Sentences with phrase «ratings on a massive scale»
Will companies be able to boost their products by manipulating online ratings on a massive scale?
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No analysis on how systematic wage arbitrage allowed by trade globalization between countries of very different income level within an exchange rate system allowing massive an persistent trade imbalances led to a massive opening up of compensation scales in developed countries, as well as substantial under - employment.
Following a massive underestimate straight after the earthquake and tsunami that triggered the crisis, in April NISA said that between 370,000 and 630,000 terabecquerels were released between 11 and 15 March, putting the crisis at level 7, the most severe category on the international scale used to rate nuclear accidents.
If you look at rates of change already and that changes are from decades to a century ahead of schedule, and think Arctic permafrost and clathrates have a realistic probability of breaking down on a massive scale within years or decades, then you take another.
Clearly, the loss of biodiversity (estimated at thousands of times the natural backgroud rate), the number of well known species that are threatened (10 - 40 % depending on taxonomic group), the loss of 10,000 - 30,000 genetically distinct populations per day (see Hughes et al., 1997) massive declines of groundwater, soil productivity and fertility, etc. as well as the fact that human activities now impact biogeochemical cycles over huge spatial scales is sufficient evidence that our species is living off of natural capital, rather than income.
The idea as stated by ICC is to move from voluntary green building programs and rating systems to a mandatory basis: «The IGCC is poised to produce environmental benefits on a massive scale: a scale impossible to attain with purely voluntary green building programs and rating systems.»
Melting does happen every year but the melt rates due to the increased climate forcing is exceeding natural cycle tendencies for current conditions on a massive scale as it pertains to ice extent loss.