist state firms,
as well
as associations largely composed of recent immigrants from the PRC —
predicted dire
consequences for Canadian interests in China if our PM showed «disrespect» by not attending APEC in Beijing.
We can not
predict whether this structure, combined with the concentrated control by Mr. Spiegel and Mr. Murphy, will result in a lower trading price or greater fluctuations in the trading price of our Class A common stock
as compared to the market price were we to sell voting stock in this offering, or will result in adverse publicity or other adverse
consequences.
This can have difficult - to -
predict consequences on pricing power over the long - term, especially since the company reports a goal of slowly increasing profit margins
as part of its overall growth strategy.
In particular, no major central bank uses policy rules in a prescriptive way, and it is hard to
predict the
consequences of requiring the FOMC to do so,
as some have proposed.
As I understand it he
predicted worse
consequences and before.
Most memorably of all, «If you want to know the law and nothing else, you must look at it
as a bad man, who cares only for the material
consequences which such knowledge enables him to
predict, not
as a good one, who finds his reasons for conduct, whether inside the law or outside of it, in the vaguer sanctions of conscience.»
Already in 1962 he correctly
predicted where modern sociology was headed, and in his prognosis of the «victory of the gutter»
as a
consequence of moral relativism, he couldn't have been more exact.
The woman, for her part, also says the thing which is not, albeit in innocence: she answers not the question that was asked, says more than was called for, identifies the forbidden tree
as the one «in the midst of the garden,» adds «neither shall ye touch it» to the prohibition, and, most importantly, converts the
predicted consequences of disobedience («for in the day thou eatest thereof, dying you will die»; 2:17) into the reason for obedience («Ye shall not eat of it... lest you die»; 3:3).
Towards the end of his life he
predicted something worse than what had gone before
as a
consequence of his conclusion about God.
When applied to religious television, we might
predict that religious television programs will have their greatest effect on a viewer when the viewer is aroused because of a particular need; when the recommended action on the religious program becomes salient to the person because of a lack of other options within their repertoire; when the action is perceived
as being a realistic and rewarding solution to the need; when the viewer has experienced favorable
consequences as a result of the action in the past; and when the program presents options for action that the viewer has opportunity to perform.
And if the
consequences of Brexit are
as catastrophic
as many economists
predict, Tory claims of superior economic competence are going to seem increasingly absurd.
«Abbott also
predicted that, «I am going to see thousands of people in London evicted precisely
as a
consequence of these housing benefit changes.»
Their study, published in the journal Limnology and Oceanography, documents a coral bleaching event in the Caribbean in minute detail and sheds light on how it changed a coral's community of algae — a change that could have long - term
consequences for coral health,
as bleaching is
predicted to occur more frequently in the future.
Modelers working on this are doing the best they can to
predict as accurately
as possible what the likely
consequences of various flawed policies, and for the most part they are noting the very real uncertainties.
The research also
predicts that in 30 million years from now, when Australia has moved about 1500 km northwards, the fossil slab will be located below the Southern Ocean and,
as a
consequence, the Lake Eyre Basin and Murray Darling Basin will cease to exist.
Complex
as they may be, the activities and effects of consumers should be incorporated into global vegetation models in order to accurately
predict the likely
consequences of global change.
One of the most important scientific
consequences of detecting a black - hole merger would be confirmation that black holes really do exist — at least
as the perfectly round objects made of pure, empty, warped space - time that are
predicted by general relativity.
First
predicted by Einstein more than a century ago
as a
consequence of his theory of general relativity, gravitational waves were long thought to be beyond observational reach — if not entirely nonexistent.
«Studies that aim to
predict the
consequences of climate change on insect populations should consider additional factors that may ultimately limit growth and survival, such
as the risk of being eaten by a predator,» Culler says.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recognized antibiotic resistance
as one of the three major threats to global health, and is
predicting a forthcoming disaster due to the rapid, unchecked increase in antimicrobial resistance largely
as a
consequence of the paucity of new classes of antibacterials in development.
I was recently chased by Tom O'Neil's resurrected Gold Derby site for my NYFCC and LAFCA predictions, and while I'm
as game
as anyone for a spot of light - hearted,
consequence - free punting, the irony of the exercise still nagged away at me: the day I
predict either group's set of winners accurately is the day they'll cease to matter to me.
They cover basic social and emotional skills, such
as identifying your feelings, regulating your emotional responses, and
predicting the
consequences of your actions — all taught in the guise of fun.
But education outlets ran lots of anguished stories (such
as here and here) in which advocates were given free rein to
predict the dire
consequences of a given cut.
Schwartz (2000) describes effective school social / emotional curriculums
as teaching critical social competencies: understanding and recognizing the emotions of oneself and others,
predicting the
consequences of personal acts, staying calm in order to think before acting, and replacing aggressive impulses with self - control and positive behavior.
Major technical changes for the premier LMP1H category for factory teams are placing the emphasis on fuel efficiency rather than outright power and performance;
as a
consequence it's harder than ever to
predict which of the three major players, Audi, Toyota and,
as of this season, Porsche, is likely to walk away with the silverware.
In other words, it's not
as important that you be able to
predict the timing or the cause of a rout
as it is you're prepared to handle the
consequences.
And
predicting the
consequences for Glanbia — which still has Glanbia Co-operative Society
as a 41.3 % stakeholder — is that much more challenging.
As with all market measures, the
consequences of the narrowing yield gap are hard to
predict.
Reviewer James B. Townsend, the magazine's publisher, accurately
predicted that the exhibition, staged at New York's 69th Regiment Armory and later known
as the Armory Show, would have far - reaching
consequences.
and, «The observed drying well exceeds that
predicted in any of the GCMs
as a
consequence of warming, even though we have not accounted for the impact of UT / LS moistening on the UTH signal.
And
as early
as the 1970s, researchers
predicted that increased greenhouse gas production was accelerating global warming, with the potentially catastrophic
consequences that are playing out now, all over the world.
For what it's worth, Jevons
predicted the peak in U.K. coal production — but the
consequences were nowhere near
as dire
as he
predicted 50 years beforehand.
Many commentors here I'm sure are aware of the influential predicitons made by Paul Erlich in 1968's «The Population Bomb,» that
predicted doomsday - like
consequences for the world
as populations outgrew food supplies everywhere.
Heat wave of attacks in Parts of Europe and Asia,
as well
as floods and landslides in Asia in recent weeks are evidence that it is very hard to precisely
predict the
consequences of weather patterns.
The
consequences of widespread and rapid changes to something
as complex
as the world's ecosystems are difficult to
predict.
Extreme weather events are known to have serious
consequences for human health and are
predicted to increase in frequency
as a result of climate change.
Of the 68 papers, the results showed that a large majority 42 scientific research papers, or 62 %,
predicted the Earth would warm
as a
consequence of humans increasing carbon dioxide in our atmosphere, 19 papers or 28 % were neutral or took no stance, and only 7 papers or about 10 %
predicted that the earth was cooling or going into an ice age.
Increasing sea level is not
predicted to be of great
consequence to most coastal species,
as they can simply move higher up on the shore.
Peter Cox is the originator / author of the Triffid dynamic global vegetation model which was used to
predict dieback of the Amazonian rain forest by 2050 and
as a
consequence a strong positive climate - carbon cycle feedback (i.e., an acceleration of global warming) with a resultant increase in global mean surface temperature by 8 deg.
It also
predicts the
consequences of a more innovative approach to wood product design, supply and marketing,
as well
as to forest management; and outlines win - win opportunities in developing the use of harvest residues, recovered wood and landscape care wood from urban and highway trees.
That is why I am sceptic of catastrophic
consequences of
predicted climate change
as a
consequence of man's actions.
The hope is that efforts such
as these will lead to gradual improvement in our understanding of climate sensitivity at low and high latitudes, and therefore a better ability to
predict the likely
consequences of climate warming.
The slow - down, which has long been
predicted as a possible
consequence of global warming, will give renewed urgency to intergovernmental talks in Montreal, Canada, this week on a successor to the Kyoto Protocol.
Concensus AGW science
predicts «X»
as a
consequence of «A.» But that doesn't mean it has to happen — it's still possible that AGW is sound but there something quirky about the Arctic that they missed, or that the changes will happen more slowly than expected, so it won't warm faster than the globe and / or sea ice won't decline.
The large majority of climate research in the 1970s
predicted the Earth would warm
as a
consequence of CO2.