Sentences with phrase «severe threat»

There is a very, very long history of scientists calling attention to potentially severe threats to civilization.

Marine life is under severe threat from global warming, pollution and habitat loss, with a high risk of «major extinctions» according to a panel of experts.

In January 2016, all three major bond companies gave triple - A ratings to long - term bonds issued by the city of Virginia Beach, which the U.S. Navy has said faces severe threats from climate change.

I'd like to suggest that next time there's a sweltering day, think about Michael Duffy as one of those who has worked hard to slow down global efforts to tackle the most severe threat facing humankind.

These villagers also have an effect on tigers, but neither they nor the tourists are nearly as severe a threat as poaching.

His talk at CNP was titled «Ego - Paganism - Eco - Socialism Severe Threats to Americas Future» [7]

Mr Prentis» comments are significant because Mr Corbyn relied heavily on the continuing support of union leaders when he was challenged last year, and his position would come under severe threat if that melted away.

Court orders and injunctions sound like an approach that would also work for libel and «fake news» campaigns, as well as less severe threats to one's self - esteem or reputation.

Pollution and nutrient enrichment, overfishing and coastal development also represent severe threats to their survival.

In contrast with the priest from the temple, and the scribe from the synagogue, Jesus was listened to gladly by the common people, and finally it was not the irreligious, but the religious authorities who had Jesus put to death, for He constituted too severe a threat to the vested interests of religion.

Mr Corbyn's position as party leader is under severe threat today as he faces mass Shadow Cabinet resignations from colleagues furious at his display during the referendum.

Furthermore, they suggest that the public would be better off spending time and energy battling mosquitoes, which pose a more severe threat to human health than the spiders do because of their ability to transmit viruses such as Chikungunya and pathogens that cause diseases.

Resilience means the grid's ability to withstand and recover from extreme weather or other severe threats, while reliability means keeping the lights on overall — the end goal of any grid operator.

Other major climate impacts at 2 degrees Celsisus include severe threats to coral reefs across the globe, a greater risk of long lasting heat waves and extreme rainfall events, and the risk of lower yields for key crops like wheat in the globe's tropical regions.

The most popular list to have emerged, first proposed in the late 1980s by conservation biologist Norman Myers, pinpoints «biodiversity hot spots» — those places with the greatest number of unique species facing the most severe threats, such as the tropical Andes and the Horn of Africa.

His talk at CNP was titled «Ego - Paganism - Eco - Socialism Severe Threats to Americas Future.»

The striker's knee ligaments needed surgery to reconstruct, yet the problems have not gone away and his career is now under severe threat if the hurt can not be rectified soon.

Hypertension (high blood pressure) is a relatively common and potentially severe threat to feline health.

Pat White, vice president for federal relations at the Association of American Universities, see the lawmakers» questions as «not as severe a threat» as stripping funding but adds that «this seems to be a more sophisticated and sustained effort to criticize NIH's portfolio.»

«Unless security agencies agree for free and fair elections to hold, the unity of the country may come under severe threat.»

A new government report on the science of climate change has made it past the Trump White House unscathed with forceful statements about humanity's role in rising temperatures and their severe threat to the United States.

His sister was now heavily involved in witchcraft and his life there was under severe threat.

«While the City of Syracuse has assured residents its drinking water systems remain safe, the severe threat of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) must not be taken lightly,» Rep. John Katko, R - N.Y., said in a statement.

«This action poses an immediate and severe threat to the public health of the City, not only to Chelsea residents, but to all of New York City's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities,» the groups wrote.

John Reid also revealed that the country is currently on a severe threat level, which means a terror attack is «highly likely».

When Brown last faced a severe threat to his leadership - at 10 pm on the night of the local elections in May, when the BBC announced that James Purnell had resigned (shortly after Brown heard the news himself)- Mandelson and Miliband immediately offered their support, making the propects of any coup succeeding look pretty unlikely.

It should watch out for emerging chemicals so we aren't always reacting to something that already is a severe threat.

Due to its high transmissibility and moderately high mortality rate, in 2012 SARS - CoV was designated a potential «severe threat» by the CDC's National Select Agent Registry.

Study panels, first in the U.S. and then elsewhere, began to warn that one or another kind of future climate change might pose a severe threat.

The ever more frequent and severe large - scale epidemics caused by these fungi pose a severe threat to global food security.

Fish populations in U.S. waters have been dwindling for decades, posing a severe threat to the $ 20 billion fishing industry.

Mercier's work comes as Nature Climate Change published a perspective piece Sunday, «Last Chance for Carbon Capture Storage,» saying governments need to either increase their commitment to carbon capture technology or «accept its failure and recognize that continued expansion of power generation from burning fossil fuels is a severe threat.»

More than half the species for oceans and tropical forests are on a special watch list because of small and declining populations, limited ranges and severe threats to their habitats.

Overuse of antibiotics in hospitals and on farms has lead to a severe threat from superbugs that kill 23,000 people in the US each year

The study concluded that «the pet trade is a severe threat to turtle conservation and that law enforcement needs to increase.»

The platform also criticizes the President Barack Obama's Administration for issuing a National Security Strategy that «elevates «climate change» to the level of a «severe threat» equivalent to foreign aggression.

Meatwad, Frylock, and Master Shake team up for their biggest adventure yet in this animated feature that finds the popular Adult Swim trio pursued by an immortal piece of exercise equipment that poses a severe threat to the balance of galactic peace.

«He said the film is a severe threat to his freedom and that he had to treat it accordingly,» said Poitras.

What's telling, however, is the motivation behind the district's initiative: a severe threat from the success of local charter schools.

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