Sentences with phrase «tipping points for»

It's not tipping points for the climate I'm worried about.

In many cases, such areas would be difficult to defend by dikes and dams, and such a large sea level rise would require responses ranging from potentially large and expensive engineering projects to partial or nearcomplete abandonment of now - valuable areas as critical infrastructure such as sewer systems, gas lines, and roads are disrupted, perhaps crossing tipping points for adaptation (Kwadijk et al., 2010).

Tipping points for forest loss are even fuzzier, particularly in Southeast Asia where forest cover is dispersed across islands rather than in large blocks like the Amazon and Congo basins.

Some tipping points for climate change could be closer than previously thought.

The Arctic shows that tipping points for dangerous climate change and large sea - level rises have already been passed, a fact that the IPCC did not recognise in failing to include any emission scenarios for less than 2 — 2.4 ˚C in its 2007 report.

(1) We have never argued that there are planetary scale tipping points for all Planetary Boundary processes.

«Climate change is accelerating towards the tipping points for polar ice sheets.

«Teens need help before they reach these tipping points for prescription drug abuse.

Further to your review of The Human Quest, which discusses environmental tipping points for Earth (18 August, p 51), it...

This could be a tipping point for companies to do much better at securing their networks.

«We found $ 2.75 was the tipping point for about 20 percent of drivers,» Sinclair said.

«There will be a tipping point for Snapchat at some point,» Meeks, chief investment officer at Sloy, Dahl & Holst, told «Squawk Box.»

The timing change also moves the tipping point for AR passing VR from 2018 to 2019.

Many trace the tipping point for utility - scale solar to a 2014 announcement by Austin Energy that it would buy power from a new 150 megawatt solar plant — enough to light and cool 30,000 homes - for 5 cents a kilowatt hour.

China focusing on domestic demand rather than exports for growth is worth watching closely: if wheels start falling off Chinese reform, that's the tipping point for a big hit to globalization.

They reported this as the tipping point for federal finances, as if the government had hit the proverbial «fiscal wall».

The tipping point for bitcoin has taken place.

David Powell of the New Economics Foundation explains how opposition to fracking is only heading in one direction - and a tipping point for the frackers could soon be reached

I'm a progressive Christian and liberal on 90 % of political issues including marriage equality and women's rights; however, I think that this should be seen as a tipping point for Christians everywhere.

Will InterVarsity Losing Cal State Standoff Be Tipping Point for Campus Ministries Nationwide?

CT previously examined whether InterVarsity Christian Fellowship's derecognition from California State University (CSU) over its «discriminatory» faith statement was the tipping point for campus ministry nationwide.

The founder and pastor of a Georgia megachurch said Saturday that the September suicide of a Rutgers University student was the tipping point for his decision to come out of the closet to his congregation.

Does he really think that this billboard is going to be the tipping point for some individual that will cause them to turn from belief to non-belief?

• These designations could be a tipping point for decisions to purchase a wine among those who see green production as a positive.

As Andre Leu, President of IFOAM pointed out «this year was outstanding in that it is a tipping point for agriculture.

Get in on it before the tipping point for an exciting ride.

Tipping point for me was sale of RVP.

If this academy model thrives, it could be a tipping point for a fundamental change in the way players with pro potential are cultivated in America.

His leadership in this area has been the catalyst for Special Olympics» implementation of a youth - led strategy to bring together multiple elements of the Special Olympics movement in schools and create a tipping point for culture change in schools.

There's probably going to be a strikeout tipping point for starting pitchers soon, and someone's going to rack up ungodly numbers.

Last season seemed to be a bit of a tipping point for the Arsenal fanbase, as many of us including myself finally changed our minds about Arsene Wenger.

Doing an Art Foundation course was the tipping point for me — if I hadn't done that I would have studied geography!

It's hard to know if this is the tipping point for change.

The fear is that it could be the tipping point for relatively mobile wealthier people to move their primary residence elsewhere, leaving the state with less revenue to fund schools.

We are reaching a crucial tipping point for maternity services in England.»

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 37 percent of us get less than seven hours a night, generally considered the tipping point for health problems.

Tim Lenton of the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK, cautions that there may be a more distant tipping point for year - round ice.

«Brain cell simulations show critical tipping point for swelling.»

If 2012 is looked back on as the year activity reached a tipping point for the Piedmont Triad Research Park, then 2013 may be the one when the 150 - acre...

Lose even 1.5 % of that H2O — the tipping point for mild dehydration — and your mood, energy levels, and cognitive function all drop, according to research from the University of Connecticut.

Our bodies are resilient and can handle a certain level of the toxic onslaught, but toxicity is another potential tipping point for fibromyalgia.

I can't even tell you how many of my training clients say the tipping point for them to get into shape came when they were sitting on the floor.

If a genetically predisposed woman goes into pregnancy with an existing immune imbalance, these natural immune shifts could be the tipping point for Hashimoto's.

The tipping point for Tsou arrived with his mother's declining health from diabetes.

I think the tipping point for me, though, was that it's 100 % rayon.

That was the tipping point for Aldo and it's hard to blame him for his frustrations.

However there is a catch, as explained by Bloomberg: «There's a tipping point for what they're willing to shell out: no more than $ 15 a month, according to an informal survey of about a dozen millennials.

So it's a huge conversation for our industry, but I would hope that this is only the tipping point for us to discuss equal pay for equal work for women across every industry.

The tipping point for recommending the game is based upon your habits and if you're not a fan of multiplayer this is at best a rental title if you must experience the campaign.

Are we now at a tipping point for education?