Sentences with phrase «total collapse of»

[Response: You are confusing a normal and periodic calving event with the total collapse of an ice shelf — kind of like the difference between a haircut and decapitation.

The total collapse of the Greenland ice sheet isn't going to happen anytime soon, but ice loss from Greenland is accelerating.

And their apparent success is principally owed to disappointment with the other parties, and the appeal of their social agenda following the near total collapse of the UK Left — not climate change.

For this geologist, it is like we are watching the TOTAL collapse of rational thought (Theater Of The Absurd Libations)......

Such a restructuring might avoid a total collapse of a large financial system, and could even be of benefit to the environment.

He also makes a prediction to the future (this is may be where the uncertainty lies) in which he connects public learning of the aforementioned faults to an unspecified result, with an eventual total collapse of AGW.

«Isn't the only hope for this planet the total collapse of industrial civilisation?

It took the total collapse of the UK Left before climate change dominated the «radical» agenda.

For something that the wind industry keeps telling us is as rare as hen's teeth, the unshackling of 10 tonne blades (euphemistically called «component liberation»), the total collapse of 200 - 300 tonne turbines and the spontaneous combustion of turbine generators (and the 1,000 litres of highly toxic gear and hydraulic oil that slosh around inside the -LSB-...]

The USGS, in one estimate, has stated that a total collapse of both the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets could potentially raise eustatic sea - level 260 feet.

Paul D... As a part - time alarmist I would answer that with a little bit of extrapolation added to some warnings of climate scientists I guess the worst case scenario at least includes the total collapse of the WAIS, creating tsunamis at least all over the Pacific rim, the subsequent sea level rise of c. 7m will destroy most of the remaining harbours, communication centers near coasts, next up would be the melting of the collapsed ice in the southern ocean altering the climate of the entire southern hemisphere, making it near - impossible to guess what areas are good for similar agriculture as before, leading to massive movements of people.

Lest we forget, all this has happened before (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), in the wake of the total collapse of Digital Anvil, following Chris being reportedly removed from Digital Anvil, by Microsoft.

However, the interconnectedness of stock markets and financial systems around the world is now so great that, were such a no - return crash to occur, it would probably be accompanied by the total collapse of the whole economic system.

Only 2 advisors provided their clients with the correct advice about the total collapse of the market in 2008 - 9.

If, on the other hand, the «crash» you were concerned about were the total collapse of the world economy, and people around the world abandon all paper currencies and resort to barter as a method of trade, then I can see buying several small pieces being a rational strategy, although then I would also question whether you were a sane individual.

Australia has been a crazy market place during the last year and has seen the total collapse of Borders Australia, Redgroup, Angus & Robertson, and others.

Pulitzer Prize - winning journalist Garrett takes on public health: the desperate inadequacy of public - health infrastructure in much of the developing world and the shocking neglect of that infrastructure in «developed» nations, from the relatively simple inadequacies revealed by the 1994 Ebola epidemic in Zaire to a nuanced analysis of the issues involved in the near - total collapse of public health in the former USSR and the years - long underfunding and lack of respect for this key government responsibility in the U.S.

Who needs to see the latest episode of «Star Wars» when you can get similar thrills by watching the demolition of a Florida house with walls caving in and especially the total collapse of a swimming pool which becomes buried?

Ultimately the only certainty is that this flick is yet another harbinger that the total collapse of civilization as we know it has drawn just a little closer.

The total collapse of energy production comes at the end of a long road of break - down within the body.

Hurricane Maria brought «the total collapse of the Puerto Rico communications and power infrastructure,» Vanacore said.

Taking into account the sizes of the boulders, the height of the plateaus, and the local topography, they estimate that a single tsunami resulting from the sudden, total collapse of the volcano's flank must have run up on Santiago to elevations of more than 270 meters above sea level.

With time and money running out, Brazilian scientists are turning up the pressure on the federal government to avoid a total collapse of the national science and technology funding system before the end of the year.

As for the future, I look forward to significant changes in the medical paradigm, forced by relentless consumer demand for alternative therapies and the impending total collapse of the health - care system.

At the same time, Scott adds, some ecosystems are already so far out of balance that selectivity is necessary just to stave off total collapse of certain species.

However, with further study, the researchers found no evidence of the survival of any leaf miners over the Cretaceous - Paleocene boundary, suggesting an even more total collapse of terrestrial food webs than has been recognized previously.

The green economy continues to show vitality, business leaders say, despite the near - total collapse of global climate talks, stalemate in Washington, D.C., and polls showing decreased urgency to tackle global warming

This is contained in a report presented by Chairman of the ad - hoc committee on works on total collapse of federal roads and prevalent of gully erosion in the country, Senator Barnabas Gemade.

22:23 - The other thing to note is the total collapse of the Lib Dem vote.

Yes John Rogan, I still am fighting for the same things, I have decided that, after the election result and after the total collapse of the left in Scotland that I should do that in the local Labour Party.

There is total collapse of governance in the state».

«Currently, there is a total collapse of respect for constitutionally - guaranteed personal freedom.

«That would cause the total collapse of the health care system of Puerto Rico.»

The Treasury admitted planning for the total collapse of the euro currency today, as events in Greece sent shockwaves around the world.

Now he and his club are trying to shovel cash around with the merry abandon of people who know we're only a few months away from the total collapse of Western capitalism, and are trying to get their kicks while they can.

Is college football honestly to the point at which parents will ignore a man's total collapse of character because of his consistency as a coach?

We are a Francis Coquelin injury away from a total collapse of our central midfield and Olivier Giroud continues to prove to pundits that they were right in saying that he is not good enough to win us a title.

Indeed, it is Altizer's prediction that the total collapse of the autonomous self is on the immediate horizon of modern man.

Hedge funds are also joining the lending effort to fill the void left by traditional lenders, aiming to prevent a total collapse of economic structure in the United States and around the world.

Hence, by the 1960s, the epidemic reached a tipping point with the total collapse of «Gros Michel» [9].

If brought in early enough, an accountant could help to prevent liquidation or bankruptcy and could prevent a total collapse of the business.

Not exact matches

The report mentions that the explosion would have caused significant flooding in Kent, but that the nuclear option would be «100 per cent effective» at ensuring «totally irreversible total collapse, rupture [of] tunnel and seabed to cause total flooding and complete collapse of part of tunnel.»

Venezuela is now on the brink of total collapse.

One of the best investment strategists from one of the largest international asset management firms just declared that a total cryptocurrency market collapse would hardly affect traditional markets.

Total active rig counts bottomed at 404 during the height of the oil - price collapse in 2016.

Likewise, investors might have believed that the extraordinarily elevated market valuations of 1929 and 2000 were «justified» by the recent economic prosperity, but that did nothing to prevent the market collapses that completed those cycles, with over a decade of negative total returns for the S&P 500 in both cases.

The only alternative to this view is to imagine that the collapses that followed valuation extremes like 1929, 1973, 2000, and 2007 somehow emerged entirely out of the blue, ignoring the fact that valuations accurately projected likely full - cycle losses, and remained tightly correlated with total returns over the subsequent 10 - 12 year horizons.

This looked at the time as if it could be the first leg of a total collapse, but it turned out to be just a short - term correction.

Puerto Rico, like Detroit before it, represents the endpoint of politicians maintaining a failed status quo: total financial collapse.

Rarely are the China mega-bulls («China is taking over the world economically, politically, militarily») or the China mega-bears («China is a house of cards that will collapse next week») right in their total optimism or pessimism.