Sentences with phrase «rise on a national level»

There is no data to back up claims that the disease is on the rise on a national level, but there have been many outbreaks of distemper covered in the news media.

Not exact matches

Research group Climate Central has created a plug - in for Google Earth that illustrates how catastrophic an «extreme» sea - level rise scenario would be if the flooding happened now, based on projections in a 2017 report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA).

In November 2017, three Chinese state companies signed an agreement to invest in a $ 43 billion LNG project in Alaska.120 Xi's engagement with Alaskan state officials may have been a way to mediate potential fallout from rising tensions over trade between China and U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, yet it suggests that Beijing conducts careful diplomacy on Arctic issues on both the regional and national levels.

The prospects for the rapid development of new education, research, and treatment resources throughout the country were brightened in 1966 by a rising tide of interest on the national level.

Islam today still beheads people for apostacy — if not on the national level then at the village / local level (saudi arabia, Iran), still burn people to death for witchcraft (indonesia and saudi arabia), Draw the prophet and earn yourself a death sentence from the Clergy, Write a book critical of islam and get the same deal, write a magazine article expessing concern about the rise of islam in your country and have your throat slit on a public street in YOUR own country...

That religious groups or viewpoints, especially those mobilized on a national scale like the Religious Right, may pose peculiar dangers to our political order is an important concern, but it does not rise to the level of a constitutional concern.

People in countries that provide citizens with a high level of economic security have a higher level of happiness on average, as measured by surveys of national levels of life - satisfaction and happiness... The most important determinant of national happiness is not income level — there is a positive association, but rising income seems to have little effect as wealthy countries grow more wealthier.

National Guard units on Monday continued to assist homeowners amid ongoing flooding at Lake Ontario as residents continue to struggle with rising water levels.

He explained that the rise in the level of violent crimes across Nigeria was having a negative impact on national development.

Silver Award: Alex Kuffner The Providence Journal «Rising seas, rising stakes» Nov. 20, 2016 «Losing ground» March 19, 2017 «On the brink» July 9, 2017 Judges praised Alex Kuffner for his comprehensive look at the risks facing Rhode Island communities from either a once - in - a-century hurricane or a sea level rise of seven feet by the end of the century, as projected in a worst - case scenario by researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Rising seas, rising stakes» Nov. 20, 2016 «Losing ground» March 19, 2017 «On the brink» July 9, 2017 Judges praised Alex Kuffner for his comprehensive look at the risks facing Rhode Island communities from either a once - in - a-century hurricane or a sea level rise of seven feet by the end of the century, as projected in a worst - case scenario by researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (rising stakes» Nov. 20, 2016 «Losing ground» March 19, 2017 «On the brink» July 9, 2017 Judges praised Alex Kuffner for his comprehensive look at the risks facing Rhode Island communities from either a once - in - a-century hurricane or a sea level rise of seven feet by the end of the century, as projected in a worst - case scenario by researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The conference took place just after sea - level rise and climate change happened to surface on the national stage.

Analysts believe OPEC could boost production later this year, but only if prices rise above $ 70 or $ 75 a barrel, a level deemed appropriate by OPEC states whose national budgets depend on fossil fuel exports.

«If we went all out to slow the warming trend, we might stall sea level rise at three to six feet,» says Robert Buddemeier of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, who is studying the impact of sea - level rise on coral reefs, «But that's the very best you could hope for.»

Co-author Professor Eelco Rohling, from the Australian National University and formerly of the University of Southampton, adds: «By developing a novel method that realistically approximates future sea level rise, we have been able to add new insight to the debate and show that there is substantial evidence for a significant recent acceleration in the sea level rise on a global and regional level.

Under the Obama administration, climate change has been on the Department of Defense's radar from how it affects national security to how military installations around the world should prepare for climate impacts, like sea level rise at naval bases, melting permafrost in the Arctic and more extreme rainfall events around the world.

Rose added that he is delighted that his and Dede's work has been recognized on the national level and is enjoying the ongoing conversations about the draft.

She has presented at state, national and international level conferences on art education for diverse learners, was the recent recipient of the Doctoral Dissertation Award at Teachers College for outstanding research that will contribute to her field of study, and was named a «Rising Star in Higher Education» by TC Today magazine.

Scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress during this period generally rose or were level.

Furthermore, with deficits at record levels and interest payments on the national debt set to rise at a real rate of 13 percent annually over the next 10 years, interest payments could reach $ 725 billion and exceed defense spending by 2018 [13] if not sooner.

Many concerned citizens point to the rising national debt, and the fact that, on a more personal level, we have hard time avoiding debt.

On a much larger scale, New Zealand's struggle to eradicate exotic species has risen to the level of a national emergency, and victory is declared on the poignantly small scale of a few dozen square miles at a timOn a much larger scale, New Zealand's struggle to eradicate exotic species has risen to the level of a national emergency, and victory is declared on the poignantly small scale of a few dozen square miles at a timon the poignantly small scale of a few dozen square miles at a time.

Artist collaborative Okay Mountain recently created and installed a site - specific installation on George's Island — located within the Boston Harbor Islands, a national park off the city's coast that's threatened by sea level rise.

At the national level, these days any Washington talk of a rising cost on carbon generally comes up only in debates over why cap - and - trade legislation failed.

For example, the area of climate change has a dramatic impact on national security: rising sea levels, to severe droughts, to the melting of the polar caps, to more frequent and devastating natural disasters all raise demand for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

Each base's exposure is calculated based on the National Climate Assessment's midrange or «intermediate - high» sea level rise scenario (referred to in this analysis as «intermediate»), which projects a global average increase of 3.7 feet above 2012 levels, by 2100; and a «highest» scenario based on a more rapid rate of increase, which projects a global average increase of 6.3 feet.

The station's exposure to coastal flooding is projected for the years 2050, 2070, and 2100 based on the National Climate Assessment's midrange or «intermediate - high» sea level rise scenario (referred to here as «intermediate») and a «highest» scenario based on a more rapid rate of increase.

The shipyard's exposure to coastal flooding is projected for the years 2050, 2070, and 2100 based on the National Climate Assessment's midrange or «intermediate - high» sea level rise scenario (referred to here as «intermediate») and a «highest» scenario based on a more rapid rate of increase.

Soft - pedaling such threats can take the form of the National Park Service denying the human role in climate change by aggressively editing out all references to that role in its report on sea level rise and storm surge.

Examining the graphic on storm surge (below) posted by one of Trenberth's colleagues at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, we clearly see how extreme high water events since 1900 are broken down into contributions from storm surge, high tides and a century of sea level rise.

Along our coasts, rising sea levels have begun to affect fish and wildlife habitats, including those used by shorebirds and sea turtles that nest on our coastal National Wildlife Refuges.

«These emissions,» says National Geographic, «must remain within a «carbon budget» of about 1,100 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide by 2050 to meet the internationally accepted goal of limiting the rise in temperatures to 2 °C (3.6 °F) above preindustrial levels, according to the United Nations - led Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

If they don't like any of the particular options that fit the best available evidence on sea level rise, or don't like the particular ones that they suspect a majority of their fellow citizens might, they can be expected to try to stigmatize the municipal and various private groups engaged in adaptation planning by falsely characterizing them and their ideas in terms that bind them to only one of the partisan cultural styles that is now (sadly and pointlessly, as a result of misadventure, strategic behavior, and ineptitude) associated with engagement with climate change science in national politics.

«A semi-empirical approach to projecting future sea - level rise» «Testing the robustness of semi-empirical sea level projections» «Kinematic constraints on glacier contributions to 21st - century sea - level rise» «Contribution of Antarctica to past and future sea level rise» «Global sea level rise scenarios for the United States National Climate Assessment» «Reconstructing sea level from paleo and projected temperatures 200 to 2100AD» «Global sea level linked to global temperature» «Upper limit for sea level projections by 2100»

Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation and the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to enter into an arrangements with NAS to study: (1) the current status of ice sheet melt, as caused by climate change, with implications for global sea level rise; and (2) the current state of the science on the potential impacts of climate change on patterns of hurricane and typhoon development and the implications for hurricane - prone and typhoon - prone coastal regions.

The bases» exposure to coastal flooding is projected for the years 2050, 2070, and 2100 based on the National Climate Assessment's midrange or «intermediate - high» sea level rise scenario (referred to here as «intermediate») and a «highest» scenario based on a more rapid rate of increase.

This is a major problem with the National Geographic magazine's article on New York City being flooded by rising sea levels caused by global warming.

As Unnikrishnan, chief scientist of the National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, said policymakers would have to rely on the global sea level rise projections to draw up their strategies to deal with the emerging scenarios.

NOAA's National Weather Service has set flooding thresholds depending on such variables; any daily water level rise above the threshold is regarded as nuisance flooding.

For the curious, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has an interactive sea level map that you can use to visualize the impact of sea level rise of up to six feet on your own community.

For his incendiary story, British journalist David Rose, who has reported inaccurately on climate science and Iraqi weaponry in the past, spoke to a «high - level whistleblower» in a top U.S. climate agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

In this context, we develop national projections of the urban and non-urban coastal population on the basis of four environmental and socio - economic scenarios which account for sea - level rise (for the flood plain analysis), population distribution, trends in urbanisation and coastal population growth.

Black Carbon Methane No Keystone XL In Harm's Way: Keystone Threatens America's Animals, Plants Offshore Fracking Oil Trains Climate Change Is Here Now California Fracking Fracking Global Warming and Life on Earth Global Warming and Endangered Species Initiative 350 or Bust The Arctic Meltdown Energy and Global Warming Energy Development on Public Lands Global Warming Litigation The Clean Air Act Transportation and Global Warming Fuel Economy Standards Airplane Emissions Ship Emissions Fighting Climate Science Suppression Enforcing National Assessment of Climate Change Effects California Environmental Quality Act: Urban Sprawl and Global Warming Saving Mountaintop Species From Warming Clearcutting and Climate Change Population Growth and Climate Change Sea - level Rise

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported this month that 2014 was the hottest year on Earth over the 134 years that records have been kept, a trend primarily attributed to rising greenhouse gas levels.

On a national level, appraisals rose 0.44 percent from the previous month.

While room supply has risen roughly 2 percent year - over-year on a national level, per STR, this masks significantly larger pipelines in these gateway markets, which are also grappling with declining business travel.

Pending home sales continued to make gains last month, rising to the highest level since April 2006, according to the National Association of REALTORS ®» Pending Home Sales Index, a forward - looking indicator based on contract signings.

Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single - family homes rose for a fifth consecutive month in September to a level of 40 on the recently released National Association of Home Builders Housing Market Index (HMI).

On the national level, he was elected to the MLS and Technology Council for CREA, rising to the position of council chair.