Sentences with phrase «rise over the course of this century»

One recent modeling study focused on this mode of instability estimated that the Antarctic ice sheet has a 1 - in - 20 chance of contributing about 30 centimeters (1.0 feet) to global average sea - level rise over the course of this century and 72 centimeters (2.4 feet) by the end of the next century.

One leads to 2 feet of global - average sea - level rise over the course of this century, and swamps land currently home to about 100 million people.

One recent modeling study focused on this mode of instability estimated that the Antarctic ice sheet has a 1 - in - 20 chance of contributing about 30 centimeters (1.0 feet) to global average sea - level rise over the course of this century and 72 centimeters (2.4 feet) by the end of the next century.

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Researchers expect that as climate change makes wildfires more likely over the course of this century, deaths and illnesses attributed to pollution from wood smoke will rise too, even offsetting gains made from cleaning up emissions from industry.

California's critical energy and transportation infrastructure faces significant climate related risks over the course of the century, including more frequent and intense wildfires, prolonged drought, and accelerated sea - level rise.

Rob and Dave's research found that these processes give rise to the potential for more than one meter of global average sea - level rise from Antarctica alone over the course of this century, and more than 15 meters over the next five centuries.

Beginning of the Great Revival (Unrated) Communist Party propaganda drama, unfolding in China over the course of most of the 20th Century, recounting the rise of the People's Revolution and the subsequent reign of Chairman Mao (Ye Liu).

There is evidence of a rise in valuations, but it is small: an upward adjustment of 0.7 % per year (annualized) to the total return over the course of the twentieth century.

Of course we're here to see the Taj Mahal so it's up early next morning to see the sun rise over the four - century - old mausoleum.

Villa fortunes rose and fell over the course of the centuries.

The potential consequences of warming include widespread famine, triggered by extreme drought in the major grain - producing areas of the world; the wholesale disappearance of the world's coral reefs; and sea levels rising by several meters over the course of a few centuries.»

For example, the latest (fifth) assessment report from the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projects that the global average sea level rise over the course of the 21st century would be in the range of 10 to 32 inches, with a mean value of about 19 inches.

The report calls for urgent action to avoid sea level rises of a metre or more over the course of the next century.

Seas are projected to rise between 3.7 and 6.1 feet over the course of this century in the area of Naval Station Mayport, which includes the coastal city of Jacksonville.

Seas are projected to rise more than that in this region — between 3.8 and 6.2 feet — over the course of this century.

The chemical industry has created solutions to many sustainability issues over the course of modern history, and Matt believes that a transparent market - based price on CO2 emissions is the signal the chemical industry needs to once again rise to the challenge of solving the great 21st Century sustainability issue that is climate change.

The IPCC report argued that temperatures rose one degree Celsius over the course of a century as a direct result of man - made carbon - dioxide emissions.

The predicted rise in average global temperatures of 4 °C in the course of this century would transform human life over a major part of the planet.

That may sound minimal, but added up over the course of a century, that would yield one foot of sea level rise.

However if the rise were over the course of a century, the period of the oscillation would need to be at least four centuries in order to avoid containing either a minimum or an inflexion point somewhere within the curve.

That's not inconceivable over the course of many centuries, but the scientific consensus (IPCC, 2001) is that by 2100 sea level will have risen somewhere between three and 34 inches from its 1990 level.

Given such application / uses the five Dutch researchers set out to learn how the growth of this species might be affected by rising concentrations of atmospheric CO2 expected to be reached over the course of this century.

This year's seemingly - staggering, 1 centimeter and counting, jump in sea level in less than one year, if maintained over the course of a century would result in a more than 1 meter global rise.

Of course, as the chart below shows, no matter which baseline we use it's clear there's been a drastic rise in global temperature over the last century.

Rob and Dave's research found that these processes give rise to the potential for more than one meter of global average sea - level rise from Antarctica alone over the course of this century, and more than 15 meters over the next five centuries.

Over the course of the century numerous buildings will be replaced naturally irrespective of rising tides.

Looking forward, climate researchers have already predicted a rise in global temperatures to occur over the course of centuries, not the relatively gradual warming which occurred over thousands of years in the case Paleocene - Eocene Thermal Maximum.

The IPCC Fifth Assessment Report contained significant uncertainty in its projections for glacier contributions to sea level rise over the course of the 21st century.

What were previously worst - case scenarios have become base - line projections, with a number of organizations doubling their predictions for temperature rise over the course of the 21st century.

Of course at its base your premise is wrong — the majority of observed sea level rise over the last century has been a function of thermal expansion, which even you would probably concede is a physical phenomenon that is well understood and easily modelleOf course at its base your premise is wrong — the majority of observed sea level rise over the last century has been a function of thermal expansion, which even you would probably concede is a physical phenomenon that is well understood and easily modelleof observed sea level rise over the last century has been a function of thermal expansion, which even you would probably concede is a physical phenomenon that is well understood and easily modelleof thermal expansion, which even you would probably concede is a physical phenomenon that is well understood and easily modelled.