Sentences with phrase «produced by humankind»

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The information produced and consumed by humankind used to vanish — that was the norm, the default.

Geneticists speak of «mapping» the human genome, so that we know where genes «for» all kinds of things (from homosexuality to manic depression) are located; a promotional video produced by the Human Genome Project asks viewers to «imagine a map that would lead us to the richest treasure in the world», with which we will know «where... every genetic inheritance of humankind is to be found».

A bronze Ding vessel (770 — 481 BCE) is shown beside Cai Guo - Qiang's A Certain Lunar Eclipse: Project for Humankind No. 2 (1991), made by exploding gunpowder to produce epic celestial forms across a seven - panel screen measuring six meters in width.

Anyone apprised of the palaeolithic massacre of the African and Eurasian megafauna, or the extermination of the great beasts of the Americas, or the massive carbon pulse produced by deforestation in the Neolithic must be able to see that the weapon of planetary mass destruction is not the current culture, but humankind.

Nevertheless, it seems likely that a CO2 concentration in the range 500 to 900 ppm might produce a temperature rise of at least 2 °C from the late 19th century that could be problematic for humankind; (7) The potential negative impact on humanity has been exaggerated; (8) The only alternative to rising greenhouse gas concentrations is to immediately and sharply reduce CO2 emissions — whether this averts a «pending disaster» is not well understood; (9) Even with such draconian CO2 reductions, the CO2 concentration is likely to reach at least 450 to 500 ppm by 2100 probably resulting in some warming; (10) Such reductions in CO2 emissions are neither technically feasible nor economically affordable, and would necessitate inadequate energy supply to a growing world population that is increasingly industrializing, leading to worldwide depression.

AGW is a hypothesis which says that we are currently experiencing unusual warming of the Earth, that it is caused by excess CO2 produced by man, acting through a feedback process, and that it will continue to increase to create high temperatures which will be of net disadvantage to humankind.

Reduced to essentials, climate change is ultimately produced by the pressures placed on the Earth's ecosystem by humankind's development efforts, especially over the last half - century.

By the year 2100, humankind will need to produce and consume roughly 60 terawatts of energy if every human on earth is to reach the level of prosperity enjoyed today by the world's wealthiest one billion peoplBy the year 2100, humankind will need to produce and consume roughly 60 terawatts of energy if every human on earth is to reach the level of prosperity enjoyed today by the world's wealthiest one billion peoplby the world's wealthiest one billion people.

Solar activity is many times more powerful than the energy produced by the whole of humankind.